Quotes About Perseverance

In L.A., you constantly go on auditions, and you're usually not what they're looking for - you get used to going back and back to the same show, and nothing happens.

There were years in between of going to auditions pretty much every day and getting nothing.

When you go out on auditions for big movies, and you're not a big star, you get used to getting close but not getting the part.

You have to keep persevering. An actor goes to a lot of auditions and doesn't get the part.

I have had to give auditions for every film I had done until 'Dedh Ishqiya.'

I've been on over 1000 auditions.

When I go to these auditions, I feel like I have to prove myself 10 times over... acting is a challenge.

When I started off my career I did each and everything on my own. Whether it was finding numbers or going for auditions it was done all alone without anyone's help.

Sometimes with auditions and going up for a role, you don't want to admit to yourself that it's everything you've ever wanted.

I don't know how I ever built a career, really, because I have always been absolutely terrible at auditions.

I don't think you see very many losing teams working out in August with 10 people.

I had my first fight in August of 2009 and haven't looked back since.

My aunt, who plays the role of my mother now, she got her Ph.D.

Something I've definitely learned from my aunt and my mom is that you've got to keep your eye on the ball. You have to realize that, in some instances, you may need to work twice as hard to get half as much, but you don't stop. You don't stop fighting.

I'm going to keep on going, day in and day out, be the same Tavon Austin.

When I was in Australia, I had three different agents in three different years, and I didn't have one audition. They were good agents; I just never had one audition that was the right stuff.

In Australia nothing comes easy. It's one of the hardest places to play.

One of the agonies of being an author is to know when to stop writing.

I know very well that one cannot become an author by just writing a book.

People who go far don't sleep an average of 14 hours a day.

I never thought I could make it big. I was just a cashier. I didn't want to be just another average person, but all I had was some dreams.

It's funny going to America because you're starting again. You've just won a Brit Award, but nobody will care. You have to prove yourself, but it's good to do that stuff. You might be big in Britain, but you still have to work at it everywhere else.

This is the boxing game. There is no ducking and diving.

Featherweight is my division.