Scott Aukerman Quotes

I was very stale at Fox. Much of it was my own fault. I was lazy and didn't fight for things I wanted to do at other times. Most of my stuff consisted of setup/punchline jokes to the camera - a very old-school approach. I was part of the establishment, I guess.

I think all players reach a point in their career where it's natural to lose some of that hunger, that desire, to sort of break out or be a star.

When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.

You've got to want it. I can give you a role. I can't give you a career.

Even if we had the No. 1 video on MTV, and we had money and everything else, I think we'd always have more to do. I don't ever want to wake up in the morning and say, 'What are we gonna do today?' I'm afraid of that. I don't ever want to wake up and feel like we've conquered.

I want to have my career, not sit on the bench. I want to work hard, to push myself. I want to play.

If you settle in life, you don't go further.

I don't like to get comfortable. I don't like to be like, 'Oh, my song is all over the place. I'm lit.' Nah, it makes me wanna keep working.

After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.

I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.

I think I've been on a path ever since I was born, a path of high stress. I put myself, my career, it was a big old juicy carrot right in front of me for all of my life.

Do whatever interests you the most. Passion breeds success.

Remember when I told you about the American dream? That if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough and kicked yourself in the butt, you'd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did.

I have so many goals.

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.

There are a lot of things I never did, because I believe in watching those true Hollywood stories and I see how easy it is to lose track of your life.

As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.

I haven't always been thrilled with my work. But the fear of not proving the people wrong who think you can't emerge from a franchise and do well, that's a very strong driving force.

There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.

The most important thing in life is, if you have a dream, I mean a real good dream, follow it.

Become your dream.

I think the biggest challenge is to continue on the same path. I think it's easy to become complacent from the success you've had.