Lauren Shuler Donner Quotes

Rejection is never personal, so don't let it consume you.

Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.

I am good at walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject.

If I flop, let 'em pan me.

I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.

I used to take it personally when a casting director didn't like me or I didn't get picked for something. Now I realize you can't do that. It'll mess with your self-esteem. Don't take rejection overly personally. If that doesn't work out, there's something else waiting for you.

You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.

If I was to get turned down by a girl, I'd just give up and say, 'Oh well.'

There's no point in dwelling on rejection.

If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.'

If a person doesn't like me or doesn't like my game, OK, that's how they feel. Can't be upset with it.

You always feel like you've got something to prove, whether it be to yourself or somebody else. I can think of plenty of people along the way telling me I'll be nothing, working at McDonald's, doing things like that. The whole time, you're just trying to prove them wrong.

You get rejection throughout your life and that shapes you eventually to what you become.

When people you don't know say nice things about you, if you allow yourself, even subconsciously, to attach a shred of meaning to it, when the opposite happens, when people you don't know say bad things about you, you can't attach that same meaning.

There's gonna be haters, but don't let them affect you, don't let them take away a part of you.

My greatest obstacle has to be accepting that the business that I chose to be part of is based on rejection and constantly trying to prove yourself. Letting go of seeing my accent and the way I speak as a limitation. Accepting it as who I am and where I came from.

You have to learn to take rejection not as an indication of personal failing but as a wrong address.

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.

I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.

I guess this year I'm going to find out if I'm good enough or not. If I'm not, I don't care. I'll do something else, it's not a biggie.

I have a lot of insecurities, but you learn from your failures.

It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't get to you reading the negative stuff.

I support anyone finding their worth despite being told they can't do something.