Susan Ford Quotes

I stand by it. I take the criticism for it. I think it's unfair, but yes, there is a thing about nepotism, and we all try to respect it.

I've certainly never used my father's name as a way of getting a meeting. And fortunately, I've never needed to.

Am I the only one who exposes? Just because I don't have a godfather, or I'm not a star kid, I'm told that I expose. I don't care.

I would gladly have accepted a heaping spoonful of nepotism when I got out of college and was looking for a job.

In life it wasn't what you know, but who you know. I had people who were trying to buy teams and had they bought the teams, I would have gotten to coach because they wanted me to coach. But the people who have the teams hire their friends.

My name does help me get in the door, but it doesn't do the work for me.

Somebody would think I was trying to get favored treatment because my ancestors had the name Moon. And that's a joke.

Too often, people get jobs based on who they know - not what they know.

Affirmative action takes many forms in our society. White fraternity members help others with jobs.

I didn't want to land an audition because I was 'The daughter of...' I never wanted to give anyone the opportunity to say, 'You only got the role because of who you are.'

I didn't want to have people open doors for me. My dad never made a call on my behalf to anyone - not to a producer, a director, or a casting agent.

I think the debate around nepotism is futile because I am an outsider and I know that there is no compensation of talent.

It is not a shocker to me that a film went out of my hands, not because I was not credible, but because I was not so-and-so's daughter or sister or dating so-and-so.

Ask Frank Stallone how far your name gets you.

The world doesn't reward talent, it mostly rewards those who are connected.

I don't feel like it's fair to the other players and I don't think it's the right way to do business to allow influence and position to dictate when you play a young man.

No, I never felt cornered because I was not a big director's son or a star's son.

Sometimes I might get in the door a little quicker than somebody else because of my last name. But if I'm not prepared, I'm not afforded the luxury of, 'Oh, he's a little green.' It's, 'He's not talented,' where the next guy can have a bad day.

We've done as best a job as we can making it clear that I'm earning what I'm earning because of me and not because of who my father is. But at the same time, I'm not ignoring things that would be dumb to ignore, like people that I can know through him and experiences I can have through him and things that I can learn from him.

Nepotism and outsiders are two sides of the same coin that is Bollywood. They both have to co-exist. Both have their share of struggles.

Nepotism is an overrated debate. It exists everywhere and I have been telling this from the day one.

Well, I don't believe in patronage.

I think the WikiLeaks releases furnish us with an opportunity to observe the upper reaches of the American status hierarchy in all its righteousness and majesty. High-achieving colleagues attempting to get jobs for their high-achieving children. Foundation executives doing fine and noble things. Prizes, of course, and high academic achievement.

I don't think the world works on merit.

A little nepotism never hurt nobody, honey. If you got it, use it. Press on with it. Remind them of it.