Carlos Vela Quotes

I left for New York three days after graduation.

All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.

I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.

I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college.

On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length.

To leave home, it's got to be worth leaving.

When I left Baltimore I put everything I owned in my dad's pick-up truck and drove cross-country to make it as a rockstar in L.A.

When I left Liverpool, I knew had to leave. It was a big step but it was something I had to do. A lot of people asked if it was hard, it wasn't hard. It was something I needed to do to improve and get better as a footballer.

I came out to America just before I turned 19, got my first audition, and booked it.

I came to New York with two bags, my guitar and my laptop. I set my stuff down and immediately ran to an audition.

I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I would move to New York in a heartbeat.

The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.

My brother said 'I want to start acting,' and me and my sister just said, 'Oh we'll try it, we'll see.' It was just one of those things - we were just like, 'Oh, we'll see what happens.'

I feel like the longer I hold out - I feel like as soon I move to L.A., I just become one of a million.

I really wanted to get out of England.

When I graduated from high school, I made the decision to pursue my dance training in London, England. I was so scared at first, not knowing if this little girl from small town Canada could possibly make it with these highly trained London dancers.

We had to leave Australia to become international stars.

I moved to Los Angeles to be with a man I loved.

I made the decision to come back to New York, quit my job and move to Paris.

I wanted to get on with my life when I was 16. I knew I wanted to be an actor. I wanted to get out of Detroit.

I looked at my parents when I was 17, and I said, 'I'm moving to L.A.'

It's not easy to leave your hometown and your family and your support system and come out to Los Angeles to - to pursue a dream where the odds are not in your favor.

As soon as I knew I was leaving Chelsea, our first thought was to return to Germany.

I feel like, of course, Portland didn't want me to leave, but I feel like at the end of the day it's good to have a fresh start.

Emigration is always a difficulty.