Quotes

I can't dance to save my life.

I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me.

New products, new markets, new investors, and new ways of doing things are the lifeblood of growth. And while each innovation carries potential risk, businesses that don't innovate will eventually diminish.

Nobody gets through life without experiencing some form of rejection, which is why everybody knows how awful it feels.

The most successful entrepreneurs in the world have a combination of the right type of personality and fortunate life circumstance. A lot of them have been doing it most of their life.

The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away. He passed away really young. I was going to go to med school. My father's dream was that all of his kids become doctors. I realized in school I didn't like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call. Life is too short to do something you don't want to do.

At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all different kinds of characters and I'm known as someone who is well-respected for my approach to the craft, that would be a beautiful life.

I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.

Life is very short. Try to enjoy your 'now.' Many people think that when they become such-and-such then they will be happy. I personally don't think it is healthy to postpone your happiness. My message is, 'Enjoy the moment.'

On slower days, when I was only needed for coverage or reaction shots, the set of 'The Newsroom' was better than therapy. Chris Chalk and I would debate life's dilemmas... until Sam Waterston would chime in and set us both straight.

Every once in a while, I'll have an acting role that allows me to look at something in my life and work it out.

I thought, because of 'The 100' and 'Apocalypse,' that I knew everything about what life after an apocalypse would be - but Ryan Murphy and the writers of 'American Horror Story' have shown a whole other side of an apocalypse.

My life guided me to express my full potential.

When you step inside a set and transform into a character, it's your first brush with that role. It doesn't matter who you have worked with. Every character will be a first in your life as an artiste.

I have always wanted my own child... no make that children. And when you find the ideal life partner, you want children all the more.

Life is unpredictable, anything can happen. But when one chooses a life partner, one hopes and prays that she will be the person one is most likely to succeed in life with.

My lifestyle doesn't suit my parents.

My generation is too focused on work, career, image, etc. There is no fun, there is no life.

I have reached a point in my life where I would love to be known as a struggling musician rather than a successful TV personality.

I have made so many mistakes in life, my temper and behavior all this doesn't do any good to anyone.

Both my parents are wonderful cooks - my father looks like he has been in the kitchen his whole life.

Music was a part of my life even before acting happened. But I mostly play my guitar only for myself and sometimes when jamming with my friends.

Rahul Jaykar, my character in 'Aashiqui 2,' was a talented musician battling his demons, while Noor Nizami, my character in 'Fitoor,' is an artist who spends his entire life in pursuit of the love of his muse, Firdaus.

It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.