Shawn Michaels Quotes

In college I was one of six males who auditioned for five male roles in a comedy play. I was the one rejected. At that moment I made up my mind never to place myself at the mercy of some pompous, goateed, black-turtleneck-shirted "should I yay him or nay him?" pantywaist ever again.

The theater is so disappointing, really, that it's hard to go again and again. It's just too heartbreaking. I'd rather watch football or play a game or read.

My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.

I stopped courting Hollywood a long time ago.

It's really not fun to have seen a movie that you want to talk about, and you can't find anyone else who's seen it.

Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times.

Well I sure had been looking for a comedy for years without any success.

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.

I spent a lot of my life schlepping around New York with people not doing things for me.

I watch mediocre shows that have been on for three or four seasons, and feel angry at them.

I wanted to play baseball!

If you had ever heard my album you would know that I could never consider the music business!

Yes, 'Spider-Man' has had an infinite capacity to trouble and disappoint. But it's also been the greatest triumph of my entire career.

You watch award shows, and not only are you not nominated, but you're not a presenter and haven't been invited to any of the parties.

Very quickly, kids take your plan and say, 'Ha!' so you have to learn to be adaptable, or you will be literally miserable.

When I was 17, I was going to go to college because I couldn't get a movie.

When you get to a club and things are not going well, it's not easy to live.

Nobody is happy when they're not playing.

Our idea of fun wasn't going to Disney World. It was, you want to play basketball, go outside, and make a goal. You want to play baseball? Take the old broom, take the handle off, take a tennis ball that we found somewhere, and go play baseball. We were forced to create things.

One of the things I want to find out is where the hell are the WWE ice cream bars?!

In school nativity plays I was always the bloody little donkey, I was never Mary.

To me, there's nothing worse than going to a concert and you're so looking forward to hearing your favorite song and they never play it. You're gutted.

Kittens play with yarn, they bat it around. What they're really doing is saying, "I can't knit, get this away from me!"

You never heard of any of the fighters [in heavyweight division]. It is very hard to watch. It upsets me to turn on my television set and never be able to look forward to a good fight in that weight class.