Quotes About Opportunity

I got a call saying that George Lucas wanted to meet me. Of all the phone calls I've received - Oliver Stone wants to meet you; Spike Lee wants to meet you - that was the one call I never in a million years thought was going to happen.

We recorded our first CD, Sixteen Stone, with a small budget and never dreamed that we would enjoy such a high success. It was simply fantastic.

Australians are very provincial in many ways. If they feel that you've used them as a stepping stone to bigger things, they resent it.

Sharon Stone has made a fortune from her movies, so who says you can't get something for nothing?

Shortly after college, I was working in New York City at 'Rolling Stone' magazine.

'Power' has definitely been an immense stepping stone for me. It's opened up doors that I could only have dreamed of.

I did two episodes of 'The Walking Dead,' and it was enough to have time to get in there and really get the meat of it, but also then move on and take that experience and bring it into the next one. It was a great stepping stone.

The dream of those who come to Genoa is that they use it as a stepping stone towards a big club.

When you look down in history, whether it was The Rock or Stone Cold, they are the perfect example that you can be given the ball, but you then have to run with it.

I feel that Miss India is a stepping stone for anything you want to do, not just Bollywood.

Every time you step in there with a guy who is not ranked where you're at, it's always a big stepping stone for them - if they're able to get the job done.

The A tour has always given me an opportunity to prove myself in the higher league as this is the stepping stone.

I'm out to prove that NXT is not to be overlooked, that it's not a stepping stone or an easy place to compete. Every single guy and girl down there is hungry.

I thought Houston was a small and good stepping stone for me to get my career back on track and get a chance to compete somewhere and get that opportunity to start.

I was the daughter of an immigrant, raised to feel that I needed to get excellent, flawless grades and a full scholarship and a graduate degree and a good job - all the stepping stones to conventional success.

There's a process: you audition, you get rejected, occasionally you get jobs, and it's exciting, but it's all little stepping stones.

At 18, I jumped to the Premier League from League Two which looks good on paper but it's about the journey and the stepping stones.

Rolling Stones, Beatles, we gave them all the break they were looking for. All they needed was a good opening act, and we went out there and performed as well as we could... over 15,000 kids chanting.

I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me.

My first real business was bootlegging T-shirts - I was just a dumb kid. You go to a concert and pay $25 for a cotton T-shirt that says 'Rolling Stones,' 'Lollapalooza,' or whatever. On the outside they're 10 or 15 bucks. We were the guys selling them for 10 or 15 bucks.

We got word that Mick Jagger heard our first album and liked it. And he wanted us to open for the Stones in Hawaii. That just blew us away. But the next thing I heard was that Stevie Wonder opened for them here in the States and actually got booed at one show. So I was scared to death.

When I first immigrated to the United States, there were not many jobs that stood out. So I worked at a gas station, cleaning.

In America, we have long stood by the principle that the protections of the law are not meant just for some.

I've been so incredibly blessed. I've worked with some of the greatest professionals in town. I stood at the Golden Globes.