Quotes About Success

I am capable of holding the quote-unquote 'title' of leading man. Leading man just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.

Money and fame? I never had it, don't really know if I want it.

For venture capital, one of the original principles is people you want to invest in are people who've done it before with someone else's money. Not people who've just came out of business school.

The skies were blue when I was coming up. I want my kids to have the same opportunity, if not better, than I had.

Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want.

You can use the same motto for everything in life. If you put that effort in, you'll get what you want.

The people that go on 'American Idol' do want some recognition and fame.

If we're a hit, let 'em say anything they want.

There are a lot of lessons that you learn, and you have to learn them quickly if you want to be competitive at this top level.

It's not easy making money as an actor. It's just not an easy thing to do. There's so many that want to do it and so few opportunities to do it that it's not as easy as it would seem.

People want you to fail.

I know what happened to my foundation, from raising no money to raising $500m, serving three million people. Do we want to take that away? I don't think anybody says yes.

We joke about it in the entertainment industry: Every actor wants to be a musician, and every musician wants to be an actor.

I'm 33 years old now. I really want that ring. I got a taste of it here.

our product will speak for itself if it's that good and your fan base will come and people will want it. Having the right people in your circle is very important to help support that.

As a younger actor, my motivation may have been 'Do you want that job or don't you?' Now it's 'Do you want to look like crap on film?'

Rihanna is a very talented person. One of those people who are able to do whatever they want with great results.

As long as designers want to dress me, photographers want to take my picture and companies think my face will help their products, then I won't go anywhere until they're done with me.

Of all the things he wants," Liberty said, "money's the easiest to get.

You should treat your marriage like a business that you wouldn't want to let fail.

When I talk to young people who want to go to Broadway or whatever, I say, "The highs are very high and the lows are very low and then there is a lot in between."

I would love to play a role that is a lead role that people appreciate and a lot of people get to see. I just don't want to have to fight for every role anymore.

I've been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.

Obviously, you have to be lucky enough for people to want you to be in films, but that is the plan, definitely.