Quotes About Opportunity

I went to college on the East Coast in Portland, Maine.

From a small market, nobody had heard of me. ESPN had guts, they had courage, they rolled the dice. A guy flew into Portland, we got a rare snowstorm, he was stuck there four days, John McConnell listened to me, and he recommended me.

I feel like, of course, Portland didn't want me to leave, but I feel like at the end of the day it's good to have a fresh start.

I'm very open to Portland.

Age is not a factor when it comes to choosing the kind of roles you want to portray or the kind of clothes you wear for a role on-screen.

I think once you get noticed as an actor you get roles irrespective of the characters you portray.

It's better to play negative lead roles than portray just any other character on the show.

Shamshera' is a dream project and I feel blessed to have an opportunity to be a part of it and portray such a different and interesting character.

I am ready to portray any kind of role that includes negativity, if it is a challenging one.

I am a very blessed actor because I have always got the chance to portray various characters.

It is a satisfying feeling for an actor when one gets an opportunity to portray different shades through the character because it fulfills one's hunger.

Outsourcing was the bogeyman of the '90s. Protectionists portrayed it as an evil that would take American jobs away. Yes, some jobs did go offshore as people feared, but it made the global economic pie grow bigger.

Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.

On 'Ghost In The Shell,' I'm looking forward more to working with Scarlett Johannson and Rupert Sanders than portraying a lead!

I'm portraying out characters, I'm portraying femme characters, characters that are really outside of the box. I never thought I would get that opportunity to portray those characters at all, much less have a career that I have.

I think being born in Panama was a blessing because Panama is a port city. It's a really - the mentality is that - I remember that of admitting things in. You know, ports, ideas come in and out all the time.

I turned down an offer to represent Portugal.

An online store cuts through the inhibitors that retail poses. It doesn't matter which city you live in or what income bracket you fall into, as long as you're interested in learning.

I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people.

I'm finding a lot of actors my age now who are a bit more like me, and not as posh or brought up in a certain way. There's now people of all sorts of kinds of backgrounds.

I am not posh. I went to a comprehensive school.

I really feel blessed to be in a position I am, to even have an opportunity to play in the league.

In 1976, I was invited to interview for the CEO position of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.

You need to be flexible but I feel I can bat at any position depending on the condition.