Quotes About Success

To be able to finish opportunities that I do get in the paint, that makes a difference.

An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say, 'Here, come and do this,' That's the hard part.

I think if actors are successful at one thing, they paint themselves into a corner sometimes, and what's the fun in that?

I made a lot of big threes throughout my career, but it was the 3-point shot that allowed me to maneuver inside the paint, post-up, mid-range game and so forth.

My dad painted cars for a living, and my mom graduated from college when I was a college freshman myself.

Guys like me are job creators, and we don't like having a bulls-eye painted on our back.

Compared with my brother, I always felt like Richard III, some clever humpbacked thing who surpassed him in the end. He was the one who read books, but I became the writer. He painted and drew, but I was the one who got accepted by the High School of Music and Art.

My dad painted cars for a living. He didn't graduate from high school.

I don't want to be painted any one color and that can happen to you in Hollywood if you make a hit in a particular role.

For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur.

I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!

I was a painter and decorator with my dad for four years and he gave me a lot of time off to train and to play non-league football and that was where I was finally spotted.

I've been doing this since I was a kid. Then, I got in trouble for painting like this on the wall, but now, I get paid for it.

It's great, I guess, when your paintings are hanging up in a museum.

I'll bet there are a lot of artists that nobody hears about who just make more money than anybody. The people that do all the sculptures and paintings for big building construction. We never hear about them, but they make more money than anybody.

I make paintings, try to get others to look at them and hopefully buy them.

I did a little soul searching to explore where I had gone wrong, why I made the decisions I did, how my definitions of success and ambition were off. I love a great new pair of shoes - I love to look at my bank account and see zeroes - but what is it attached to?

I remember going home one day and telling my brother that I was going to give up football because I was 17 and was too old. My brother said he wouldn't let me. He got me my first pair of real boots and those were the boots I managed to become professional in.

I never thought 'Mein Hoon Na' will do so well in Pakistan. Whenever I meet Pakistanis in London or the U.S., they have so much love and affection for me because of 'Mein Hoon Na,' which was my most criticised film in India.

Look, I'm an A-list actress in Pakistan. I work with only A-listers.

The aim is to be the best for Pakistan across all formats.

I hope I can make Pakistan proud by bringing home an Oscar.

In Pakistan cricket, the real test comes when the team is not doing well. When it is winning, everything is fine.

Every time we play for Pakistan, we are playing to win.