Quotes About Rejection

I had been on several shows that were meant to be the big ones, that would go on forever, and they didn't.

I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls.

I would say I am one of those guys who teams are looking for a reason to get rid of most of the time.

You're gonna get a lot of nos more than yeses, but you have to find the right people who trust in you and believe in you and will continue to work with you because you've got potential.

I was actually cut out of 'L.A. Story'... and rightfully so.

Nothing is easy and if you don't get a role, maybe you weren't good enough to play it.

I auditioned several times before I got the part in 'Shuddh Desi Romance.'

I was at a rough high school where admitting you were an actor didn't go down well.

When rubbish work comes to you, you must say no.

I think I made my first short fiction sale in 2005. I had been writing unsuccessfully before that.

I wasn't a very good salesman.

When I put out 'Same Thing In Reverse,' I was told categorically that this will never get played in America.

I was looking for someone to represent me and an agent sat me down and said, 'I don't think there's anything to work with here.'

I don't know where this thing about me being a travel writer comes from. It's nothing to do with me; I hate travel writing. I don't do it - I do it a little bit, but not much. I don't believe in it. I think it's over. The world is so saturated now that you don't need it.

I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school.

What drew me into being an actor was that I never got cast in the school plays - and it used to kill me.

I never had any interest in being involved with the Boy Scouts.

I was a model scout. I was never a model, but they just dropped the scout.

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

Most scripts that get written in Hollywood don't go anywhere.

Those auditions - you sit down, and literally the whole time you're there, they scrutinize you, and you know that. But you can't take it personally.

The entertainment industry isn't secure.

What did winning a Grammy do for me? It made me want to get rid of my Grammy, pack it away, and never see it again. It made me not want to speak to anyone who wanted to speak about my Grammy.

You know how it is in L.A. You go to restaurants at four in the afternoon, and they're packed because everyone is an actor, and no one is working.