Ester Dean Quotes

I didn't want to be famous for its own sake. I wanted to be famous so as to be happy.

Going to Broadway - then to be invited to the Tonys - I really tap into what that feels like now to fulfill lifetime goals.

When you first come out of the box, you want to play the 300-capacity place, then it's 1,600-capacity, then it's an arena - so, do you want to be in a stadium now? The ego keeps telling you that it's not enough.

I used to feel famous, but now I feel successful.

All my life, I was even just wanted to attend the Grammys, like, just be there, so the fact that I'm nominated for Best New Artist, it feels like a dream.

Entertainer of the Year, to me, there's never been any question that that's one on my bucket list that I want. I'm not going to sit here and lie to you. If there's one that I ever could get - I would trade all the rest of them in for that one.

Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

I have never thought of winning an Oscar. Rather, I never thought I would get the Padma Shri. I think God has been kind to me. I think getting Oscar award is not too far away.

You know, you want to be a success. You want people to know who you are.

It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes.

Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.

Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way.

My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.

It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful.

I certainly hope to be a great publisher, and if people want to love me, too, that's even better.

I want to do something that I'm proud of and that I can look back on with pride of accomplishment.

I wanted to become a star, of course. That was very important to me. I wanted to achieve something.

I want to be the next legend.

I still don't feel like I've made it. I can't imagine ever feeling like I've made it.

Just like I have all the capabilities to become a big star, Golden Boy has all the tools to get me there.

I have never had the ambition to be famous for nothing. You have to do something with your life.

I wanted to be that guy they talk about. I want to be the guy that shine. I want to be that No. 1 guy.

I grew up saying, 'I want to be famous,' but that was just the words that you used. As I got older, I understood that what I really meant was, 'I want to be successful.'

To find out my song made the top 10 was honestly a dream come true. I think it's something that I've dreamed about, and anyone dreams about, their whole life.

I always dreamed of making it big.