At one point, I was in a place where it didn't feel like it was going to happen, and I was feeling pretty down on myself. But I stuck to it, and now I have a hit comedy on my hands. You've got to keep plugging away at it. If you really believe in yourself, you can definitely make it happen.
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Related You have to make it happen. DENIS DIDEROT I definitely haven't forgotten that [at-bat]. It was a fastball, down and in. I wasn't really having... KHALIL GREENE I make bangers all the time, and I knew it was going to come. My mom probably used to think it wasn&... TY DOLLA SIGN There was this project I really wanted before 'Glee' and I didn't get cast - I went in a... DIANNA AGRON Awareness makes us emotionally brilliant! If you can honestly say that you are fully awar... LORII MYERS Remove the temptation to settle for anything short of what you deserve. LORII MYERS Your desire to succeed must overpower your fear of failure! LORII MYERS I wanted very much to do Traffic and at one point it looked like I was going to work on it. And then... KEVIN COSTNER The pace was pretty high. At that point, I didn't know if I was going to make it back on, and if I d... FRED RODRIGUEZ I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or s... ADAM YAUCH I am Christian, and I was very vocal about that at first until people started using it against me. N... SELENA GOMEZ My first kiss was with a girlfriend. And it was at a party. I think I was hopeful that that would ha... TYLER BLACKBURN 'Nothin' on You' changed my life: I finally feel that I reached the point where I wanna ... B.O.B I am somewhat concerned with this. It felt like I had my thumb stuck in a freezer. I couldn't tell i... CHRIS YOUNG I think there is a sense of relief. We talked at length at breakfast and I got the impression that i... BOB HILL I was told once if I kept breaking things on my legs, that I wasn't going to be able to walk soo... TRAVIS BARKER 'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy a... JONAH HILL I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're ge... MARION BARRY You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you a... PAULO COELHO Obviously I've had crushes, and I've tried to make things work with people, but it doesn'... SOPHIE TURNER If you dream it, it can happen. DYLAN TAYLOR All we did in Alabama was have a read through with the script, but there was, 'No, well, it need... ALBERT FINNEY If someone else isn't making it happen for you, make it happen yourself. LAUREN MILLER It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I tol... NAOMI WATTS With Yale, my world got so big all of a sudden. At school, if you could dream it, someone would make... BELLAMY YOUNG I treat politics kind of like my religion. It's something I believe in, but I don't want to ... JERRY SPRINGER You are an adult and you don't understand me and what are the differences between the adult and the ... DEYTH BANGER I've never felt like I've exactly traded on my looks. When I was a teenager, I was an ultra ... ANNA KENDRICK Am I ever going to be able to play football again? What's going on with my career? I was just th... ROB GRONKOWSKI If you can dream it, you can do it. ENZO FERRARI I didn't worry about leaving the fast lane - I was just so consumed with my baby that it seemed ... SISSY SPACEK I had studied the violin to a certain amount of success. At some point, I realized that I didn't... B. D. WONG Every 20 minutes you've got to have a bump, you've got to have a change in course, you'v... BARBARA BROCCOLI I've definitely, you know, been with women. And I've had great relationships with them where... LANCE BASS If you got a dope girl, there's going to be people that want her. But I don't know, I've... LANCE GROSS When I did 'The Tonight Show' and Jay Leno was still there, he was very nice but it was surr... RODNEY ATKINS I quit wrestling in 2006 because I just got lost. My mom didn't want me wrestling. I was wonderi... BECKY LYNCH Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD During my school days, I was doing a play, and my costume fell on the stage. I really wish it didn... VIRAT KOHLI I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train mysel... CAPTAIN BEEFHEART I know a dramatic role is going to happen, but you just got to be patient, you know? It's going ... KEVIN HART The problem is, I don't think I've got too much to offer at the minute. I'm busy working... ROBBIE WILLIAMS It wasn't until my late teens that I really got into soul music and then I was like 'Ooh, th... REBECCA FERGUSON I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you. ANDY ROONEY Don't Just Let it Happen, Make it Happen! JUAN A. JIMENEZ 6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break: 1. Stop stressing 2. Stop worrying 3. Give re... GERMANY KENT I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. ... ERIC DAVIS I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've... JOHN PRESCOTT When I started listening to these speakers, I just got a funny feeling. So often, their advice was l... GARY COXE I didn't get my first car until I was 22. It was a BMW 1602 and now I've got it back I'm... JAY KAY If you love it, and work really hard at it, it will really happen, I believe. I'm living proof. KRISTEN JOHNSTON As a kid I'd lie awake at night and convince myself that a meteor was about to hit the Earth. It... ELLIE GOULDING Since I got to this country when I was 12, I've been obsessed with this idea of whiteness and bl... JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS I got hit with an octopus in Detroit one time. It was the most gross thing I've ever had happen.... PAT BURNS Although I cannot see your face As you flip these poems awhile, Somewhere from some far-of... SHEL SILVERSTEIN It was a big draw by Iggy. I just turned around and have a great opportunity to take a shot and I ju... KRISTIAN HUSELIUS I feel like a pioneer with the split-fingered fastball. I was the first one to really throw it prett... BRUCE SUTTER That's how it happen! DEYTH BANGER You cannot do anything unless you allow your passion to motivate you. People may tell you, "you can ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I really wanted to make it as a ballet dancer to make my mom proud. But it didn't happen. TRACY ANDERSON I wanted to be a Priest at one point. I was pretty religious. I was an altar boy, and I was good at ... JIMMY FALLON It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN This morning I was laughing at my cat who was running up the stairs and slipped, and pretended like ... JAYMA MAYS How to get it, I annoy you??? You are not interested??? What's the idea??? DEYTH BANGER My advice to actors? To successful actors, it's, 'sock it away,' and unsuccessful actors... STEPHEN LANG I still have to say that I did 'Dirty Pretty Things' 11 years ago. That was a very sudden sh... CHIWETEL EJIOFOR I remember when I got to 16, my mum was like, 'No, now you've got to go and get a proper job... KELLY BROOK I've never thought about any kind of prejudice about women in country music because I never felt... TAYLOR SWIFT I grew up in Solihull, on the edge of what was then the Birmingham conurbation. It was a good place ... STEWART LEE I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something i... COURTENEY COX My deal is that I pay more attention to whatever job I have than the relationships I have. Now, if I... GRACE SLICK I got the big BMW X5, and I didn't like it. It was just too big, and I didn't feel comfortab... DAN HILL We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and... JOHN LENNON I missed it. That's it. It was one of those days where something like that shouldn't happen. But it ... MATT BRYANT The mist was so challenging and the winds hit me, definitely more than I expected. It was definitely... NIK WALLENDA When I was a kid, my parents gave me piano lessons and guitar lessons for a while, but I was never v... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN You know, in the days when I started, if you had Chet Atkins' name on your record as a producer ... WAYLON JENNINGS I was at a restaurant in Glasgow, and I was walking down the stairs. A woman passed me and said, ... CAITRIONA BALFE I played a lot of sports when I was a kid so I get in that ballgame mindset of being really, really ... MICHAEL KEATON I knew we needed it. I was waiting in the box for something to happen and got a good look at it and ... DAVID MAY You know, it's amazing. I don't even have a car, would you believe it? I had a motorbike and... MICHAEL FASSBENDER Maybe last year was the year of injuries and things. Maybe from now on, nothing will happen. That's ... CARLOS BELTRAN When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I r... CANDACE CAMERON BURE When you're confined to a TV series, and you have to play one character, it can make you insane.... JOHNNY DEPP It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a... CAREY MULLIGAN Just personally, I've been attached to 'On the Road' since 2007 and it was the greatest ... GARRETT HEDLUND My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I wo... HAILE GEBRSELASSIE When I moved to Los Angeles, aged 54, I printed out Winston Churchill's phrase, 'Never, neve... ALAN DALE Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let th... FRANK ROBINSON Do the thing and you will have the power. RALPH WALDO EMERSON I love the Western genre. In fact, one of my dreams is to play a cowboy on screen, like Clint Eastwo... RAHUL KOHLI If death is in the room, it's pretty interesting. But I would also say that I'm interested i... GEORGE SAUNDERS I usually feel like the role comes to you to sort of illuminate some piece of where you are in your ... SARAH PAULSON Like, if you look at Heidi Montag, who got 10 surgeries she didn't need, I think that's unfo... HOLLY MADISON It really was hand-to-mouth and you can say, 'Poor little me, how dreadful, what a deprived chil... CAROL VORDERMAN And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it w... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've ... PATRICK STEWART I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. T... SALLY FIELD The minute he hit it I knew if it didn't go foul it was going to be a homer. I was so mad at myself.... MARK MULDER That didn't happen. Still, I had six pretty good years and one where I didn't reach what I w... BRYAN ROBSON
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