Quotes About Opportunity

People make a mistake when they think that if you just accumulate a set number of things on your resume, it's going to lead you to a particular place - the pattern of essentially compiling credentials to climb your way up a ladder. That may work, but that's not at all what happened to me.

The world still hasn't seen the best of Sean Paul.

I remember having a feeling like, 'I can't believe this is happening!' Two years ago I was auditioning for The Disney Channel, and now Paul Rudd is saying, 'Hey man, congratulations on your Emmy nomination!'

When I heard that Paul Feig was directing an all-female 'Ghostbusters,' I was prepared to do anything to be a part of this, to be a part of what sounded like an incredible project.

Well, Sean Paul we've always wanted to work with.

Leaving the stage would pave the way for younger players to come up too.

I'm trying to pave a way for everybody that wants to follow in my footsteps.

The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.

Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.

If life is tough, at least you got that thing you can pawn.

Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.

I was once that kid that needed a donation - that needed help to go to camp because my mom wasn't able to pay for it.

Stay as connected as you can. Sometimes that means you're going to do a job that may not pay you much but may give you a great connection. If the work is not going the way you need it to go, create your own!

There's a secret sauce in California, and I hope people pay attention to it.

When I started to work in the kitchen, there's not a lot of women that were working and I didn't try to pay attention to that.

It's absolutely true we have to pay attention to whether low-income people of any race are able to access quality, higher education.

You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck - and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee - or you can go out and become an entrepreneur.

There's a couple of times that I did it for the... paycheck. Even when I was younger - I remember I did this movie that wasn't good, called '1969.' I totally did it 'cause I could get out of school.

The millennial generation and a growing number of employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. If a nonprofit could make that easy for me, they are doing me a favor. It's not just a one-way value exchange; it is an internal morale building opportunity.

Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.

If I wanted to play it safe, I'd get a normal job with a secure paycheck.

When nobody is paying attention, anything is possible.

I think Canada has a great story, and I'm glad to tell it. And if there's a moment where the world is paying a little more attention to Canada, well, I think it's important to try and capitalize on that.

There's only one shot you have at a movie, and that's your best shot. If you can't give it that, don't go. They're paying you! You gotta do a job for them.