Lily Collins Quotes

All my life, I was even just wanted to attend the Grammys, like, just be there, so the fact that I'm nominated for Best New Artist, it feels like a dream.

My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.

I guess I did get to tick a big one off the bucket list, though, and that was being on a giant billboard smack-bang in the hub of Hollywood Boulevard. That was... well, pretty Hollywood.

I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.

I didn't have any aspirations to be famous at all.

When I seen myself on TV, it made me realize, 'You're doing what you really wanted to do. You're living out your dreams.'

It's always been my dream to be among the big names of Colombia.

One of my dreams was being called a 'Diaper Dandy' by Dick Vitale. He calls me that all the time now. It's surreal.

I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

I always believed I would be a star.

Entertainer of the Year, to me, there's never been any question that that's one on my bucket list that I want. I'm not going to sit here and lie to you. If there's one that I ever could get - I would trade all the rest of them in for that one.

It's not my ambition to be a big star.

I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream.

The first time my friends saw me in a magazine I was so excited.

I've always wanted to do this, so it really is a dream come true.

I got to play with ZZ Top and introduce Bryan Adams and George Michael. And to have it all topped off by me winning 'American Idol?!' It's pretty absurd.

My name's Jennifer Ellison and one day I'm going to be famous!

If it happens, I'll be proud, and it would be a dream come true, though I doubt I ever thought I'd be a Hall of Famer when I started. It wasn't until late in my career that people started to mention it, and you start thinking about it a little bit.

As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.

I want to reach my full potential.

I've always wanted to be on an original cast recording. I grew up listening to them, and now to know that my voice is heard on three or four of them is just surreal. I never thought I would be that person.

I still pinch myself that I ended up in Hollywood. And I am still surprised at the fans.

I said to my mother, 'When you see my name in 'Vogue,' I will have arrived.'

To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal.