Kayvan Novak Quotes

Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.

There's certainly more work for me in TV these days.

We see the people that have got stars in their eyes, but if you've really got what it takes, you can get from, say the beginnings, to the top in about five years.

What's really amazing is that the showrunner who really got me my start in TV is Andrew Kreisberg. He brought me on to 'Arrow,' and he tracked me down because he was a fan of 'Punisher.'

Not many people get to create a television show that actually makes it on the air.

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains.

While I love film and want to continue to pursue it 100 percent, my home is TV.

At the end of the day, TV is my first love. I started off my career from the small screen.

It's all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it's that determination.

You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.

If you could do 'Moving Too Fast' and 'Nobody Needs To Know' really, really well, you kind of knew you would make it someday, somehow!

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.

If you have the talent and if you have the ability, and you work for it, you can achieve your goals.

I'm pretty lucky to work on both 'CSI: NY' and 'Supernatural.' Not bad gigs!

There are lots of people way more talented than me - but I work more, and I wanted it more. I never waited on anyone else.

I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.

Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study.

All those days of waiting on tables until I could get a role on Broadway, all that time going to school taking lessons, and all those years of being a nobody following a dream-and now here it is.

I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.

In life, you either watch TV or you do TV. I told my daughters that the only way you're going to make it in this business is to get in the game. That's the biggest advice I can give them.

There's always someone out there training for your spot. For my scholarship at the University of Florida, for my job with the Denver Broncos, for my position with the New York Jets. And that's the reason to get up earlier or stay up later.

I had a prior deal in place to do a miniseries for HBO, so I'm not done with TV. But I basically want to stay in movies.

As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination.