Quotes About Growth

I had watched 'Stanley Ka Dabba' and wanted to be a part of Gupte's kind of cinema. As an actor, I am hungry for diverse roles and my sole aim is to learn as much I can from him.

Stanley Johnson's going to be a great player in this league.

I never grew up on a staple diet of Hindi cinema. In fact, when I was a VJ, I was averse to it. Purely because I could never imagine myself being an actor.

I am drawn towards the sort of characters who are in situations where they don't want to be in. But that's a staple in pretty much in any hero's journey because if you have non-reluctant protagonist then how is there any conflict?

In the juniors, you are kind of a star, but just because you are a good junior doesn't mean you will be a good pro.

I want to try something different in Hollywood, to tell the audience I am not just an actor star - I am an actor, too.

I'm not trying necessarily to become a movie star; that wouldn't be bad but that's not the aim. I'm just trying to do interesting things and go into areas where I've not been before.

I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!

I needed to become something besides the star everybody had built me up to be.

With a population of more than 600 million people, an emerging middle class that is driving strong consumption, and a robust and resilient economy, Southeast Asia presents a compelling growth opportunity for Starbucks.

Starbucks is spreading like a cancer.

McDonalds. Apple. Starbucks. They were all small businesses, owned by entrepreneurs and people with vision.

I don't think about stardom anymore. I'm way past that phase.

Rock stardom and all that stuff like that was never like my main M.O., my main M.O. is musical growth, and if I become a rock star in the process, great!

Phil Handy played for me in England and has obviously risen to stardom in his area of what he does.

I got stardom too easily. I didn't appreciate the breaks. But that's all behind me now.

I get why we don't want to be in pain, but there's something very essential about what happens when we're in pain and some of the growth that can come from it if we stare at it straight in the face.

I try to be very aware of opportunities as they arise. But I don't sit around staring at my navel and thinking about my brand development.

I'm so excited about 'Cooking With The Stars,' what an amazing opportunity to actually learn how to cook properly. When I got asked to do it I just thought, 'I can cook, I can do this,' and then I got put with a professional chef and realised quickly that actually I'm not a cook.

On the 'Jersey Shore,' people got a glimpse through a keyhole of who I really am. But the world really started to see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' I am not the best dancer. That was never my strong point. But I wanted to let people know, hey, this kid is risking a lot just to know a different side of him.

It's exciting to work with stars, but there is no reason to be nervous because in the initial stages of my career, I have worked with Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan... I have worked with these stars, so nervousness has gone out my system after that.

All these child stars grow up and they're knockin' over banks and getting prostitutes. I'm, like, one of the only people I know that has managed to dodge all of that negative crap.

We see the people that have got stars in their eyes, but if you've really got what it takes, you can get from, say the beginnings, to the top in about five years.

Every actor you learn from, take something from everyone - big actor or not. Whether they're big movie stars or not doesn't really matter.