Kirti Kulhari Quotes

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.

Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more.

There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom', only talent can keep you at the top.

I think that, occasionally, fame and popularity can garner more attention for individuals or films. But as a person who believes in my craft, I like the romantic notion that skill and hard work is more important than notoriety.

If you play well, then you make yourself a great name and the money comes on its own. You earn money for what you did.

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

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

If you have a successful run, everything comes to you. Nothing succeeds like success.

It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.

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

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.

People don't believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.

At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame - but you shouldn't take it for granted.

It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes.

You have to make enough noise to be cast in the right films, and the best way to make that noise is to do lots of good work.

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues.

Any time you audition and get it, you earned it.

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase.

When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.

I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.

I won't tell you that I'm lucky to be here because I know I'm skilled, and I know I'm talented in the ring. That doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the opportunity.

There are superstars that deserve to be at the top and do give everything.