Quotes About Dreams

I always often say, when I was a kid, I wasn't just playing with baby dolls. I was standing in the mirror with brush in my hand as a microphone singing songs.

I think my characters are more wish fulfillments than they are mirrors. They see things I don't and live in a world I can only enter through words.

There are so many miserable people out there who have not fulfilled their dreams. I believe you should do something that you love.

Growing up as a child actress, there was much I got to do and yet so much that I missed out on. Therefore, when I had kids, I made it a point to make sure that they could do anything and everything that they dreamed of. A great education was definitely right at top of my list!

Too many times I see kids come up to me, especially at the high school age, and say, 'Man, it would be cool to play in the NFL just because of the money.' And I'm like, 'Oh my goodness, you are missing everything, because money is not going to make you happy.'

My mission is to let black kids know that their dreams can happen.

My greatest mistake is that my dreams were too small.

I did want to be Joni Mitchell for quite a long time.

I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it.

I have to say, post-fame was difficult because it wasn't just fame: it was super-fame of a kind that few have. It was attached to a generation's dreams, and my own personal dreams were mixed up in it, too.

'Born to Run' was a mixture of things but mostly about youth and fantasies.

At 14, I was modeling, which helped me come out of my shell, but I always dreamed of theater school.

I did modelling for a year, but then I always wanted to be an actress.

When I was at school I wanted to be a writer and an actress. Then this whole modelling thing happened.

My goal is to be a household name, and when I do that, I want to help other girls become models, and maybe even launch a fashion line with my mom, like Beyonce did with her mother. My mom has such a good eye, and it's always been a dream of hers.

People who dream of something bigger and better are good role models.

I used to say to my mom and dad all the time, 'I'm going to move to America.'

I hope to be like Bill Gates, bro. With all the money in the world.

My dreams are bigger than money; they're bigger than fame.

When I was a little girl, I loved monkeys. I wanted to be a primatologist. I went to the careers office to ask how. Because nobody could give me a good answer, I opted for acting.

I'm a bed monster.

There was a movie I was trying to make right after 'Monster,' a bigger behemoth: the Chuck Yeager story. It was a life dream, but it just didn't line up. We just had issues with the life rights, ultimately.

I think that most of the monsters I dream of, I dreamt of as a child.

My first inspiration for acting came from the first episode of 'Hannah Montana.' That's when I knew I wanted to be a singer and an actress.