Quotes About Opportunity

When I graduated from college I didn't want to play in the AFL.

Overall, I think any opportunity to expose people to art on a mass level - to have some kid in Oklahoma say to his mother, "I want to be an artist" - is a good thing.

I always try to be open to whatever the universe wants from me.

I love the creative process, of getting to create your own show or your own movie, whatever it is you want to do, and have the resources to try and make that happen.

With "The Office," they said, "We don't want anyone we recognize, so give us unknown actors," and I think that was the break that I needed. Because I went in and I got the role.

There's always male roles I want to play. I'm so annoyed when I watch movies and go, "That could have been played by a woman."

Everyone said that if you want to be a real actor, go to New York. If you want to sell out, go to L.A. And I thought, "I want to sell out!"

When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.

Any coach certainly wants to have the opportunity to have some input over the personnel that he's coaching.

I think that the people in Indiana want to see more jobs, more opportunity. And they want to make sure that Washington listens to them.

If someone wants to give me the lead in anyone of those films, and deal with those other complications, terrific, Im ready for them.

As all Americans head forward into the new reality globalization has created, they want leaders who will level with them and help level the playing field.

The truth is that you can spend your life any way you want, but you can spend it only once.

Middle class Americans don't ask for special favors, they just want basic fairness, and a President who fights for that ideal.

A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get.

Many a good poetic vein is buried under a trade, and never produces any thing for want of improvement.

Entertainment is like any other major industry; it's cold, big business. The business end wants to know one thing: Can you do the job? If you can, you're in, you're made; if you can't, you're out.

I think I'm a better director than I ever was an actor. I'd love to go back to acting, but nobody seems to want me.

When I was on 'Idol' and 17, everything was so new. Everyone is so nice and wants to see you succeed.

I go through a lot of bad stuff, because most of the stuff that's written is pretty bad. But occasionally something comes along that's good, and I want to do it.

Pageants were a platform for me, and they helped me get to where I am today. You suddenly stop being just another girl, and people want to listen to what you have to say.

It's such an extraordinary time to be alive that you just don't want to miss it. I mean, it's a really neat historical period.

I hope my next movie is with like 80 year olds because I want to feel young again.

People want jobs, but nobody has a recipe for how to get them. And so they are trying different things.