Quotes About Opportunity

I know that I can't get a big head when things start to go well because you never know what's around the corner. It's the life of an actor.

No, I never felt cornered because I was not a big director's son or a star's son.

As an independent artist, there can be nothing better than the fact that your song will be played and heard in different corners of the world.

There's no one way to the top. Make your own opportunities. See around corners. Raise your hand for assignments.

I'd always do bits on street corners like Richard Pryor's Mudbone character. And my friends kept telling me, You could make money doing that.'

I was earning a living. I was getting into more acting, then 'Coronation Street' came along, and it was the chance of a lifetime.

I couldn't resist the idea of doing 'Coronation Street.'

Before 'Coronation Street,' I was a jobbing actor, and after it, I'm a jobbing actor again.

We need to create an economy that works for everyone, not crony capitalism and unchecked corporate consolidation.

Many athletes competing in Atlanta wouldn't be here if it weren't for corporate support.

I used the aspects of being a woman to my advantage, but I worked for myself, not a big corporation, so I was lucky to have the freedom to behave however I liked.

When you get out of the Marine Corps, you feel like you can do anything.

What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage.

The things that are correct for me will come to me at the time that I am interested in them and have the capacity, the understanding, to do them.

I think sometimes we're meant to do something but things aren't lined up correctly.

I would never say yes to a fight that would take me out of the title picture if I'm in it. If I did it, I'd want to be compensated. That's the important thing. If you ask me to do something like that, I need to be compensated correctly.

New York has been embarrassed by corruption and lags behind in too many important categories. We can do better.

Every once in a while, it seems like the cosmos part, and something great plops into your lap.

I would borrow money all day long, if the cost of borrowing is less than the expected return.

My mother taught us to sell food in the market so we could pay for school. I would get up at 4:30 A.M. and start selling bread and cheese before going to class. School cost $65. The average salary was $125 a year, and with 10 kids, how are you going to pay for that?

I love that I am being offered films but I just couldn't do the 'cotton sari-strong woman' role again. As an artiste, there is nothing more I can offer there.

Before 2 Chainz got big, he used to sleep on my couch.

I was brought up on a council estate. I know what it's like to be poor.

'Born to Do It' took a kid out of a council estate and put my mum into a home of her own. It changed my whole family's situation, and all from doing something that I loved.