Dave Bautista Quotes

When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams.

When you're a position coach, your next goal is to be a coordinator. While trying to be the best tight ends coach you can be, I always wanted to be an offensive coordinator at some point. When the opportunity presents itself, you want to make sure you capitalize on that.

You're always working to try and climb that ladder.

My ambitions are just to keep working hard and, when I do get on, to make an impression.

When I got into the business of entertainment, I did it for a reason. I didn't do it to not be successful. I did it to be successful. And to hopefully get to the highest level that I possibly could. Thus far, I'm achieving those goals. That doesn't make you stop. That doesn't make you complacent. It makes you want to do more.

I have always been ambitious about getting a U.S. role, and if ever there is some frustration, it is still encouraging to get close to big roles because it implies there is somewhere to go.

Now I'm this far up the ladder and I've got so much farther to go with what I want to achieve with it.

When you've accomplished a certain amount in your career, you're not so focused on your ambitions.

I've never tried to enhance my reputation. Never moved upwards from one thing to another. That sort of thing is of no interest to me at all.

My idols are Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Keaton, John Goodman. Maybe that's what I want for me.

I took a gamble in becoming an actor and my dream job has been realised.

I am hoping for a long career.

I think all players reach a point in their career where it's natural to lose some of that hunger, that desire, to sort of break out or be a star.

You start at SNL when you're young and hungry, but I don't want my pro years to be my SNL years.

I want to have a long career.

I keep fooling people into giving me jobs, and now I'm on Broadway. It's always something I've wanted to be a part of, and I can't believe that this is the experience I'm having.

I have the confidence to stay in my acting career for a long time because I have done all the titles other actors avoided.

When you have been lucky enough to move up the ladder, all you see, really, is the slide back down. You don't see the further steps upwards.

I'm very ambitious when it comes to cameos.

I look at goals, like, what do I want to do and where do I want to see myself. What position to I want to be in going forward.

I had always wanted a top spot, ever since I came to Japan in 2008.

I'm just trying to do big things with my career all the time.

I always wanted to do good work and play strong parts.

I guess the ultimate thing is that you want to keep working, you know, with the best.

I want to go higher in my career. This is not my best. My best is yet to come.