Quotes About Opportunity

I'm happy to have the opportunity to record the records I want to - I'm very aware that that's a privilege.

'America's Got Talent' has really opened a lot of doors for me. I want to do a lot more TV.

Until everyone is free, the experiment of America is not succeeding. We all want opportunity.

When the sun is shining, make hay, because it would be sunset on my career at some point, and when it is, I want to be exhausted.

I certainly did plays in high school and community theater, and I want to get back on the stage.

I don't actually go out and pursue a route that will fit me best, it's just that something comes to me and I enjoy it and want to be a part of it.

I've met big-name actors doing Hollywood films, and they've said that all they want is an in at HBO and their own show.

I live in Minnesota. Lots of people assume that if you want to be an actor, you have to live in Hollywood, but not me.

It's hard for me to figure out where I want to be. But it's definitely in New York. I feel like New York throws different challenges at you and you can be more creative.

What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records.

My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.

Multiethnic character of America is very attractive to people. They also see a place where you get ahead, not because of where you came from, but because of where you want to go.

If there's ever a kid out there that can't afford to buy the music, I still want them to hear it, and hopefully they'll go to the show, or buy a T-shirt from the band. That's the idea.

You don't have to forego education to do anything. Even if you want to go to the NBA, you should read.

If you go through life and actually get to find out the thing you want to do, you're very lucky.

You know, my problem is I cant say no to people, especially people who want to write me checks to do things.

If money comes along I will take it. I just want good scripts that try to make you think. I've been offered lots of money in the past but I just know that I would abuse it and get drunk.

I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.

I couldn't sing to save myself. Greg went to John after the audition and said, 'She's cute, but she can't sing very well' and he said, 'I know. We'll teach her. I just want her on the show'.

I'm a late bloomer. Being a late bloomer is a problem when you decide at 40 you want to have children

NCS - National Citizen Service is a fantastic programme. I want it to be available for every young person in the country.

It is nonsense that people shopping online in some parts of Europe are unable to access the best deals because of where they live. I want completing the single market to be our driving mission.

But just like I've always said when people complain about tee times, 'I just want a tee time. Just give me one so I can play.

A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's when people really want to get to know about you.