Scott Speedman Quotes

I think the fact that I created something and had an enormous influence is indisputable.

I'm always driven to keep doing something different and better.

Busy is good, you know. Busy is better than bored, and there's more recognition. Like, I try to feign the anonymity which I had before 'O.J.'

I grew up saying, 'I want to be famous,' but that was just the words that you used. As I got older, I understood that what I really meant was, 'I want to be successful.'

I feel like I've seen a lot of talented people, and some have gone on to great things, and some have gone on to successful careers and done alright but without great amounts of fame and recognition.

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

You know, you want to be a success. You want people to know who you are.

Success begets success. I've been offered a lot of movies now that '30 Rock' has been successful.

People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes commonplace.

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

Anyone who achieves any kind of success, however you want to define it, sometimes can't let go of it.

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else - very rarely to those who say to themselves, 'Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual!'.

In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.

People might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want?'

Success, to me, is something new and vibrant.

Madame, if it is possible, it has already been done; if impossible, it will be done.

I want tension in my business. Tension creates change. Change is necessary to evolve and prosper. I am never satisfied.

I knew the pressure would be huge. I knew Manchester United was a massive club and a big challenge for me. Hopefully I'm proving to people that I can rise to the challenge.

I want to do something that I'm proud of and that I can look back on with pride of accomplishment.

I think I was given an opportunity, and I ran with it. I think I've made a lot more of it than anybody thought I was going to, and that's why it's gone so well, but it's opened a lot of doors and a lot of eyes to what I can do.