“I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.” GrewLuckyProjectsGrew UpBlessedBrooklyn Author:Tracy Morgan
“I've been so blessed and so lucky to be a part of great shows like 'Chuck' and projects 'Daybreak.'” ShowsLuckyProjectsBlessedChuckSo LuckyDaybreak Author:Ryan McPartlin
“I'm lucky enough that there is never a blank canvas in front of me... I have hundreds of projects that I want to do but I am running out of time.” WantEnoughRunningFrontsLuckyProjectsBlankCanvasBlank CanvasRunning Out Of Time Author:George Lucas
“If you want to do good research, it's important not to know too much. This almost sounds contradictory but really if you know too much and you get an idea, you will sort of talk yourself out of trying it because you figure it won't work. But if you know just the right amount and you get enthusiastic about your project, you go ahead, you do it and if you're lucky things'll work out.” IfsKnowsWantTryingImportantIdeasSoundToo MuchFiguresAmountLuckyProjectsResearchWork OutEnthusiasticContradictory Author:Ivar Giaever
“I am excited to be on set. I love what I do. As long as I have that feeling, then I'm gonna stick to it. As long as I'm lucky enough to get projects and keep working, I will always be grateful for it.” LongEnoughFeelingsLuckyProjectsGratefulSticksExcitedBe Grateful Author:Michelle Trachtenberg
“I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being prepared when you are asked to jump on a project. There isn't any one rule that I follow. Obviously, I'll always shoot to work with the best actors, directors and filmmakers. I've been incredibly lucky to be able to do that.” AbleNextActorsWishRolesPlansMastersLuckyDirectorsProjectsLuckPreparedPersistenceFilmmaker Author:Dermot Mulroney
“I'm lucky. I don't have to produce the whole movie. What I've been doing is just coming up with ideas for movies. I write a concept, a treatment, an outline, and if I sell that to a studio, then someone else does the actual production and I go on to another project, although I keep the title executive producer.” IfsWritingDoeIdeasWholeProduceGoes OnLuckyProjectsConceptsSellsProductionsStudiosProducersTitlesTreatmentExecutivesOutlines Author:Stan Lee
“I get a fair amount of time between projects, which is great. It takes me awhile to start getting nervous about getting another job again. I don't mind having a lot of down time. I'm pretty lazy. So I really don't mind it. But I'm lucky; I work fairly steadily. I'm lucky that I've managed to do that.” MindJobsAmountLuckyProjectsFairsNervousLazyTake MeDown Time Author:Paul Giamatti
“Most startups are not just built for the person who is using them. When you do that, every now and then you get really lucky and... are representative of some huge class of people who all want the same thing you do... but very often that just turns into a side project that doesn't go anywhere.” PeopleWantPersonsTurnsSidesClassHugeLuckyProjectsBuiltNow And ThenRepresentativesGet Real Author:Emmett Shear
“I've really been sort of focused on acting and I feel really lucky because great projects sort of keep coming my way. I guess the criteria that I look for, it gets increasingly difficult because when you have the privilege of working with someone like Diane [Keaton], it's kind of like, 'Well, where do you go from there.'” WayFeelsWellsLooksKindDifficultActingLuckyProjectsPrivilegeFocusedMy WayCriteria Author:Mandy Moore
“I'll be totally honest in that I feel tremendously lucky that I am offered incredible jobs all the time to direct, but the problem that I have just personally is that there are only so many years in my life to dedicate to certain projects. When you're directing something that's generally two years of your life, you have to understand that. If I'm going to pour that kind of love and energy and sweat and heartache, all that juju into something, I'm going to lean into my own projects before someone else's.” IfsFeelsYearsKindTwoProblemJobsCertainEnergyMy OwnHonestLuckyProjectsDirectIncrediblesHeartacheTwo YearsSweatKinds Of LoveJuju Author:Lake Bell
“I feel tremendously lucky that I am offered incredible jobs all the time to direct, but the problem that I have just personally is that there are only so many years in my life to dedicate to certain projects.” FeelsYearsProblemJobsCertainLuckyProjectsDirectIncredibles Author:Lake Bell
“I have had a very charmed life. I look at what's happened in my life, and I feel so lucky. I don't know how it occurred. I didn't plan it, but I got to be with my family when I needed to be with my family. I got to go and travel the world, doing these amazing projects, and I feel like I'm so privileged and grateful.” KnowsWorldFeelsLooksKnow HowPlansHappenedNeededLuckyProjectsMy FamilyGratefulPrivilegedTravel The WorldSo LuckyCharmedCharmed Life Author:Kristin Kreuk
“I do not draw any of the pictures for my movies as an animator. The reason for that is that I am terribly lucky to have many staff members who I look up to, and who are overflowing with talent, that work with me on each project.” LooksReasonTalentLuckyMembersProjectsDrawsLook UpStaffAnimatorStaff Members Author:Mamoru Hosoda
“If anything, I've found nonfiction a little easier. You don't have to make anything up. Of course, that's the inherent difficulty as well: when you hit an information black hole, you don't get to make it up. That hasn't come up too often with this project though. I'm lucky to have tons of primary source material , reams of letters and diaries and memoirs.” IfsWellsLittlesCoursesFoundBlackInformationMaterialsSourceEasierLuckyProjectsLettersDifficultyCome UpHolesMemoirPrimariesNonfictionInherentDiariesBlack HolePrimary Source Author:Debra Dean
“I'm so grateful. I worked on some really quality projects as a kid and I was really lucky for the opportunities I got.” KidsOpportunityQualityLuckyProjectsGratefulSo Grateful Author:Jonathan Lipnicki
“I was desperate to work with Stuart Immonen, who I have talked with for several years about doing a project together. So just the stars aligned. I knew that Stuart had a little break in his schedule, where he would be willing to do a project with me. So this year I've been very lucky.” YearsLittlesWould BeTogetherStarsBreakWillingLuckyProjectsDesperateSchedules Author:Mark Millar
“I've had a real lucky time working in Hollywood. I've talked to other screenwriters, and they're all kind of beaten down and their spirits are crushed, because they work on these screenplays and these projects, and then directors either take them and change everything, rewrite them and make them worse, or they film them and they're nothing like how they imagined it to be.” KindRealFilmSpiritLuckyDirectorsProjectsHollywoodDown AndAll KindsBeatenCrushedScreenplaysScreenwriters Author:Daniel Clowes
“I was extremely lucky to get this project [Brief Interviews with Hideous Men]. It was one of those things that I worked on in college. A friend of mine asked me to do a stage reading of that book and I was just completely blown away because, at that point, I was like, 'Acting's having fun with your friends and making people laugh.'” PeopleMenBookReadingFunActingLaughingStageMinesCollegeLuckyProjectsHaving FunInterviewsMaking People LaughHideousBlown Away Author:John Krasinski
“I'm a planner, and most networks don't plan. Bravo doesn't plan. Bravo is lucky in a lot of ways - they've got a lot of great talent, but at the same time, they don't nurture it. They lost 'Project Runway.'” WayLostPlansTalentLuckyProjectsNurtureRunwayPlannersGreat TalentBravoProject Runway Author:Patti Stanger