Quotes About Persistence

People sometimes just need inspiration to keep moving along, whether it's going to Notre Dame and being rejected, or taking a long time to bring a sports movie and Hollywood together, which took a long time for 'Rudy.'

I have known Abhishek Banerjee for a long time. There have been a lot of films in the past where we were rejected together. We have seen each other's journey. He is an amazing actor.

I was rejected for many-many films.

They rejected me as a player. Newcastle said I wasn't going to be big or strong enough to make the grade, Burnley said the same. Most people said the same to be fair.

But as an actor, you spend the majority of your life being rejected.

I have learned not to allow rejection to move me.

Rejection doesn't always mean I'm not good enough.

Initially, new ideas are rejected. Later they become dogma if you're right. And if you're really lucky, you can publish your rejections as part of your Nobel presentation.

It's extremely difficult and very challenging to be a woman in film and television. Just showing up in this business forces you to know yourself. But I learned how to deal with rejection and get tough when I was working as a model - it taught me how to put myself out there. In a way, my time modelling was a preparation for life.

I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.

I think all great innovations are built on rejections.

Don't let anyone, or any rejection, keep you from what you want.

I was twenty-seven when I began to write seriously, and after two years of rejections, my first book, 'The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo,' was accepted for publication.

The starkest rejection letter might be followed by a million-dollar advance. Don't let rejection start to look the same as failure.

I definitely have had a couple of years where I've been working constantly, but it never goes away, that worry that you'll never work again. It's a funny job. It never gets easier. Rejection never gets easier.

I've got a very tough skin because I've been doing this for a long time. Rejection is simply part of it.

Don't get discouraged from all the rejection.

You can make your own way. It's about getting out there and not letting rejection get you down.

I've had enough rejection for 33 years. I don't need more.

You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.

There's no point in dwelling on rejection.

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.

But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.