Quotes About Opportunities

When I was little, my mom was an actress, and she still is now, and she'd go on commercial auditions, and if they needed a mom and a son, she'd take me along, and that's how I got started.

My brother was scouted for a commercial when he was three, and it was just because he could speak clearly and was well behaved, basically. I don't think he had any amazing acting ability at that age - although he is actually a great actor.

When I was in college in Chicago, I was doing a lot of commercials - that was my bread and butter.

When I started out in Canada, I did a lot of voice-overs and commercials.

I loved doing commercials when I did commercials. I made a living. I worked in front of a camera. I could do plays for free.

Mayors, I think, tend to be more no-nonsense, and you look for economic opportunities for your communities.

The acting world is tough. It's competitive - and even more so for women - but actually, for black female actresses, the issue isn't really that it's competitive: it's that there just aren't enough roles for them in film and TV.

I'm really grateful for the opportunities I get. But I do spend a lot of time thinking about how lucky I am so I don't become complacent about it.

We live in one of the most complex ages for young, professional women.

As far as I'm concerned, any work you get is because people have heard other work you've done.

Sometimes there are the conditions for winning. Sometimes not.

I'm confident UTC could outperform in all of our markets, starting with our commercial businesses. The largest opportunities for our commercial businesses are in emerging markets, and we're very well positioned there.

Bumble is a connecting company. It's your place to find connections, whatever that may be.

I've learned, like with anything else, business is only as good as your connections and your resources. And some of the resources that I have are the fact that I work with huge artists.

I never had connections at any point to the industry.

I learned so much stuff at Hoffenheim and made a lot of friends. I also made good connections with the managers. They taught me a lot that I can take on in my career.

I started out mainstream and then literally made a conscious decision, like, 'I don't have that core black audience on my side.' And then I literally started looking for projects to get involved in.

It is a conscious decision that I do films in different languages.

It wasn't a conscious decision to pick only positive roles. Things just fell into place.

It's really, really cool that we've been able to have these opportunities to surround ourselves with these people because they're brilliant. Like, Dolly Parton is legendary, and she's maybe the nicest person I've ever met in my entire life and, like, amazing.

My mom showed me how important it is to surround yourself with opportunities and make the most of them.

You're only as good as your options and your surroundings.

Since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents, they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities.

The only way to sustain a career is to be as prolific as you can be, and open to opportunities.