Emily Meade Quotes

It is an everlasting desire to make my dreams come true. And it's getting to the point now where it's like, come on I want my dreams to come true so that I can get on with the rest of my life. Sometimes I think about the rest of my life when I'm done.

I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I haven't even dreamed up.

I want to take piano lessons, I want to study at university, I want to travel, I want to do other parts, make another movie.

There are 320 million American dreams. Go get yours.

The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started writing decent work.

Hopefully I'll be successful with the singing, but there are so many other things I want to do, like acting. I'll do them one at a time first!

I'm not scared of growing old, I'm just scared of not achieving everything that I want to do.

There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them.

To not pursue the thing one wants would be a waste of one's life.

It's about a young man who has climbed to fame and he discovers that his writing and the relationship with his wife are really more important for him than anything else.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

I would like to see anyone be able to achieve their dreams, and that's what this organization does.

I make movies. I have a passion. Puppies and daisies don't accomplish anything. That's not me at all.

It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.

The true success is the person who invented himself.

I think I've achieved everything I wanted to.

I want to direct, produce, and write, learning as I go.

Become your dream.

You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited.

I'm an artist, but, as I get older, I really want to do philanthropic work and help people.

I want to reach my full potential.

My greatest desire was to be in a sandbox with Kevin Kline or Kenneth Branagh - to be with the people I admired - and I have.

Getting ahead cannot be the only motive that motivates people. You have to imagine what a good life is.

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.

I want to be part of great cinema. That is my only aim.