Michelle MacLaren Quotes

The movie business can be very frustrating and very circuitous; there's no straight path. You have to have tremendous perseverance, dedication and passion. You have to want it very, very badly and you have to deal with a lot of rejection.

Do as many gigs as the good Lord sends. That's the only true training.

As you grow up and get educated in the business, you go from, 'I want to do movies' to 'I want to work. In whatever.'

My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.

I know I can't plan in this business, but I'm going to keep going as long as I keep getting close... So far, I feel lucky and infinitely grateful for the successes that I've had. I'm just going to keep working hard, and whatever happens, happens.

Though I have achieved a little bit in my career, I have to continue working hard.

I've been working hard to get playing time, just for whatever. I'm up for whatever I can earn.

I'm working hard since the beginning of my career.

I never lost the desire to work.

Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.

There's no formula for success in this business. You just do the best you can.

Acting is a tough business, but if you really want to do it, you should go full force.

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years.

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want.

I loved playing and I was actually working two jobs.

Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

If you hang around long enough to show these people what you can do, you have a chance in this acting business.

Regarding one's career: always be prepared, no short cuts - hard work is the only alternative that really works.

The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.'

No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can understand his business thoroughly unless he learns it by personal application and experience.

The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it.

It's been constant grinding and trying to secure work that I care about, tireless auditions and meetings. I've been fortunate that a lot of cool doors have opened to me, chiefly meeting great people who were inspired by what I've done and what they feel I could bring to their projects.

Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career.