Quotes About Opportunity

Success for me will be where the body of work I've done afforded me the opportunity to be as good as I can be, and to explore myself and to see what I'm capable of.

There are times in life to grow, and there are times in life to shine. One can't grow and shine at the same time; it just doesn't work that way. Now you're growing. Tomorrow you'll shine.

Men, if you are in a position of power or authority, please respectfully continue to mentor and work with talented individuals and those with promise, regardless if they are men or women.

If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are.

So, I'm happy to do that because it's a wonderful working relationship but I will be going out for pilot season for half hour work and that's the gamble I'm taking.

When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out.

There is not a man in power at our Bethlehem steel works today who did not begin at the bottom and work his way up.

I was so lucky because I started working very young. And my father was very wealthy and I didn't need to work. I did my films.

If you have to work at McDonald's, good for you. But on a side note, good luck with the rest of your life.

I'm a worker. I like to work and I like to provide work for other people. I like to put people on my show who normally would never have a chance at being on television.

I've been incredibly lucky throughout the beginning stages of my career up 'til now, and so lucky to work with the incredible people I've worked with.

I work in L.A. from time to time.

I feel like so much of why I sort of want to work in television is so that people know to come see me live.

The opportunity to work with women who are at the top of my list of people I'd want to work with and who are my favorite women to watch on screen, was fantastic.

I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have gotten work.

I definitely want to keep working in Ireland, and without being too worthy about it, if it's possible to bring work into the country, that's no harm.

There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.

It's not fair to use movies that weren't creatively successful as a reason why something won't work.

I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic scores. I think most of the work that comes my way is because people feel they know me musically.

There's a lot of young guys coming along, but I'd like to say to the various financiers, don't forget the senior guys. The senior guys and gals are there, willing to do their best work for you.

Movies are certainly a director's medium, so getting the opportunity to work with really good directors is everything to me.

America's been very, very good to me. I've been very lucky and worked a lot there, and appreciate and love the work that I've done.

You come ready to work when you know that you are going to get a couple of gos and it. It kind of galvanizes everything and there is something about it that keeps it very alive.

I never turn down scripts without good reason. If I did, I would probably never work.