Kelly Marie Tran Quotes

I don't know if I would've had the opportunity to be on 'Wizards of Waverly Place' if it weren't for my heritage. I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!

I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing.

I owe my success to my two families. If my father hadn't been willing to make sacrifices for me, I would have never won the role on 'Everybody Hates Chris'. I like working with my television family, too. We have a lot of love for each other.

I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.

Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people you'll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you.

I'm immensely fortunate to have been involved in the 'Star Trek' universe. It has been a lot of fun, and I'm extremely grateful for the opportunity to have been part of something so important to so many people.

Being able to travel and see the world really makes me appreciate the blessings in my life. There are so many people that will never get a chance to see some of the things that I've seen during my travels. I'll never take that for granted.

The fact that I am able to live a life and act and to do all of those things and support myself and my family is a gift.

My grandfather didn't come to Canada for his own sake. He didn't leave behind his family to cross the Atlantic and be knocked to the canvas. He came here so that his son, my father, would have a better life.

I obviously respect the opportunity I have got to play for the country.

I do only what I like. If we do something we don't like, we will become someone else.

We are free when our actions emanate from our total personality, when they express it, when they resemble it in the indefinable way a work of art sometimes does the artist.

When they say America is the land of opportunity, it's true. If you work hard, people appreciate you.

Only in those moments when I exercise my freedom am I fully myself.

I know that there are a billion girls out there that would kill to be in my position, and I never forget that.

Would you rather live your life according to the approval of others or aligned with your truth and your dreams?

I take advantage of the opportunities that have come my way. I think I've lucked out that I've never been thrust in the spotlight where people wanted to dissect every aspect of my life. I've been given a lot of distance and respect. It's allowed me the best of both worlds. I have the job of my dreams, but I also have the freedom that doesn't always come with it. I feel very lucky in that sense.

We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.

Always remember that somebody is praying for the opportunity that you have.

Every single day, I'm shocked at what I've been given the opportunity to do.

Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself; he must work for his rational self-interest, with the achievement of his own happiness as the highest moral purpose of his life.

This is my life, and I want to live it and enjoy it if I can.

People can hate on you for doing what it is that makes you happy, but ultimately it has to belong to you. It shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks.

I think it's a privilege to be able to fly to somewhere where people want to see my show.

Essentially pursuit of happiness is saying, everything's allowed until we come down on it.