St. Lucia Quotes

Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determination, passion and staying connected to that sense of who you are.

I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream.

If you're doing something new you've got to have a vision. You've got to have a perspective. You've got to have some north star you're aiming for, and you just believe somehow you'll get there, which kind of gets to the passion point.

I didn't have any money. I had a sense of terrible loss. But what I also had was a fire in my belly. I wasn't going to go back to waiting tables. I felt I had to be better at fronting a band.

I went to college for one semester, and I took every subject I could, and I ended up failing. So I thought to myself, Ever since I was a kid, I've loved expression - and that's when I started thinking about acting.

They say the average person can't make a living in art... but if you tell me there's something I can't do, that's what I have to do.

I tried to get into the National Youth Theatre and didn't, and I tried to get into drama school and didn't, and then I went to university and was really delighted that I went there. I think having the word 'no' can be quite creative.

I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book.

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.

Passion is different than desire. People that are successful recognize passion. You have to be willing to work at it. I love the image of pushing a boulder uphill - it will flourish you.

Twelve-year-old me wanted to do everything: act and sing and paint and dance.

I love modeling but also see it as a platform for the million other things I want to achieve and create in life.

The key to my perseverance was absolutely loving the craft of acting. I just figured that if I kept doing it, at the very least I would get better at acting. Even if I didn't become a tremendous success, as long as I knew I was improving and getting better, to me, that was success.

Passion means finding a way.

When I was eight, I went to the theatre, and I remember looking at the stage afterward and pointing and saying, 'I want to do that.' I don't think that's ever changed.

Music is the first thing I didn't give up.

I actually moved from engineering to acting. I think what's important is how talented and passionate you are.

I studied digital arts and graphic design, and then, at the same time I was studying, I was still doing auditions.

At 16, I was drawing cartoons, and I wanted to carry on being a cartoonist.

I would have never thought when I was a young actor that I would want to direct.

Cinema was always my passion and dream.

I can't express enough to anyone who is fighting for whatever their dream is, whether it's to become a doctor, or a teacher, or a photographer - it doesn't matter - it's such a hard, hard road.

As an artist, what I'm looking for isn't the answers but the questions. Art saved my life, and I'm sure that it could save the lives of many people. If it's not art, find your place. But never give up.

The nice thing about 'Samson & Delilah' is that the team behind it are real hustlers - they really want it to happen.

It can take years to mold a dream. It takes only a fraction of a second for it to be shattered.