Professional Aspiration Quotes

My dream was to be a 'scientist' even before I knew what a scientist did.

My ambition from the very beginning was to make a good part for myself, something differently to what lately I've been doing.

It was my dream to have an opportunity to become a professional player.

I knew Billy Wilder socially and would have loved to work with him.

I wanted to be a fashion designer.

I wanted to be an engineer.

My sole focus as far back as I can remember was all about my dream to become a singer.

There was never really a Plan B for me - I always wanted to be a music artist.

I always wanted to be a medical doctor, and I never thought of business.

One of my first memories of being a kid was, 'I want to have a real job when I grow up.' And to me that meant you wear a suit and a hat and carry a briefcase and go to your job.

I knew I wanted to coach at an early age.

If you'd asked me at the start of my career I would have said I was going to be a manager. I may still be in future, but there seemed to be an expectation it was a natural progression for me.

Given a chance, I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan because she's a versatile actor.

I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have a lot of ambitions in life, but for the next few years, I just want to be an actor. That's a lucky opportunity, and that drives me to want to be good at that.

I think I would rather be a prime minister than a taxi driver.

While I wouldn't object to work at a restaurant or a different place that sells decent-or-better food, I think that I can learn much more by becoming a coder.

In a weird way, I never wanted - I don't consider myself a very good writer. I consider myself okay; I don't consider myself great. There's Woody Allen and Aaron Sorkin. There's Quentin Tarantino. I'm not ever gonna be on that level. But I do consider myself a good filmmaker.

Our best people don't go into politics.

I would love to find myself in a position where I have to decide, 'Gosh, do I want to be on a series?'

When I started, there were very few women at the managing director level and very few who had families, which is something that was important to me. So it's not like, when I looked up, I could say, 'Well, that's who I want to be.'

I have just wanted to be an actress. That's always been my goal. I didn't want to be famous.

So as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve. I want to work with people that frighten me and excite me, and characters that I don't believe I'm the best person for the part but I'm still gonna try anyway. Those are my favorite roles.

I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.

Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news.

Going to a major tournament, having that buzz - it's hard to put into words. It's a dream to go there, and to play. It's the biggest thing you can achieve in your career, and to go again would be a dream.