Quotes About Dedication

There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.

I find people who want to help other people to be the most interesting. I come from a family of teachers, and my friends are teachers, often times in very difficult school situations.

I have no expectations. I just want to better myself.

There's so many people that I feel like as soon as that happens, they can really be and focus on what they want to do.

I'm a weirdo that goes on stage to make strangers laugh, but if I wasn't working, I would just want to be with my wife and kids. I don't even think I'd want to go out to dinner.

You start playing when it's cold and you want to be playing when it's cold again.

It's just nice to see people enthusiastic about their tennis and want to learn and improve - for me that's the most important thing - I still love my tennis.

Only because The Runaways were my baby and there's no reason to get it back together except to totally have fun. If that's not the goal, then I don't want to do it.

Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician.

Unfortunately, most actors want to play off their own personal mystique and good looks and whatever, but that will only carry you but so far.

The way that I am now, I don't want to accept mediocrity. I don't want to accept the easy road.

I think I'll try to keep working in film for a little bit. There's something still kind of magical about it, that I don't want to let go of.

In the future, I want to be consistent from Day 1. We're still making adjustments. I still believe that I can be better.

Learn your lines.' I want that on my gravestone.

Labor for a lot of people has a negative connotation. But not for me. I always want to be working.

A good writer wants from us — or has no right to ask more than — intelligence, good faith and time.

The main focus for me is not trying to find duet partners. It's about just making great songs. I want most of my album to be in my voice, because it's my point of view.

I was pretty ambitious as a child to want to be a star with the talent I had, but I want to finish what I started and bring the fans along with me.

I'll sing as long as people want to hear me, and I'll be able to sing as long as I'm alive.

I still have so much passion to perform... That's who Johnny Weir is: I'm a figure skater, I'm an athlete. I want to have fun and enjoy it.

I go through a lot of bad stuff, because most of the stuff that's written is pretty bad. But occasionally something comes along that's good, and I want to do it.

I got a bunch of people together to talk about doing a lot and decided that I really want to throw my hand in and do as much as I can.

I like when people are very passionate about what they want to write about. Even if it's silly, you can be very passionate about it.

I've always been a perfectionist, so I always wanted to sound better than I did. But, that's a never-ending process. You always want to get better. There's always room to grow.