Quotes About Opportunity

I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.

Feminism is not about girl power. It is about equal power.

What helped was that my mother, even though we didn't have a lot of money... allowed me to take part in the Girl Scouts.

He asked my girlfriend if we could come over and sing some of the songs that we had written, which we did. After he heard the songs, he said that he knew someone in the record business by the name of Bob Shad.

Did any agents ever put Diane Ladd up for some of the great parts, even though she always got great reviews? No! But do they put up the girlfriend of the studio executive who's gonna do them a favor later? You betcha.

I was maybe one of two black kids in the drama department. It was, 'Well, you can't play this role because that guy has a white girlfriend or a white cousin or whatever.'

There's a reason God didn't give me this success in my 20s, because I'd have blown it.

You give me enough shots, I'll average 20. You give me a particular system where I stick close to the basket, I'll average 10 rebounds.

I'm really looking forward to it because it will give me the opportunity to do the whole other kind of approach to the music live that I haven't had a chance to do. and I think is important for me to do.

What the war did was give me the opportunity of three years of continuous reading, and it was in the course of reading that I became convinced that I should become an economist.

You don't get paid a whole lot for theatre, but you know, I feel more like, 'Where could I buy this experience, and how much would it cost? Who else would give me this kind of focus and put me in a room with this kind of talent?'

'Give me your poor.' It didn't say, 'Give me your poor who can afford a $680 citizenship.' If I had my way, it would be free. If I had my way, the state would subsidize every eligible application, period.

The UFC has been nothing but great to me. I can't complain; they give me what I want.

I think most actors go into the business thinking, 'I can play everything. Why can't I play a black woman? Just give me a chance.' Then you grow up and realize it's probably better that they cast an actual black woman.

If my work is liked, not just Karan Johar or Remo D'Souza, anyone would give me roles.

Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino gave me such a gift with 'Bunheads,' and to give me this gift of going on 'Gilmore Girls' was beyond. It was awesome.

It's not that I don't want to do commercial films, but if my part is just to look pretty, I'm not up for it. I'd do a role that expresses something. It's not that I don't want to look good, but give me a part where I have scope to perform.

If someone is going to give me a job looking younger than I am, I'm not going to turn it down. There are worst problems to have.

I want to shoot some indies, some independent features that give me some space to play a little bit.

You can't say you're an actor if you've never acted, and you can't act if no one gives you an opportunity, but they won't give you an opportunity because you've never acted. You're like, 'What in the world? Someone give me a chance!'

All I've ever said I need is an opportunity. Give me a chance, and I'll take it with both hands and run with it.

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.

Given a chance, I would love to romance Tabu. I wouldn't mind doing a film with Manisha Koirala, either. Or Madhuri Dixit.

It's important to learn how to use your small bits of time. All those begin to count up. It's not the long amounts of time you have that are important. you should learn how to use your snatches of time when they are given to you.