Quotes About Success

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

It is all about playing a challenging role, and whether a film is a commercial one or not does not really matter.

I want to be commercial. I'm never the person who says, 'I don't care if people don't see my movies.' I always want people to see my movies.

I've never consciously done 'safe' commercial projects; luckily, they have done well.

I did a commercial for a phone company when I was five. But my first big thing was when I was eight. I was on the first season of 'E.R.'

People think the effort is less in popular commercial cinema, but that's not true.

'Cabaret' was the most commercial success that I've been involved in.

My goals aren't really commercial success.

Even when I do commercials, I try to tell a story about the product. With music, I try to tell the story of the person's struggle for success. And I believe every word I say. I never read anything on the air I don't believe in. I think people sense that about me, and they respond to it.

I have been fortunate that my commercials became famous and the best directors have managed to work on my terms. I didn't have to chase anyone.

When I was in college in Chicago, I was doing a lot of commercials - that was my bread and butter.

I did all the Chef Boyardee commercials, in America, when I was young.

Commercials are art, too; they're 30-second movies starring people like me. If you look down on the medium, you're never going to book. If you don't love it, do not bother. Find another job you like.

I got my SAG card doing commercials.

At some point, I'll do more McDonald's commercials if I have to.

I've come a long way from my first commercials.

Shaking the commissioner's hand has always been a big thing for me. When you're young and you watch the draft every year, you're like, 'That's going to be me one day.'

I don't have to commit crimes, I don't have to do anything like that to try and make money.

After my audition for 'Bridgerton,' I put it out there to the universe, and I bought the book. I was like, 'Right. If I commit, then I'll get the job.' And it worked.

Had Fusient been successful in buying WCW, ultimately there would have been no one on that side of the equation, including me, that would have had the commitment to the business that Vince McMahon has had throughout the years.

Alfredo Morelos is going to be a star for us. When you look at attitude he has and commitment he shows, he's ready to get to the top. He could be a big player for Colombia for years to come.

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.

If things go right, maybe I'll chair the Appropriations Committee.

You can't let emotions get involved with what the common goal is: to win. At the end of the day, that's what it's all about.