Robert Rodriguez Quotes

If people just want to be famous, that's just not enough to get you up at 4 in the morning to go to work. You have to love what you're doing.

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.

As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and fortune but a desire to create something special that people will always remember.

I enjoy keeping busy, and fortunately for me, there's a large audience out there who are keen to hear me sing. It's their love and affection that keep me going.

The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love.

I can't work on something if I don't believe in it. I love music, and I am inspired to work harder and spend more energy. I feel lucky that I was born with this passion.

Working with the cast of 'Glee' was inspiring. To be around a group of kids who work so hard and love what they do is so refreshing.

Lots of people, from what I can see, just want to get into the music business for the glamour of it. But there isn't any, really. It's so up and down this industry, but if you really love it, nothing can stop you.

There isn't any great mystery about me. What I do is glamorous and has an awful lot of white-hot attention placed on it. But the actual work requires the same discipline and passion as any job you love doing, be it as a very good pipe fitter or a highly creative artist.

People in the U.S. didn't know what taekwondo was. But they saw what the Lopezes were able to do with all the love and support and hard work we put in, and what we accomplished. It makes me feel real lucky to be in a position like that.

You really have to love the work. You can't look for stardom. That's a by-product.

If you love it, and work really hard at it, it will really happen, I believe. I'm living proof.

It's not a matter of becoming a superstar. Fame and money aren't the purpose of all this. No actor's going to say, 'I don't want to be famous.' But the main purpose for doing what I'm doing is the passion in the work.

I love acting, so it's easy when you have a passion for it. I've always found the harder you work, the luckier you get.

I have one message for young musicians around the world: Stay true to your heart, believe in yourself, and work hard.

Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.

I realized that my success comes from doing the things I love most.

Musical success depends on how much you enjoy it and how much you are willing to put in. Luck must follow, too.

There's no blueprint for success in rock'n'roll.

If you want to write, just believe that you can, because it's about perseverance.

Luck has a lot to do with being a musician.

Go out into the world with your passion and love for what you do, and just never give up.

The only way to be successful in what you do is to love what you do.

Definitely people like Kanye, inspired me to work hard. He's somebody who I've seen put that grind in over the years.

In the end, it’s not about failure, it’s about how much you love what you do.