“I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.” LuckyProfessionGet Better Author:Cy Coleman
“That's kind of the nature of the profession I'm in. It's frustrating. Things don't go your way, and I was no exception, in that I spent many years struggling to get work, and there are a lot of people more talented than myself who got jobs before me. And I finally, after years and years and years, got lucky.” PeopleWayYearsKindJobsStruggleLuckyProfessionExceptionFrustratingFrustrating Things Author:Will Arnett
“I see Professionalism as a spreading disease of the present-day world, a sort of poly-oligarchy by which various groups (subway conductors, social workers, bricklayers) can bring things to a halt if their particular demands are not met. (Meanwhile, the irrelevance of each profession increases, in proportion to its increasing rigidity.) Such lucky groups demand more in each go-round - but meantime, the number who are permanently unemployed grows and grows.” IfsWorldSocialGrowsNumbersGroupsParticularMetsLuckyDemandDiseaseIncreaseWorkersRoundsVariousProfessionProportionHaltUnemployedSubwayProfessionalismPresent DayConductorSocial WorkerRigidityOligarchyIrrelevanceBricklayers Author:Ted Nelson
“I just feel that I enjoy the work more than I ever have... or just as much certainly... I enjoy making films behind the camera equally to making them in front of the camera on all those years. I just enjoy it, that's all. I've been lucky enough to work in a profession that I have really liked and so I figured I'd just continue until someone hits me over the head and says "get out".” FeelsYearsEnoughFilmEnjoyBehindsFrontsLuckyCamerasProfession Author:Clint Eastwood
“I'm incredibly lucky that my profession allows me to be where I choose, really.” LuckyProfession Author:Cate Blanchett
“I am lucky to be in a profession that is not age dependent.” AgeLuckyProfessionDependent Author:Steve Coogan
“There's a paraphrase about Orson Welles saying: "Great films are made by great directors and the rest are made by everyone else." I've been very lucky... before I start insulting the profession of directing, but I think a good director is everything and a bad director really is nothing at all.” ThinkingMadeFilmLuckyDirectorsProfessionPhrasesInsultingGreat FilmGood Directors Author:Colin Firth
“I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'.” LooksWaterMemoriesRolesGrewLuckyHusbandMajorsGrew UpMy FriendsIdealsRoseProfessionArcadiaIdeal Husband Author:Samantha Bond
“I just feel incredibly lucky. I went to drama school and about 28 of us graduated. I graduated from drama school in 2000, and I would say about two of us are working and able to make a living out of it. It is a tough profession. To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.” FeelsKindTwoAbleSchoolDramaLuckyToughGratefulProfessionReally AmazingTwo Of Us Author:Naomie Harris
“I'm the proverbial kid in the candy store. I'm a guy who is lucky enough to have been chosen to turn his compulsive hobby into a profession. If I didn't have my job, I'd be doing almost the same thing for free.” IfsHas BeensEnoughKidsJobsGuyTurnsLuckyProfessionStoresChosenHobbiesCandyProverbialCandy Stores Author:Dick Latvala
“Most actors don't understand acting. I think it's an art form that craft is out the window. I don't think people get it at all, most of the time. Or they get some of it, not all of it. If you get an Academy Award nomination, you think 95 percent of the profession is unemployed at any given time, most people will never even find work as an actor, and the ones who do will probably make $50,000 a year at the most if they're lucky. Some will never do Broadway. Some will never do a major role. And a really, really, really small percentage of them maybe will be nominated for a major award.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsArtFormActorsGivenActingRolesLuckyMajorsPercentWindowProfessionCraftsAwardsBroadwayPercentagesAcademyUnemployedNominationsAcademy Awards Author:Viola Davis
“When you are an historian, there's probably nothing that matters more than to be recognized by your colleagues in your own profession. I was lucky enough to win the Pulitzer Prize for History. I had to give a talk right after that to some young people. The most important thing to tell them, I think, is that you can't ever know that it's going to turn out that way.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayGivingImportantMatterEnoughYoungTurnsWinningLuckyImportant ThingsProfessionPrizeHistorianColleagues Author:Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Maybe the the luxury of not having acting be my only profession is that I can be more selective about what I choose to be in. I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.” PeopleFilmTermActingLuckyProfession Author:Ricky Jay