“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
“I believe you make your own luck. My motto is ‘It’s always a mistake not to go.’ So I jump on the airplane, try new things—sometimes I get in way over my head, but then I think, I’ll work my way out of this somehow. A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning…The thing I love about living in New York is that I never fail to get up in the morning and think, Something adventurous is going to happen today. The energy is operating at full throttle all the time. And if you want to be lucky you’ve got to go out and take advantage of it.” IfsThinkingWayWantTryingBelieveSometimesBigsHappensTodayEnergyI BelieveMistakeMorningFailingNew YorkLuckyAdvantageLuckGet UpMy WayGatesAirplaneNew ThingsEvery MorningMottoAdventurousThings I LoveChargingMy MottoLucky YouThrottle Author:Tom Brokaw
“I was lucky that when Lorne Michaels came looking for women comedy writers, there werent too many in New York at the time. I was at the top of a very short list. I think that was all good fortune.” ThinkingComedyNew YorkLuckyFortuneListsGood Fortune Author:Anne Beatts
“I had to battle it out with all the usual suspects and whatnot and go to the callback. I was lucky that (writer-director) John (Levine) and I were sort of these two white-boy hip-hop-heads from New York. I think that alone got me in the door.” ThinkingTwoWhiteBoysDoorsNew YorkBattleLuckyDirectorsHip HopHipsHopsSuspectsUsualCallbacks Author:Josh Peck
“I've had an interesting time adjusting to New York. I'm from California and I'm very much a California girl. I feel lucky to officially say I'm bi-coastal.” FeelsGirlInterestingNew YorkLuckyCaliforniaAdjustingCoastalInteresting TimesCalifornia Girls Author:Taryn Manning
“I went to the University of Georgia for a year before I left, and then I went to live with Eileen Ford in New York for the modeling agency. I thank god I could do that because all the other kids were getting jobs doing other things, and when I got to New York, I was very blessed. I didn't have to stop and be a waitress. I started making money at a very young age and was just very lucky.” YearsKidsAgeJobsYoungLeftNew YorkLuckyBlessedUniversityMaking MoneyAgencyThank GodYoung AgeModelingGeorgiaWaitress Author:Kim Basinger
“I live in New York right now but I'm originally from my daddy's nuts. We all are. Think about, we the lucky ones - we made it. You all are winners. That's the first race you ever won.” ThinkingFirstsMadeRaceNew YorkRight NowLuckyMade ItWinnerNutsDaddy Author:J. B. Smoove
“Education is huge for me. I went to public school until I turned thirteen, and was lucky enough to afford college once I became successful as an actress. I cannot believe that quality education costs as much as it does in this country. Ghetto Film School is a remarkable public high school in New York City where students get to learn to express themselves through filmmaking, and have hands-on access to equipment.” BelieveDoeCountryEnoughHandsSchoolFilmCitiesQualitySuccessfulNew YorkStudentsCollegeHugeCostLuckyHigh SchoolActressesAccessRemarkableNew York CityFilmmakingEquipmentPublic SchoolGhettoThirteenFilm SchoolQuality Education Author:Julia Stiles
“My relationship to New York has changed a lot. I feel lucky to live here. A lot of times you walk through the city and don't notice that you're in a really beautiful neighborhood, or that you're passing a beautiful building. It's nice, as an exercise, to keep aware that you're in a really lucky place.” FeelsBeautifulWalksCitiesNiceNew YorkChangedBuildingExerciseLuckyPassingPassingsNeighborhoodReally Beautiful Author:Frankie Cosmos
“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
“I think that I was lucky to have that period of time [ like coming to New York] because everything was so exciting and new.” ThinkingNew YorkPeriodsLuckyExciting Author:Gena Rowlands