Jennifer Jason Leigh Quotes

Had I done the movies that were offered to me in my prime, at the height of my career, I would have been alongside the likes of Denzel Washington. But, I chose not to do those movies.

I left school at 16 and skipped university to work, initially as a waiter. I think I missed out on what would have been great years.

I can't say there were parts I was offered and turned down, but there were meetings for parts that I didn't go to, meetings I should have gone to, meetings I was advised against going to. I listened to that advice.

I've turned down a lot of roles. Some of them made stars out of the people. I have no regrets.

Sometimes I think I should have stayed longer and I should have done more films.

I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'

I'm sure there have been missed opportunities, with films I've turned down that went on to be successful, but everyone in the industry has had that happen.

I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.

I was 24 when I was offered 'Doomwatch.' There was an option for a further series, and I turned it down. It is a wonderfully glorious thing to be unknowingly arrogant.

As I became very defined in my personal politics, I turned down some films that I slightly regret now; I'm not going to say what they were.

The stupidest thing I ever did was turn down 'Terms of Endearment' to do 'Cannonball Run II.' Jim Brooks wrote the part of the astronaut for me. Taking that role would have been a way to get all the things I wanted.

There have been films I have said no to and there are roles that I wish I had done.

I could have earned lots of crores by doing hundreds of more 'Rangeela' that came my way.

I've made a lot of mistakes in my career but the biggest mistake I've made is to turn down work.

I think my biggest mistake was deciding not to go to law school directly after I graduated from college.

I've never been offered a job that I turned down and regretted. I didn't have Stanley Kubrick offer me something and me say no.

I got offered that role in Transamerica that Felicity Huffman did. That was a part that I was like, "Well, maybe I should've done that." I'm at peace with it, but that is one thing that I did turn down that went on to do great things for her. I wonder what would've happened if I would've done that.

If I hadn't refused Ken Russell, Fellini and Spielberg and made their movies when they asked me, my life would be no different. It is not my fault that I accepted one movie and turned down another. I don't see any point in defending myself, either.

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

In my experience, we only ever regret the things we have not done.

Am I going to regret leaving Wall Street? No. Will I regret missing the beginning of the Internet? Yes.

Usually you regret the things you say no to.

I never went to college. I think about it a lot. I can't watch a game without thinking where I would have been if I had ga head and went to college and pursued my career.

We regret the things we don't do more than the things we do.

Regrets are born of paths never taken.