Tommy Mottola Quotes

If you're not prepared, and you're not passionate, and you don't push yourself to a level of human exhaustion on every level, mentally and physically and creatively... I've seen directors who approach it casually, and they do somehow maintain better hours... but I could never be that guy. I am up and editing all night.

I was very, very eager to work. It's just the way I am.

I just hate people who are lazy. To be on my team, you have to have energy and a sense of wanting to learn. That really excites me.

I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream.

I have the same attitude with work - I like to go to work, I like to work really hard I, like to give everything my all, I like to try things that are new, you know.

I'm passionate about what I do. I'd be naive to be passive.

When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.

A personal belief is that if you're not personally invested in what you're working on, you'll fail.

I look for people who have drive, who have ambition, who are humble. I've hired many people at very strange places.

I'm the type of person that rises to the occasion, and when work is in front of me, I do work.

I will do this job as long as I feel that I can do it full steam.

Passion means finding a way.

I've always followed my enthusiasm. Whether the pictures have turned out good or not is one thing - but I've always had a lot of enthusiasm for the project at hand.

My motivation level here in NXT has always been high. I believe it's one of my stronger attributes.

A movement only takes form from that first act. Exploring a curiosity, or a real passion, and being motivated by a desire to solve something - that's really the best way.

I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.

The main thing I hope people see is how passionate I am about my work, and I know people talk about it, but I do work really hard on my stuff, and it means a lot to me.

You can always work around this, that or the other, but if everybody's in there because they love it and they just want to do it the best they can, that's an ideal situation that you don't always get.

I've always been driven, and I like the creative aspect of figuring things out.

I think I'm a guy who is going to come in and work hard from Day One.

I hope I never get complacent and continue to give my 100% to every film I make.

As a general rule, I am very passionate about any business that I engage in.

You can have a strong work ethic. Yes, that's going to take you far. But I think if you have a solid work ethic and a passion, that's different.

[As a writer] you have to have the three D's: drive, discipline and desire. If you're missing any one of those three, you can have all the talent in the world, but it's going to be really hard to get anything done.

I used to work at a movie theater and sold hams at Honey Baked Ham during the holidays. I sold a ton of hams, and they offered me a regular job there, which I turned down. I feel like anything you do, just do it 100% because then that work ethic will bleed through when it's time to work on your dreams.