Scatman Crothers Quotes

I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait for opportunities to fall from the sky.

I'm not going to sit on the couch in my house and expect everything to come, I know that I must continue to work hard.

Waiting to be hired, as an actor, especially, is soul-destroying... There is always something you can do... Create something, a play reading... Anything. But don't rely on other people to come to you. Put yourself out there.

If I want something, I go after it.

If you want to be an actor, you should just get out there and do it. I don't go for the approach of first getting photos and an agent. I think you should start with the work, and the other stuff will follow. As with 'opportunity knocks,' you have to be ready.

I didn't get as far as I have from sitting back and being dopey. I know what it takes to get a job, and I'm going to pitch myself.

When you can't wait for your ship to come in, you've got to row out to it.

I'm constantly reminding myself that the world owes us nothing. We have to make our way and we have to work hard, persevere and make our own way in the world because the world isn't waiting for us, so let's let the world know we are here.

When people say to me: "Oh don't worry, if one door closes another one opens..." If one door closes for me, go through the window - I'm not interested in waiting around for people to give me opportunities. I try and make things happen and if I am given opportunities I take them and work harder.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

My agent once said, 'You're not very driven.' And it's true. I'm not the type to ring up and go, 'Get me this part!'

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

I think if you show up and you work hard and you're straightforward, you can always create your own opportunities. I hope I'm right.

In L.A., you constantly go on auditions, and you're usually not what they're looking for - you get used to going back and back to the same show, and nothing happens.

I have done so much: modeling, acting, singing, the calendar, the lingerie line, and there have been times where I have wanted to give up but I went for it.

I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for.

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

From an acting perspective, I would say that you should always try to make your own stuff. Always be ambitious about your own projects and always know better than anyone else what you're good at.

If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.

We're dream chasers. Nobody owes us our dream. But we have to chase it.

I'm the type of person who doesn't hope, dream or wish for things. I work and work and work.

Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself.