Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful, That's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.
Helen MccroryRead
I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the bank for the sake of it!
Interpretation
What this quote means
Having money is important for survival, but accumulating wealth without purpose lacks true ambition.
Helen McCrory's quote emphasizes the importance of financial stability for basic needs like food and shelter, yet warns against accumulating wealth purely for its own sake. It suggests that true ambition lies not in the accumulation of money, but in using it as a means to achieve broader, more meaningful goals in life.
Themes
MoneyAmbitionWealthPurposeLife
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about career aspirations, one might use this quote to highlight the importance of purpose in ambition.
More from Helen Mccrory
All quotes →Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that's when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood.
Helen MccroryRead
Similar quotes
After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.
Oscar WildeRead
Upon the first goblet he read this inscription, monkey wine; upon the second, lion wine; upon the third, sheep wine; upon the fourth, swine wine. These four inscriptions expressed the four descending degrees of drunkenness: the first, that which enlivens; the second, that which irritates; the third, that which stupefies; finally the last, that which brutalizes.
Victor HugoRead
When I was younger, I was impressed by those who were educated, accomplished, successful, and applauded by the world. But over the years, I have come to the realization that I am far more impressed by those wonderful and blessed souls who are truly good and without guile.
Dieter F. UchtdorfRead
I had a period when I was sixteen where I started to get a big head. I was going through puberty, and I was nominated for an Academy Award. My head got inflated. My friends were the real ones who said, 'You're acting different.' But the truth is that I don't need that, because I don't get out of hand.
Leonardo DicaprioRead
When I speak of a man growing in grace, I mean simply this - that his sense of sin is becoming deeper, his faith stronger, his hope brighter, his love more extensive, his spiritual mindedness more marked.
J. C. RyleRead
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Bruce LeeRead