Quotes About Motivation

The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons.

The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.

Actors make choices for different reasons.

I don't know one actor that became an actor for healthy reasons.

I'm inclined to think that, because it's such an awful life, that politicians do go into it for the best reasons. I mean, some may love the sound of their own voice. But it's such a wearying life, you've got to be impelled by some desire to leave the world a better place than when you came into it.

When I make a film, I'm not doing it purely for political reasons. If I just wanted to do that, I'd run for office.

I'm definitely not the type to have a sing-off. I'm not catty like that. I sing for the right reasons.

The public digs needled me to rebel. They forced me to work harder.

With filmmaking, I for so long was like, oh, I need permission to go out and be a director and be a filmmaker. And I read Robert Rodriguez's 'Rebel Without a Crew.' He just went out and did it, man. In his book, he even says just put your name on a business card and say you're a filmmaker. Congratulations, you're a filmmaker.

If they need me to score 30, I can go do it. If they need me to just rebound and defend, I can do that. I can play this game, just in case people forgot. You just carry that chip on your shoulder, and you go out there and do what I was put on this Earth to do.

I want it more. That's all it really is. Nobody wants to get hit every possession to get a rebound, and I want to.

Receipts' was meaning, I'm going in. I'm gonna invest in everything that I want, and that is more to myself, and my business, to make it be exactly what I want.

Everybody wants to receive a certain amount of satisfaction from whatever employment they're involved in. That doesn't mean happiness, though. And then, if you don't have happiness, that's not success.

I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.

The amount of love I've received from the audience and industry motivates me to work even harder and want to better myself every day.

I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.

Nobody is interested in how many claps and whistles he received for his performance. All they are bothered about is how much money they are getting.

I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan.

I had a teacher in college who drastically changed the course of my life by telling me that he believed in me as an actor. I never received that support before, and it inspired to me to such a degree that I never looked back. He taught me that it's okay to be crappy; it's okay to fight; it's okay to go to any length.

When you receive criticism, you should take it in your side, but I've received love more than anything else, and that's what motivates me and keeps me going.

I've just got to keep doing what I'm doing, because from all the compliments I've received so far, it sounds like I'm on the right track.

The best career advice I've ever received I would say is honestly just to keep going, follow your passion. It does sound cliche, but honestly it's true.

Clearly the encouragement I received after 'Mahesh...' helped in the making of 'Thondimuthalum.'

Cris Carter and Randy Moss - they're the guys who made me want to play football and be a receiver.