Quotes About Opportunity

It's nice to finally get scripts offered to me that aren't the ones Tom Hanks wipes his butt with.

In this business, you have a hierarchy of stars. Russell Crowe, Tom Hanks - you name 'em, they can play any part they want. Guys like me who are somewhere down in the middle of the pack, that's a different story. I can do things in the theater that I can't do anyplace else.

Well, who wouldn't want to work with Tom Hanks?

I can't believe that I'm sitting in meetings with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Annette Bening. I want to take on that responsibility to represent all the Rogers out there who don't have a seat at the table. People of colour were not at the table, and now I am there, I want to change things.

I was working with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg when I was nine years old.

When I was around 16 or 17, I got asked to model, but because I was very 'tomboy' at the time, I wasn't interested. But then I had a bit of teenage rebellion, and I saw modeling as an opportunity to get away from school and parents, so I thought, 'OK, maybe I will be a model.'

I got scouted for modeling on the street. I'm such a tomboy - still am. I just never thought about modeling before, but I thought, 'Ooh, interesting, similar world, perhaps it's a way into something.' Then, I was on my third photo shoot ever, and Adam Leech from 'Downtown Abbey' saw me reading poetry and asked me to recite some.

'Gaana Bajana' gave me an opportunity to experiment with my looks. I played a tomboy in that film, a role that I hadn't essayed before. I have no regrets for having done the film.

I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra.

The likes of Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns were true champions. There were some incredible fights between us, and I was happy to give them all an opportunity to fight me.

I had Tommy Dreamer, who's amazing to me, from the very first day I met him - he actually was the one to say to me, 'I believe in you, I know that you can do this. Let's see what you can do at TNA.'

I was 23 and working in Asda when my friend Tommy asked me about 'Gogglebox.' He worked on the show and couldn't find anyone to audition in the north east so asked if I'd do it, to help him out.

We live on this speck called Earth - think about what you might do, today or tomorrow - and make the most of it.

Tomorrow's not promised so you've really got to take advantage of what you have in the present.

Opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow.

The jobs of tomorrow are high tech and high skill.

I'd like to believe that tomorrow is another challenge for me. I'm sure there is lots more for me to do, because there is lots and lots of stuff still to be explored.

I know a dramatic role is going to happen, but you just got to be patient, you know? It's going to happen when it's supposed to happen. I'm not rushing it. I'm not trying to make it happen tomorrow.

This is the only country in the world where today's employee, is tomorrow's employer.

When an opportunity comes, it holds possibilities. And when you move away from it or don't sense it or grasp it, you're really throwing away your future; you're throwing away your tomorrow.

It's always important to invest in young talents and the talents of tomorrow.

At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.

Americans deserve a better tomorrow, today.

Sometimes my mistake has been hesitancy about acting on the decisions I've made. When's the best time to invest? It's today, not tomorrow.