Quotes About Opportunity

When I'm 18 I don't get any more school time on set, so you only have a limited time to do it. You learn every day, and so I don't think of it as a chore.

When I was building my career as a choreographer, acting just happened.

Acting kind of chose me.

I love America, but I chose America.

I choose things that challenge me. I was afraid of the camera - that's why I chose to do 'Private Practice.' It's not like I left the theater.

People sometimes say, 'Why do you choose a part?' and sometimes it's not that I chose it but that that was the one that came along.

I chose cricket as my career when I was 15 or 16 when I scored a century for Maharashtra.

The opportunity to play for Duke University is great, and that's the reason I chose the school.

I did not choose 'Kaksparsh,' the film chose me.

When I was asked to play the lead character Mohini in Avunu' I asked Ravi Babu why he chose me. He said he wanted someone who can act well. I felt nice.

When I came into the movies, I was 27 years. I had the choice of playing the mother or sister. I chose mother.

I was chosen over British and French choreographers to work on 'Bombay Dreams.'

I've chosen the parts that have interested me and parts that I thought I could do a job with but also were challenging and a little bit scary.

Every character that I've chosen has made me evolve as an actor. And I am lucky that my directors have shown so much faith in my abilities.

I just enjoy playing football no matter where I am chosen.

I have only chosen roles that I am comfortable in - from the many that have come to me.

When you have the chance to work with Wes Anderson, with Stephen Frears and Chris Weitz and Roman Polanski and Terrance Malick you don't say no.

'Bond' was like Christmas: can't wait for it to come around. Being in the films brought me to a global audience, and I have had the opportunity to meet incredible people.

If you're an English actor, and you're asked to do an episode - especially the Christmas episode - of 'Downton Abbey,' you can't turn it down. It's like, 'Of course!'

It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.

I would love to work with Christopher Nolan, 100 percent.

I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'

In about five years I had gone from selling cigarettes in the streets of Abidjan to playing for the biggest club in the world.

I'm learning so much about my style just having access to so many things now. Growing up in Cincinnati, we really didn't have much money so it was really about places where you can go to get the most for the least.