Living the Dream Quotes

People don't come to New York out of resignation. They come here with a dream. Mine was to be an actress.

This is my dream being lived out and I'm so thankful for that.

I've forgotten what it feels like to be in one place for more than a day... But we signed up for this. This is our dream. We sat down and said this is what we want to do, play music and touring.

I will never, ever speak out against somebody who is living the dream and doing what they want to do, because that's what I'm doing.

My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.

In coming to New York, I got my first Broadway show six months after I got here. So that song, 'Movin' Too Fast,' means so much to me, knowing that feeling where it's just where you imagined yourself, but it's flying by you at a million miles an hour.

Going to New York to do whatever - show business - it just seemed fun. It seemed fun to go to the big city and meet all kinds of different people and maybe be famous. It was just exciting. So I wasn't scared.

To me, success has already happened. I get to make records and live doing that. Success is that.

I don't want to sound like I'm bragging, but I'm very proud of this: I moved to L.A. in October of 1997, but I never had a survival job in L.A. I was able to support myself with acting from the moment I got to town.

I feel really lucky about being able to live a life that revolves around my passion. People are really supportive, and I've got some great fans.

I left my home in Massachusetts after college to move to New York City to pursue my dreams of acting. I took roles for free. I waited tables. I didn't care because it was work.

I kind of have to pinch myself. A lot of my dreams are coming true.

Thank you for letting idiots like me, come out and live this wonderful wonderful dream. I love you to death. Lets go home.

My dream has become a reality now, and it's the best feeling I've ever had.

If you can figure out how to get paid to do something you love, that's the dream.

My dad has always been very proud of me but I think I have exceeded his expectations. When I told him I wanted to be an actor and moved to New York City, I think he assumed I would be playing the guitar on the subway and collecting spare change in my guitar case. The fact that I'm not doing that means that I'm a huge success.

I don't want to spend my whole life talking about the promised land without ever getting there. I want to live in it.

You only get a chance to live your dream once, and I'm living mine right now.

I am a very lucky man. I am living my life with my hobby as my profession.

Live the dream, Potato.

I still pinch myself that I ended up in Hollywood. And I am still surprised at the fans.

As a kid, you run around the house pretending to be a superhero, and now to be doing it as a job, I feel very lucky.

I was already blessed to be doing what I have always wanted at 17 - I was an actress.

To be in the charts and hanging around with such huge names in the industry just feels like a complete privilege! I can't even explain how it feels - complete dream come true.

If my character is over the top talking about partying and chicks and living the dream, then I'm going to go out and want to party more.