I went to college at NYU for acting, since acting was my dream from very young. I did a lot of hip-hop courses while I was there. I helped co-write a hip-hop production for the main stage of NYU, but I never touched rap. – Gina Rodriguez
I have some NASA memorabilia from the early Apollo days that I can’t imagine parting with. I’ve always wanted to play sort of like a space cowboy, too, like the idea of Captain Kirk. I think that’s everybody’s dream though, right? – Matthew Daddario
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire – you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away. – Denis Waitley
I care not how worldly you may be: there are times when all distinctions seem like dust, and when at the graves of the great you dream of a coming country, where your proudest hopes shall be dimmed forever. – Donald G. Mitchell
Al Gonzales is a dedicated public servant and exceptionally qualified to be our nation’s next Attorney General. I know that a lot has been said about Judge Gonzales’ life story. It is a story of the fulfillment of the American Dream. – Mel Martinez
Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream. – George Foreman
My advice for upcoming actors is to never give up. If it’s in you, keep following your dream no matter what. Perseverence is the key. – Chad Lindberg
I’m an example of someone who never made it to university. I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt that this dream had an expiration date. – Eddie Vedder
If your dream is to tell stories, interesting stories, play interesting people, that’s the bottom line. The people that I play have to be extraordinary. – Eddie Redmayne
The term ‘glass ceiling’ was coined in 1984. More than 20 years later, the ceiling has barely cracked. There isn’t a single country in the world that has as many female as male politicians. In business, the situation is even worse. Its highest echelon – the board – remains a chauvinist’s dream. – Noreena Hertz
I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year. – Natalie Portman
It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of our own gigs and putting on a lot of our own shows. We were trying to get our actual music across, trying to make a connection there. – Greg Ginn
I promised my mum that if something did happen to her, although I never thought anything would, I told her that I wouldn’t give up on acting until I got my Oscar. This was her dream for me. – Cory Hardrict
I’m living the dream! I just want to tell actors and writers it’s never too late, and it can happen when you least expect it. – Geneva Carr
I had a house in Haiti, in the hills above the North Atlantic coast. The house appeared as if out of a dream: my dream to have a foothold in the country. Like many concepts do in Haiti, the phrase ‘pied a terre’ became literal, material. – Madison Smartt Bell
You know how kids dream of being soccer players or actors? Well, my dream was to be a sushi chef. – Nobu Matsuhisa
If I can relay anything, it’s that if someone has a dream, and it isn’t the norm of what others are doing around you, it doesn’t matter. Reach for it. Go for it – because I’m a shining example of that. – David Hallberg
It’s always been a dream of mine, of exploring the living world, of classifying all the species and finding out what makes up the biosphere. – E. O. Wilson
A dream my girlfriend and I have is to move to New York for a year or two because we just love the city. I would take some acting classes. – Daniel Bruhl
My dream is to be able to make something in Baltimore that’s just there. Make a movie or make a show there. I only left because there wasn’t any opportunity except being an extra in Barry Levinson or John Waters movies. – Derek Waters
It’s a fantasy that we could have a president who could actually make choices based on what’s right, rather than having to weigh the political fallout. But that’s sort of what we’re showing. And you can dream. – Geena Davis
It’s always a dream to be on the cover, it’s one of the things an athlete always aspires to do, to be on the cover of a videogame, but I never thought I would get to do it this quick. – Dwyane Wade