Quotes About Commitment

Being older, I can't imagine a parent not wanting to be in their kid's life. I will just never understand it. To me, it's priceless.

There was a combination of not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, but also really not wanting to be stuck in Lord of the Rings for the rest of my life, and being desperate to kind of make sure that I could do something else with my life.

I would go on loan to Kettering, have a stinker, and think it's a long way to go but I believed and the drive was there for wanting to provide for my family.

You're working on being a father, so that is something that when you experience it you'll understand the profundity of wanting to protect something dear to you.

I was only 24 then, but 18 of those 24 years had been dedicated to wanting to get to that moment.

You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that's what me and my wife have. We don't need each other but we want to be with each other and I think it's important to educate the kids with that.

My son was born somewhat late in my life and I just found myself really feeling like I didn't want to miss out on being a parent and being with him, and not wanting a situation where I was constantly pulled back and forth between being present, and having all these other pressures and considerations.

I'm a woman who eventually will get married and have kids - adopted at this point - but I see myself with a family and less time to commit to wanting to be a lead character.

I actually play piano and violin, but I don't have a passion for it. It didn't make me wake up in the morning wanting to do it, or go to bed thinking about it.

I always knew that the only thing I wanted to do was act, but it took me a long time to say it out loud to anyone, let alone myself. I am surprised by how dogged I have been in wanting to make a living as a respected actress.

I discovered that I wanted to be an actor back when I did my first play in junior high. I've been doing theater in junior high and high school, and I just kept feeding the fire, kept wanting to pursue acting full-on.

'Lawrence of Arabia' is a film that anyone wanting to become an actor should watch at least six hundred times.

I just always wanted to be an actor. I don't remember ever not wanting to be an actor.

I'm sure my mum was a huge influence on my wanting to be an actress: just seeing her doing it, seeing her love it, caring about it. Invest in something, take it seriously and be so wonderful.

When I'm working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I'm not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again.

If you're going to come wanting to work really hard, you're never going to bum me out.

Human affairs require some combination of moral commitment with disciplined political action. And that is what keeps me intrigued and challenged and wanting to influence events.

We go into the studio with the mindset of simply wanting to make something great.

When I was younger, I could get that white-knuckle grip of holding on to an idea and not wanting to let it go.

It can be a detriment to yourself to not be working, but at the same time, you want to hold true to what you're wanting to be working on.

Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

There are only two sides to this question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war; only patriots and traitors.