Curtis Armstrong Quotes

I've been a very lucky actor.

There are a lot of actors in the world, there's a small number that actually get to work as actors, and there is a tiny group of actors that are celebrated in the way that I have been. I feel incredibly lucky.

I feel like I have just been really, really lucky to meet some of the most successful and great actors alive today.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

I grew up always wanting to be a part of 'Idol,' and I never thought I would make it as far as I did. I was really lucky, and it's given me the opportunities that I have now.

I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.

I considered myself very lucky after 'Baghdad Cafe,' and I have 'The Shield.' In every genre, I've kicked butt at some point. I'm real happy.

My goal was never to be famous, but to be a consistently working actor.

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

I see film roles as lovely presents that come along now and again. I feel really lucky and say thank you very much. And if they fly me to L.A., I think, 'God, I must really be doing well.' I've worked with De Niro and Brando and Pacino, and that's made me feel very lucky. But the films have never meant a lot to me.

I was lucky - the first eight productions I auditioned for, I got cast.

You can be the best actor in the world, but if you don't have that one lucky moment, it kind of doesn't matter. There are a lot of amazing actors who will never get the chance to prove themselves because they won't have that one lucky moment.

I've been extremely lucky to be a part of these really great shows that have gotten so much attention.

I regard myself as being enormously lucky to have been accepted by the British public in so many areas.

I've managed to catch lightning in a bottle a couple times. I'm very lucky. But I want to do this forever. I enjoy it so much. One of the challenges as an actor is to stay relevant.

I'm very blessed and fortunate that people want to go see my movies.

With a modest amount of looks and talent, and more than a modicum of serendipity, I've managed to stretch my 15 minutes of fame into 50 years of good fortune.

I really tried to take advantage of my 15 minutes of fame. And I've gotten lucky - those 15 minutes have become several years.

Every dog has his day.

I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.

I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant - so who am I to argue with him!

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

If you do good work, you start to make a name for yourself and things can come around. Weird little happenstances happen.