Quotes About Opportunity

I want to not settle for one thing. Because I come from a place where I have nothing to lose.

You get one go round in this life. Why are you going to settle for second best when you can get everything you want out of it?

Especially a new role, it takes a long time for me to settle into a role but it's exciting as well.

When Take That came around my band had just come to an end and I was settling into acting life.

I think what's so attractive about acting is that you get to live several lifetimes in one.

I saw America as a land of opportunity, not a bastion of racism or sexism.

It was a joy to do something sensual and sexy. It was exciting. I don't get many of those types of roles.

I always used the free room that the G.D.R. allowed me... There was no shadow over my childhood.

I'm into people, especially kids and making sure they have a fair shake and making sure they reach their potential. So that's important to me.

At my school, Shakespeare wasn't on the syllabus - at least not for me.

Doing Shakespeare on stage with Kenneth Branagh, I don't think it gets better than that.

When did it something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America?

Where you're from shapes you, but you can actually do whatever you want.

There are too many who have not shared in the benefits of this economy.

Sharing screen space with Mr. Bachchan was a dream come true.

That's what you want to keep sharing with the players in today's world: knowing that you represent yourself and your family each time you step on the court and to be the best at it because you never know where it leads to after it's all said and done.

When you are sharing screen space with Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, there is so much to take away from that experience.

Shanghai is an amazing city. The fans were so nice to my family and to myself and just treated us as their own. I'm extremely grateful to the Sharks for that opportunity.

The important thing is always to be sharp and score when the opportunity arises.

Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.

When you've got off to a good start and you've got wickets in the shed you've got to keep trying to take the game on.

By sheer luck, we did our first tour of America as a headlining act.

Actors have limited time. We also have a shelf life.

I didn't like when people said that actresses have shelf life.