Quotes About Opportunity

A lot of guys you see go through their whole careers and not get an opportunity. I don't want to be one of those guys.

I'm pretty careful about making sure that when I choose to do something, it's for the right reasons and that I really connect with it and care about it. So if the right musical came along, yes, I would totally do it!

When we talk about women's economic empowerment, we should be careful that we're not just giving women more to do.

I need to be careful about the films I choose to do.

I don't want to take anything that's coming in for the sake of work. I want to choose carefully, as I have done since leaving 'EastEnders.'

I would love to take a role like Greg Chappell did for Australia. I think I have a good eye for talent and this is something that we have never taken on board in the Caribbean.

I never went to a drama school or anything. I just gave it my best shot, and everyone seemed to like it, so I carried on doing it.

I have carried the burden of being a role model for some time. And that's great. The body of work I've done has afforded me that opportunity.

I would love to carry on with Second City and see where that takes me, but it's always been a dream to work on 'Saturday Night Live' and do films.

I had never really seen 'Agent Carter' before I got the part.

Like with 'Outlander' as well as with 'Agent Carter,' I had never heard of 'Outlander' before I got the part.

I've always had this 'carve out your own existence' attitude and I'm always encouraging other people to do this, if they can. Of course not everyone has the choice. I've been lucky.

We're lucky as Drag Racers to have an opportunity to touch people's lives and in a lot of cases, change people's lives.

There will always be cases where one player plays, and another doesn't.

Many times, we athletes have a camera in front of us and in many cases a lot of people with that same background or history do not have that opportunity.

Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest.

When we started out, there was so much cash involved that it attracted an element you'd rather not do business with.

When I got my deal with Cash Money, it changed my whole life.

I was 16 when I auditioned for the series '8 Simple Rules.' They cast the kids first.

Obviously when you cast someone who hasn't acted before it can be a massive opportunity for them.

Instead of playing something heavily, I play it lightly. Since people like to cast cyclically, once you've done one thing, people want to put you in that bag again. And since I want to work, I let it happen.

I got cast on ER, I knew I'd be playing a great character and I knew the show was great.

I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years.

When I got cast in 'Rocky IV,' I had never seen a film camera before. And here I was in this boxing movie.