Quotes About Opportunity

Ninety percent of all people under 30 are in developing countries, and that means that this new access to tech, which is such a positive thing... is also a ticking time bomb of frustration... You get this clear mismatch of opportunity and expectation.

But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained.

I think everybody else in Hollywood, including network execs, has the opportunity to ask for a raise or a change in scenery in a much shorter time frame than actors. But I do think the networks have to protect themselves.

You're there to score runs. If you don't do that over a period of time, people will look elsewhere. That hasn't changed and that'll never change, whether it's myself or Jimmy Anderson, you've got to play to a certain level to be picked for England or even Essex.

All the time, people are always saying to me that I need to shoot more.

Over time, people will notice what you are doing. Then you'll be in demand, and when you are in demand, you'll make money.

I hear it all the time, people always on my back about quitting or not doing stuff. Then first time in the Superdome, lights are real bright, whenever I got a chance, I made a play.

The ideal time period to get an investment is when you've already proved your concept and know what you're doing, and it's about adding water to the seeds.

Meryl Streep is my favorite actor of all time, period. That would be a dream to be in something with her. I just think there's so much I can learn from her.

I didn't see myself doing TV. It's time-consuming.

I'm very interested in what people will do for money. Money: it's timeless.

For years, I have been inspired by the inventive and masterful storytelling of the 'SAO' franchise. I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to work with such talented partners to bring this cutting-edge yet timeless story to a new format at Skydance.

I am thrilled to be working with Gucci and especially happy to be playing a part in their timely return to the equestrian world.

Bottom line is, you have to pitch. You want timely hits.

'Black film,' unless it's lucky enough or creative enough, or timely enough to build a life of its own, hangs subjacent to 'white film' on Hollywood's financial score board... aided and abetted by the supposition that so-called black film has no foreign market.

Once you put everything in the right perspective, even bad times can be an opportunity to refresh your appetite, your desire.

When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.

I was a poor kid. I came from nothing. We didn't have any money; a lot of times we didn't have any food, and now, all of a sudden, I'm a superhero in a Marvel movie? Talk about the American dream, man - I'm living it.

A hundred struggle and drown in the breakers. One discovers the new world. But rather, ten times rather, die in the surf, heralding the way to that new world, than stand idly on the shore.

Hard times always lead to something great.

I'm so thankful to have been born in the times that we live in.

You do have to fight different when you might have to fight three times in one night. I really like fighting just one time a night, this lets you do more things.

I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.

Well, I grew up in Hell's Kitchen, right next to Times Square, in a subsidized arts building.