“Improv definitely made me a better auditioner, without a doubt. We did do an audition semester in grad school, and that was helpful for those times that you have a script and you have a few days to prepare it, to really work on sides. But the auditions I was doing in New York, if you got it the night before, you were very lucky.” IfsMadeSchoolNightSidesDoubtNew YorkLuckyScriptsHelpfulAuditionsGradSemesterGrad School Author:Rich Sommer
“Pregnancy is a uniquely intimate relationship between two people. All of us luxuriate in this relationship once, and half of us are lucky enough to be able to do it all over again a second time, from the other side as it were. Never again outside of pregnancy can we be so truly intwined with someone else, no matter how hard we try.” PeopleTryingTwoMatterHardEnoughAbleSidesHalfLuckyIntimatePregnancyIntimate Relationships Book:Making Babies: The Science of Pregnancy Source: Making Babies: The Science of Pregnancy
“I was lucky enough to have had great success early on in life; to have had all the things the material world can offer. And yet, I realized that what I had actually neglected was the more spiritual side of myself, which has always been there. But it's easy for us in our culture to become consumed in a sense by materialism. Now materialism is fine. We live in a material world. I'm not saying that beautiful things don't enhance our lives. But, in our culture, we're never happy.” WorldEnoughBeautifulSpiritualCultureEasySidesOur LivesMaterialsFineOffersLuckyI RealizedMaterialismBeautiful ThingsConsumedNeglectedGreat SuccessMaterial World Author:Tom Ford
“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
“Watching the Commons tribute to Margaret Thatcher was like being suffocated inside a gigantic sticky toffee pudding, but one with nasty bogeys planted inside. There was much of the 'Margaret Thatcher who was lucky enough to know me,' especially from her own side of the House.” KnowsEnoughHouseSidesLuckyKnow MeNastyTributeStickyPuddingToffee Author:Simon Hoggart
“I'm the lucky one. I didn't think that I would ever want someone to have the kind of power over me that you hold. I know my future is going to be amazing because you're going to be by my side; and with you, everything is better.” ThinkingKnowsWantKindSidesLuckyMy Future Author:Aurora Rose Reynolds
“It's like that old expression: "Men plan and god laughs." You sort of see that in the television world, where you have an idea where things are heading and you have a plan and sort of start off in that general direction, but you wind up taking all these side paths and whatnot - if you're lucky.” IfsMenWorldIdeasSidesLaughingPathPlansTelevisionExpressionWindLuckyHeadings Author:Vince Gilligan
“Well if I had my choice I would not - I wouldn't mind working with Alec Baldwin, but the mother role - I'm kidding. It's terrific. I'll tell you what happened with Alec Baldwin and myself. This is a couple acting together just this side of heaven. He's one of the best actors I've ever worked with in whole life. And I - I'm not overdoing it. I just think he's about the best around today. So I got lucky.” IfsThinkingMindWellsWholeTodayTogetherMotherChoicesActorsHeavenSidesActingRolesHappenedCoupleLuckyWhole LifeTerrificOverdoing ItActing Together Author:Elaine Stritch
“We were friends with Jonathan Demme. We were all down on the West Side of New York, and I think I met Kurt Vonnegut through Edith Demme. And then I was lucky to do Who Am I This Time? 1982, which was an adaptation of his short story that Jonathan Demme directed with Chris Walken and I, and that really cemented the friendship.” ThinkingStoriesSidesNew YorkMetsLuckyWestShort StoryAdaptationWest Side Author:Susan Sarandon
“Perhaps the most important contribution to me being centered in the midst of this chaos is my daughter, Krystal Ann. I am very lucky because she works with me and is responsible for many aspects of the business on the marketing side of my career. This allows us to travel together and experience life on the road, seeing the world. Having family with me is very important and grounding.” WorldImportantTogetherSidesCareersSeeingLuckyDaughterAspectResponsibleChaosMarketingContributionMidstMy DaughterSeeing The WorldGroundingImportant Contributions Author:Yanni
“I was really lucky that I had an aunt who was very inspiring to me. She was different than anybody in my family on either side.” DifferentSidesLuckyMy FamilyAuntVery Inspiring Author:Geena Davis
“I mean, if this [film Age of Trump] wasn't on Netflix, it would be playing at some lovely art house theater on the West Side once or twice or for a week or maybe two weeks if I was lucky and then it would go away, and I'd be lucky if I could sell the DVDs off my website.” IfsMeanArtTwoWould BeAgeFilmHouseSidesWeekTrumpLuckyTheaterSellsWestLovelyIf I CouldGoing AwayWebsiteTwo WeeksDvdsNetflixWest Side Author:Ava DuVernay
“The Beatles were a phenomenon, but they were also ordinary blokes like anyone else. I was lucky enough to see that side.” EnoughSidesLuckyOrdinaryPhenomenonBlokes Author:James Taylor