Artie Lange Quotes

I would not have succeeded as a comedian had I not had some hugely lucky breaks.

I got very lucky with 'Harry Potter.' I got that role because I'm a ginger! Red hair was my only qualification!

I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered.

I just started writing for my own amusement and occasionally singing in little clubs around Los Angeles. Then I wrote 'The Rose,' and through a series of divine things that I had no control over and had no idea were going to happen, it got in the movie, and that changed everything.

I was actually away in Africa doing 'Generation Kill' while everyone was auditioning for Twilight. They all had, like, five different auditions: I was so lucky that I came back from Africa just in time and the actor who was playing Emmett fell through, lucky for me!

I'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.

My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.

I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.

I always say: you're not going to find Hollywood. Hollywood will find you! But I'm ready for it: for Hollywood, for Bollywood, for everything!

The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant juggernaut. That was lucky.

I did so many interviews and auditions for films, and it was just zilch. Nothing I did impressed anybody! I could just feel it. It was always, 'Okay, thank you, Mr. Lloyd.' Then, out of the blue, 'Cuckoo's Nest' came to cast. A casting director who sent me up for different things over the years sent me up for that, and it just clicked.

I really do think that getting the golden ticket for 'American Idol,' it's just the start of something really great.

When I got a call about 'Celebrity X factor' I thought wow, what an opportunity. It felt like everything had been leaning towards that point.

I got into comedy at exactly the right moment.

I've been getting to work with Steve Carell and just feel like the luckiest kid in the world.

I believe that reality shows are extremely important for the talented. Contestants get a platform where they can prove their talent. If they are good at what they do, their life is made. Personally, reality shows have helped me get fame and money.

I wouldn't trade this experience for the world, and I hope I get to be a part of 'The Voice' for as long as I can.

I have been a fan of Dexter since the pilot. Once I got the audition I just squealed, and you would have thought I just won 45 million dollars.

George Liquor is really the richest character I have. I'm amazed there aren't 365 episodes about him on TV already.

Acting is a mix of luck and choice. I got lucky.

I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.

If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.

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

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.

I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.