Yami Gautam Quotes

Coming to Chelsea was a big challenge for me.

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

'Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking.

When I started travelling, I would go to a city and be on television and I used to get the question, 'Why do you work? If I were you, I'd just go and lie on a beach somewhere.' And I'd answer, 'Well, I wanted to make something of my life.'

I tell people, 'It's just like a cliche, but it's true: In Hollywood, dreams can come true.'

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

To my surprise, I have an Emmy nomination, and I have never even been to the Emmys! So it's like I am Cinderella. But actually having thought about it, I am Cinder-elder!

I guess I really haven't thought much about winning an Oscar, but if I had the opportunity, I'm sure I would like it.

I'm not striving for fame, that's for sure. I don't particularly like the idea of celebrity. I would like to be successful with my music, so I realise that there's a balance to be made there.

Winning is everything in Hollywood.

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.

I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.

I'd always wanted to live in San Francisco, and my circumstances never permitted it. I'm so happy I made the move.

There's a lot of spotlight that comes along with being the best in the world.

Keep doing what you're doing. Don't be afraid of fame.

When I first moved to L.A., I went walking down the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and I would tell myself, 'One day, I'm going to have my own star.'

The things I love about this business the most, is that it is a challenge trying to prove to everyone - including yourself - that you can do something different than what people think you're capable of.

To cement your name, you've got to go after the biggest fights.

I always wanted to come into the spotlight. I always had dreams and plans of doing my own thing and creating my own image, so it came a little sooner than I thought it would but this is still something I knew I would be going through and would have to experience.

I feel like what's made me the player I am is always being willing to take the challenge.

Being discovered by an audience is an incredibly difficult thing.

Going to the Olympics would have been great.

To be considered for the hottest breakthrough MC of 2011, it's obviously an honor, but I want to be the hottest.