Quotes About Opportunity

There was one film that I really wanted. This was a long time ago; it was a film called 'Fracture.' Ryan Gosling ended up doing it with Anthony Hopkins. It wasn't a giant box-office success, but I really enjoyed the script, and I enjoyed the character. I got pretty close and was kind of disappointed it didn't go my way.

I've been pretty blessed. Sometimes it comes in disguise.

They used to say a woman would never main-event a pay-per-view. I'm pretty sure I heard that from my dad.

I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive.

It's very hard to step into a job when people are just dismissing you as a pretty face, and saying you got your job only because your surname is McMahon.

I started Instagramming, like, my model life, per se, when I was 14. I got into it as, like, this is an opportunity to be able to show yourself not just as a pretty face but as a personality, which I think models have never been able to have until now.

People would come to me and say, 'Jet, your Kung Fu is pretty good, do you want to be an action star when you grow up?' At 17, I was given the script and I went to make the movie.

You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know.

Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.

I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you to get your law degree and come back here and get elected and be the first woman governor.' I kind of took that guy seriously - I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea.

I'm pretty good at weaseling my way into a job, even if I have no business being there.

When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.

'Top Model' is pretty good, because it gives these girls an opportunity to chase their passion and possibly get a contract.

I've said yes to everything that Jon Stewart has asked me to do. That's been a pretty good career decision, I think.

I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.

As a striker, your job is mostly to forget. When you have someone like Vidic marking you, and it's misery for 89 minutes, all you have to do is forget everything. Forget the 89 minutes. Because in the 90th minute, you might finally get your chance. I have been pretty good at this in my career.

I was a backup dancer at one point for a group that was on RCA.

How many dancers in their life get a job that will last 15 years? Not many.

I would say that 'Shake It Up' was a chance for me to do two things I really love: acting and dancing.

When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class.

Being on 'Dancing with the Stars' is an amazing opportunity. I consider myself lucky to be a part of the show and to be able to share my passion and love of dance with such a huge audience while managing to train a few celebrities in ballroom dance along the way.

At 19, I turned professional, and I moved to New York. Then I got the call to do 'Dancing With The Stars,' so I moved to L.A. when I was 20 and did it for 18 seasons - about two a year - until I was 30.

It's 'Dancing With The Stars,' it's not 'The End of Your Life.'

I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'