Quotes About Opportunity

I didn't want to start aiming for fame. It would be silly to not have entertained offers.

I was up for Michael Corleone in 'The Godfather,' but, as I was only 10 at the time, I think Mr. Coppola made the right choice. The Julia Roberts role in 'Pretty Woman' held a bizarre allure for me. But, it's silly to look back with regret.

I guess my silly dream is to be on 'Game of Thrones.' I don't think that I can do that, but that's my silly dream. And there are a lot of American comedies, particularly on NBC, that I would, I would love to do.

I've always wanted to do a real comedy. I haven't done enough, and it seems silly not to do more, considering the fact that people tend to laugh at me.

I had always been interested in the space program, and I didn't know if I could be an astronaut like I'd dreamt about when I was a little kid - to me it sounded kind of silly, someone grow up to be an astronaut - but, when I was in my 20s, I thought maybe I can get a job with NASA or a contractor, do something with the space program.

I'm not looking at any stage stuff at all. I'm going to give that a break for a while, if not forever, because I've done a huge amount of stage stuff and if the possibility of working in pictures comes along, I'd be silly if I didn't grab it.

The Raiders have been good to me, giving me a second chance to come back around and wear the silver and black.

We invite, then, the world to come with its silver and make the exchange.

Girls' education is no silver bullet. Iran and Saudi Arabia have both educated girls but refused to empower them, so both remain mired in the past. But when a country educates and unleashes women, those educated women often become force multipliers for good.

I was born with a silver microphone in my mouth, and that was an advantage. My father wrote books and was also a great broadcaster.

'Silver Linings' has proved a golden opportunity for me.

There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.

I've not done badly for a boy from Stockwell, where I used to gaze at the silver screen in wonderment, little realising I'd be a part of this magical world.

Whatever earnings I got from winning this silver medal, part will be used for my college education.

Tell me one industry where there are no problems. Whatever problems are there are similar to the problems faced elsewhere.

If you look at my acting career, I never played a role that was similar to anything my brother played. I was always cast as the bad guy or a gangster, because my brother didn't do those kind of roles.

I want to be paid fairly for the work that I'm doing. That's what every single woman around the world wants. We want to be paid on parity with a man in a similar position.

There's a lot of people in Hollywood who don't look like me or don't have similar features like me.

We see China as a large market opportunity with similar cyclical economic cycles that occur throughout every economy.

Partnering with MetroPCS is a great opportunity for me. It's great to be partnered with a company that serves a consumer similar to the UFC and my fan base.

I was always the sideline reporter or something similar to that - which is essentially, but this isn't always true, the 'woman's job.'

Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.

With acting, you do want to get every job, and you're trying to get every audition, but then you reach a certain stage where you start to kind of gravitate toward the stories and the people that have a similar heartbeat.

I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.