“I mean, I'm new but I've always been very interested in film making process and I've been lucky enough to work with film makers in my past that have been very encouraging to let me hang around. I get so emotionally vested - that the producer part of me was natural.” MeanHas BeensEnoughPastFilmProcessNaturalLuckyLet MeProducersMakersMy Past Author:Charlize Theron
“My agent in London told me, after Never Let Me Go, because I loved doing that so much, "If you're on a lucky streak and you're doing well, you should only take a part, if you can't bear the idea of anyone else doing it." That's been the case since then, with Drive and Shame and the play (The Seagull), and the stuff that's going on, like Gatsby. I would have been devastated, if I hadn't gotten those jobs.” IfsShouldWellsHas BeensIdeasPlayJobsStuffCasesBearsLuckyLet MeShameLondonAgentsStreaksDevastatedLet Me GoSeagullNever Let Me Go Author:Carey Mulligan
“When I was in employment as a regular line pilot, I used to take unpaid leave to go on tour with Iron Maiden. I got lucky - they let me off” UsedLinesGoes OnLuckyLet MeEmploymentIronPilotsMaidensIron Maiden Author:Bruce Dickinson
“I was just burnt out. I didn't like the music business and I didn't like me. There's an element of falseness about the whole thing. Even things like doing an interview. It's not as though we just met in the pub and are having a chat - it's part of a process. If you do it all day, every day for years, you end up thinking: 'Who the hell am I?' I was lucky enough to make some money, enough to let me kick back. It was a great experience and it was nice to have a couple of No.1s but the best thing about it was that the money I made allowed me to have freedom and choice in my life.” IfsThinkingYearsMadeEndsEnoughWholeChoicesProcessHellNiceCoupleMetsLuckyElementsLet MeLike MeBest ThingsKicksInterviewsMusic BusinessPubsGreat ExperiencesBurnt OutFalseness Author:Rick Astley
“I wanted young women to know that I was very lucky that I worked for people who literally let me be me. If I had ever been anyone other than me, I would have come off as a fake, a phony, a fraud, and never would have gotten where I ultimately ended up. You can be yourself and be in politics, and they should know that. That was kind of why I wanted to do it - because I didn't see any freaks in politics like me.” PeopleKindLuckyLet MeFakeBeing YourselfFraudFreakYoung WomenPhony Author:Alyssa Mastromonaco
“I was very lucky to find a career which let me travel, sourcing stores in other countries, just the opportunities of the career in design and finance and all the things that make retailing - my career - interesting to me. That's why I started looking at community responsibility. I felt I should give of myself.” GivingCountryOpportunityCommunityInterestingResponsibilityDesignLuckyLet MeFinance Author:Les Wexner
“Velius--so who is she? no wait, let me guess. skin of the finest porcelain. hair of the softest silk. a voice like birdsong, a smile like sunshine, and a mouth that would sate your brightest and darkest wishes Rumbold-- You've m-met her? Velius--oh yes, my friend. we all know her. we've all pursued her. some of us have even been lucky enough to have her. we've been drunk on her sin, become fools of her favor. she might have borne a different face each time, but her name was always the same. Trouble” KnowsDifferentEnoughMightFacesNamesWishWaitingVoiceSinTroubleHairFoolMetsLuckyMouthsMy FriendsSkinsLet MeFavorsDrunkSunshineFinestPursuedSilkBirdsongPorcelainDifferent Faces Author:Alethea Kontis
“ASTONISHING, said Death. REALLY ASTONISHING. LET ME PUT FORWARD ANOTHER SUGGESTION: THAT YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A LUCKY SPECIES OF APE THAT IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF CREATION VIA A LANGUAGE THAT EVOLVED IN ORDER TO TELL ONE ANOTHER WHERE THE RIPE FRUIT WAS.” TryingSaidOrderLanguageCreationLuckyLet MeSpeciesFruitComplexitySuggestionsAstonishingApesRipeRipe Fruit Author:Terry Pratchett