Quotes About Success

My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.

Coming from a family who put a lot of emphasis on academics, I always thought I was going to be a lawyer.

When I became a lawyer, no one asked me if I had spent some time in special ed. All they wanted was a good lawyer.

There is no better lawyer than Cristiano Ronaldo.

I want to see myself as being the king of this: the king of music, man, and everything I lay my hands on.

In reality, nobody gets successful in America by being lazy.

Orson Welles was lazy. He was a late bloomer.

When people are successful, they usually become lazy.

I play the lead in 'Dunkirk', a part I was absolutely gagging for!

I was one of those guys who never wanted to start their own business. I never saw myself as a leader. I saw myself as a great No. 2.

To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.

If I had my way, I would never do a leading role.

When I first started out, there were times I would dress or act in a way because I thought it was expected of me or that people would take me more seriously. But once I started leading in a way that was authentically me, that is when I really started to see success.

That's something I would love to do - play leading roles and really hold it on my own in those leading roles.

Being a leading man... that's like saying, 'I want to be astronaut.' That's not going to happen.

'Leading man' just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.

I haven't gotten to do the leading man thing, so I would love to do that!

If there's an opportunity open that leads to an even bigger opportunity, you're going to take it.

It's important to be successful, and not just because there is competition, but also because it leads to better work for you.

I want my children to see what all my work leads to.

I've been lucky to find character parts that are leads as well.

My path leads to a world title.

A person's school and teachers help lay a strong foundation, which leads to success.

My dreams do not end with playing Major League Baseball.