Quotes About Rejection

I've always wanted to be a very commercial director, or I had dreams of making these movies into blockbusters. And with each movie, they tell me it's not that way.

Before my big break in 'MADtv,' I was doing a lot of commercial work.

I didn't want to do film or commercials or television.

I never did commercials. Not that I didn't want to, but because I can't. I am just so bad at it.

I'd say you have to be really committed to the field, show up for every audition and to be aware that very few make it in this field.

When a person thinks that you are not competent enough to do his film or work with him, one should not ask for work from that person.

But it can be tough for new composers as directors tend to block you out.

One day, you have a father who's always around, and then the next day, he's gone. I was too young to comprehend that. I actually thought he was going to come back.

'L.A. Confidential' was written with me in mind, but Russell Crowe got the part. Go figure.

When I was not connected with someone, I didn't get asked out that often.

My relationship to Britain is of no consequence.

Personally I have never found the practice of recreational drug use appealing. In fact, I have always found the lifestyle and the people who surround it to be abhorrent.

Since the issues surrounding President Obama's birth certificate began during his campaign in 2008, I have rejected the notion that he is anything other than American.

You didn't have to know anything about show business to appreciate the characters' humor, because at its heart, 'Party Down' was about following dreams, dealing with rejection, and surviving all the lame jobs we've all had to work just to get by in the meantime.

When patients reject official advice and proved medicine, they become more susceptible to quackery.

But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.

Basically, I've found that if you have two films that don't perform well, it doesn't matter that you've had a bunch of successful ones. The phone stops ringing, and after 'Deadly Blessing' and 'Swamp Thing,' that's what happened.

I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.

When I was still young and living in Switzerland, I had auditioned in Munich for a German film and was rejected. So I gave up and concentrated on my stage work. But I always wanted to make films.

I got expelled from every school I went to in Sydney.

Every footballer plays with the hope that people love to watch you. But, for me, there is no sympathy or interest. I don't seem to have any charm for fans.

What dragged me down was not being mayor - it was insecurity, the need to be accepted by everyone, the pleasure syndrome. That's what brought me down.

I had too much power, I thought. I might consume him out of my own curiosity simply because I could. I could stay or go. He could not. He had too much power, I thought. He could reject me. He could break me in two.

His ears were so littered with studs, safety pins and dangling razor blades that if he were to stand between two strong magnets his face would peel off.