Quotes About Motivation

Because I'm not doing it for the money, I'm doing it because I feel like that story needs to be told or clarified, or something needs to be shown about that.

My dad always played a lot of music, so I heard him playing all the time, and then I decided that I wanted to learn to play guitar, so I got an acoustic and started taking lessons. I wanted to be able to shred like Yngwie Malmsteen.

I don't think about awards when I set out to do something. If that happens, it's great.

I am not doing films for awards.

You don't want to make awards the reason you're doing things.

I don't care about awards. I want to make money. I want to own a business.

Well, I think awards are pretty meaningless.

I don't do movies for the awards. The awards are made for the films. The films are not made for the awards.

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.

Every time I see Leonardo DiCaprio in a movie, I'm like, 'Dude, you're awesome. I want to be just like you when I grow up.'

Do not allow setbacks to set you back.

I think that when you go back to school when you're a little older, you're a lot more focused.

My mother was like a backbone for me in my life. She would always push me ahead.

Sometimes, if I don't write for a day or two, I get backed up - it's like constipation.

I play hard and I play to win, and my team play for me because of the backing I show them.

I believe in 'Backstage.' It changed my life.

I never got in this to be a 3rd PG, or a backup. Nor did I get into this for money.

I don't think that I've ever been a backup.

I'm a little bit backward. I didn't really go to school.

You may have good days, there may be more bad days than good days, but on the good days you have to push yourself, get the most out of it as you can.

Let them know that we care, even when they have a bad game and not a good game, let them know that we always care about them. You'll get the most out of every player.

If you're playing the bad guy, you have to find what you like about them.

It's more fun playing someone who isn't just a bad guy.

As the actor, you can't go in saying, 'I'm the bad guy.' You've got to think your reasons for doing what you're doing are good.