Quotes about "Success & Achievement"

Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along. ”

The reason I moved to California the first time was to build the Cobra. I thought it was stupid to have a 1918 taxicab engine in what Europeans like to call a performance car when a little American V-8 could do the job better. ”

Marriage is a lot more challenging when you have a demanding career. ”

Before that film, I was nobody. Each job I got, I was so excited. Each paycheck I got, I thought, 'Wow, I'm getting paid to act.' But 'The Matrix' gave me so many opportunities. Everything I've done since then has been because of that experience. It gave me so much. ”

I was never afraid of taking the wrong job because maybe it would hurt me. I was more interested in the experience. ”

It's never a surprise to me that a job that I'm doing reflects what I'm going through or what I'm thinking about. ”

When I was a kid, I didn't know Canadians could be actors. I thought just Americans could get acting jobs. ”

If you sell yourself short before you even start, you'll never know how far you could have gone. Ambition is a wonderful thing and has gotten me farther than I ever thought I'd go. ”

When aspiring writers ask me about how they should target their writing, I tell them to pay no attention to that kind of thing. It will restrict you. You will end up falling into stereotypes in an effort to tailor your work toward a perceived genre category. ”

An Oklahoma girl like me wouldn't even know how to be a diva. I'm just a person who has a cool job. I love to be at home. I rarely go to clubs... and I always wear underwear! I just know I'd fall down, and that's not for everyone to see. ”