Quotes About Opportunity

I was fortunate to be able to go to the Scotland games with my grandad and it's scary to think I could now be playing in one.

I went away with Scotland because I was trying to get some game-time somewhere but it just wasn't working out with Scotland, the results weren't happening.

Getting to work with acting royalty like Andrew Scott and Moe Dunford for me is incredible.

I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?

Getting the call from Ridley Scott made me think that sometimes you just need to go to work.

The Scottish Government will continue to do all it can to get people into work.

I think I could take a job as an NFL scout.

If we don't at least try to make the future more equitable, most of us will left with simply scraps.

The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.

When Armaan sang his first song for Vishal Dadlani, he didn't know that they were making Daboo Malik's son sing. He went inside the studio when he was 10-11, sang a scratch and it went on to be part of 'Bhoothnath.' He didn't get the opportunity because he was so and so's kid.

If I had gotten the parts in 'Scream' or 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' I would not have been very good in them, and I would've squandered whatever success I had gotten because I wasn't ready for that sort of thing. So I feel grateful for all of the years that I have behind me trying to get traction and a career.

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

There's huge potential in China. They have about 50,000 screens and they need content, which we produce a lot.

Actors are always looking for actor-proof parts. A part so good you can't screw it up!

Every time I've ever gotten close to being successful, I've found some way to screw it up.

At the end of the day, if you're living by fear, you're gonna get screwed in Hollywood.

For me, the script is important. If it excites me, I'll do the film.

I'm always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play.

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against - I have to try to make roles happen for me that aren't written black.

I still take work if I think it's good. If I like the script, I'll do it. If I don't, I won't.

I look forward to every script that comes down the pike.

I'm lucky; people write scripts for me.

Luckily for me, I get a lot of acting-oriented scripts.

From 'Polytechnique,' I started to get scripts and after 'Incendies,' of course, it exploded.