Starting Out Quotes - Page 5

• We're so used to it that we don't think twice about it. For somebody who's starting out in ice hockey it would be heavy, but it's protection. It's everything you need so you do have to get used to it.

  Gerad Adams

  Hockey, Thinking, Ice

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• For me the journey of making a film is a journey of discovery as to what that film is. I mean what I do is what other artists do, painters, novelists, people that make music, poets, sculptors, you name it. It's about starting out and working with the material and discovering through making, working with the material the artifact.

  Mike Leigh

  Mean, Artist, Journey

  "Big Think Interview With Mike Leigh". Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.

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• I worked more intensively hour after hour when I was starting out [writing]. More laboriously. I'd say quantity is important as well as quality, and if you're not producing enough, make a schedule and stick to it.

  Lydia Davis

  Writing, After Hours, Important

  "Live Chat with Lydia Davis". www.newyorker.com. December 16, 2009.

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• I wouldn't be where I am without these Funny or Die videos in general. When I was first starting out, I would take roles just to get the experience, but not exactly because I believed in the projects I was doing.

  Dave Franco

  Video, Roles, Firsts

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I was never strategic really, but back when I was starting out no one cared. In the acting community, box office didn't matter. I really think it was a mistake when they started paying people like $20 million to do a movie because now it's all people think about. Is she worth it? Is he worth it?

  Winona Ryder

  Mistake, Thinking, People

  "Winona Ryder" by Stephen Mooallem, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 25, 2009.

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• For someone who is starting out on developing their critical skills, just being aware of its existence is great: it can make the difference between trying to write a story around a cliche or an original idea, and better still, studying it can eventually clue you in on how to breathe new life into tired tropes.

  Charles Stross

  Writing, Tired, Skills

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. July 02, 2012.

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• I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor. When you're starting out, especially as an entrepreneur, you really don't know what you're doing. You go out there and you try so many things. The key in the process, to me, is that you keep trying and you never give up.

  Debbi Fields

  Giving Up, Keys, Entrepreneur

  "Debbi Fields Talks The Importance Of Persistence And Staying Present In ORIGIN Magazine". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2013.

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• Because I also teach college, I am around a lot of young women who are just starting out, and I often see them coming up against certain expectations that may be more gender-specific.

  Liza Johnson

  College, Expectations, May

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• The closest I came to doing anything that I wanted to do was to try and check and see what industries were just starting out. There was plastics and television, and I figured television had to be more fun than plastics.

  Chuck Barris

  Fun, Trying, Television

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 28, 2003.

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• I can't picture myself starting out aiming to do anything or having much of an agenda.I think in writing a poem, I'm making some tonal adjustments, and it took me a long time to allow anything like fun into my poetry.

  Billy Collins

  Fun, Writing, Thinking

  "Poet Billy Collins discusses humor, authenticity and ‘Aimless Love’". "PBS Newshour", www.pbs.org. October 29, 2013.

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• To establish yourself as an actress, you have to become well known. A girl just starting out, I would tell her to concentrate on acting, but she doesn't have to go around wearing blankets.

  Jayne Mansfield

  Girl, Acting, Actresses

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Los Angeles is where you have to be if you want to be an actor. You have no choice. You go there or New York. I flipped a coin about it. It came up New York, so I flipped again. When you're starting out to be an actor, who wants to go where it's cold and miserable and be poor there?

  Harrison Ford

  New York, Choices, Coins

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.

  Olivia Thirlby

  Fun, Drama, Able

  "Olivia Thirlby Talks BEING FLYNN and DREDD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 28, 2012.

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• Don’t ever underestimate the power of mentoring someone, or helping some young actor, doing a favor for them, or introducing - everyone needs somebody to help them along when they’re first starting out.

  Allison Janney

  Needs, Actors, Favors

  "Allison Janney Talks Working with Jason Bateman, Pranks, Her Desire to Be on HOMELAND, THE WEST WING, and More on the Set of BAD WORDS". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintarub, collider.com. March 29, 2014.

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• It's no good starting out by thinking one is a heaven-born genius- some people are, but very few. No, one is a tradesman - a tradesman in a good honest trade. You must learn the technical skills, and then, within that trade, you can apply your own creative ideas, but you must submit them to the discipline of form.

  Agatha Christie

  Thinking, Skills, Ideas

  Agatha Christie (1991). “Agatha Christie: An Autobiography”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• When I was first starting out as a kid, I tried to pad my résumé with everything I had ever done-ice-skate, carry a tune.

  Alexandra Daddario

  Kids, Ice, Tunes

  Interview with Chris Wallace, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 5, 2014.

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• The polishedness and the sophistication were what I was interested in. I mean, give me a polka dot, a floral print, a pleated dress, a big fur coat, that was always my language, and it wasn't very "in" when I was starting out, so I had a difficult time in the beginning.

  Jason Wu

  Mean, Giving, Dresses

  Interview with Stephanie Seymour Brant, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 17, 2013.

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• To me the biggest waste of time is commuting. First, there is no place that is less than a two-hour commute from New York. You can be half a mile outside of the city limits; you're two hours away by car. I don't care how close they tell you it is. "Oh, it's only thirty miles." Thirty miles? At 8:30 in the morning, thirty miles outside New York, you might as well be starting out in Omaha.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Morning, New York, Cities

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• I call it 'new forms'. When you're starting out, they ask you to do four or five minute sets, but once you're a headliner, you do like 90 minutes. I try to think of different things to divvy up the show, like doing drawings, playing music... I gotta carry the show, that's the problem.

  Demetri Martin

  Thinking, Drawing, Trying

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• After 34 years, I feel like I did when I was starting out. I feel excited and feel I've never been better doing what I do.

  Louie Anderson

  Years, Excited, Feels

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• It gets super dark. I did a bunch of intense indie movies when I was starting out in my career and I was always in a bad mood because, when you're dealing with the subject matter of losing your baby, getting raped and all that stuff, it's not fun to go through. You really have to go there.

  Busy Philipps

  Baby, Fun, Dark

  Source: collider.com

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• On a good night, I'm just into the flow and seeing the pictures and words in my mind clearly before I say them. On a bad night, which to be honest are nowhere near as bad as when I was starting out, I just concentrate on performing the routines correctly. I focus on my delivery.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Good Night, Focus, Mind

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• I remember when I was first starting out in the late 50's, and everybody at that time said rock 'n roll was gonna die. I was 15 years old when I started, and I certainly didn't believe that was true. I thought anything that feels this good and makes me want to tap my foot like this can't be a passing fad like everybody says. Of course, they were wrong, and here we are in the 90's and it's alive and well, and getting programmed all over the country, and really all over the world. So it's been a great journey.

  Bobby Vee

  Country, Believe, Journey

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• I've been compared to people since the beginning. When you're starting out, you need a comparison so people will understand you right away.

  Jason Mraz

  People, Needs, Comparison

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• Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were funny. It's important to pay attention also to what people are laughing at when you are just talking in regular conversation. Often that is when you are truly being yourself.

  Natasha Leggero

  Being Yourself, Thinking, Talking

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