Quotes About Persistence

I'm always like, 'Well, let's not rest on a critical acclaim or on a incredible review or on a great reception.'

I'm a big believer that the reception is not the endeavor. And what I enjoy about almost all my work is the endeavor, the doing of something.

The only recipe is hard work, persistence, and belief.

There's no easy way to the top of anything, but it's a lot of hard work and I feel maybe I have the confidence in that recipe, or the confidence in myself.

I think that there was a period of time - and I would reckon it was about 12 years - where I was just determined to see if I could build a career for myself.

I am just a quiet reclusive person who has managed to hang around for a while.

I've always waitressed between roles. When 'Black Mirror' was on, I was still flipping burgers. Customers would recognise me while asking for extra ketchup, which was pretty embarrassing.

Hard work will always be recognised.

'Raging Bull' was badly received at first. It took 10 years for it to be recognised.

I need to just make as much noise and bang on as many doors as possible 'til men are, like, giving you the recognition.

It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that's OK because you appreciate it when it comes.

I have done so much for hip-hop and 'til this day, I haven't received any awards or any recognition for it.

You can work this hard and sometimes not get recognition for it.

Humans recognize effort, and that's what I do. I give max effort.

I'd go for parts that didn't pay a dime, and there would be 300 to 400 actors there. It could be very discouraging. To make it in this business, you have to have a kind of dumb sense that you're really good. You have to believe that someone is going to recognize that.

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that's fine. But even if you don't quote-unquote make it, you're fine if you've given it your whole heart and soul.

I feel like on 'Free TC,' you know, I feel like I went hard, and not enough people recognized.

I think that I'm doing my job, and it's nice to be recognized, but I also know that a lot of the people who are happy with me now are not going to be happy with me in four to eight years and that I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing.

With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails.

It's a long struggle being an actor; I don't know if I'd ever recommend it to anybody!

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

When I was 13 I'd record myself on my karaoke machine and if I didn't like it I'd record it again. I'd do that for hours, making sure each line sounded just right.

From the age of 14 to about 20, I bombarded record companies and DJs with my demos. I was desperate to get it out there. Most of the time, I got nothing back.

I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself.