Brian Gleeson Quotes

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

I've always strived to be successful, not famous.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

I really want to do good work. I really do. My priority isn't stardom.

Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase.

Hard work and dedication is important to success, and I have those qualities.

I have struggled hard to attain this fame.

I've been blessed with a lot of talent, and if I just continue to work hard, then I think my name will be up there with some of the best.

For me, hard work and determination got me in the Hall of Fame.

Awards do get you 'that profile,' but then you have to do the rest of the work - it's not just a case of 'now you don't have to do anything.'

I am ambitious to do good work and do it really well.

Our business isn't to be famous: that's not what we do; that's not what we strive for.

I'm not hungry for success. I am only hungry for good work, and that is how it is with most superstars. Every day I tell myself how fortunate I am to be where I am.

I was called the greatest director in Europe, but I was just a hard worker.

I don't think about that. I wasn't a kid growing up saying one day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn't on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do.

I've only had two rules: Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

99.9% of the time, the people we see worked for it. People like Morgan Freeman and Harry Connick, Jr. work every day to continue the status that they have.

Winning is a serious matter.

When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.

Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning.

Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level. If you didn't do the hard work, you wouldn't be standing there. On the other hand, people do a lot of hard work and don't get Oscars, so it's a mixture of glory and injustice at the same time.

I'm not afraid of working hard at anything, whatever it is. I just always want to be the best that I can.