Adam Cole Quotes

My career says that my doors will always be open for all. When an Anupam Kher walked in through my door at 28 and got 'Saaransh,' it launched his unimaginably productive career.

It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that's OK because you appreciate it when it comes.

And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession.

I'd been sending out demos and CDs for years. I knew my stuff was good enough, but I was getting nowhere. Then, three people - my future manager and two publishers - happened to send one of my tracks to EMI publishing in the same week. All of a sudden, they were interested!

Making a breakthrough at the big clubs, a lot of it is down to luck with your timing.

'Torches' opened a lot of doors. Ultimately, it turned into an experience to be reckoned with.

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.

I think the show has sort of given me a name in this business and allowed a lot of people the opportunity to see what I can do, and it's just sort of like a sweet starting point.

I always believed in if you give your best, people will see it, and it moves to the next level. I got my first movie, and I gave it my best. Before I was done with that movie, I was offered my first feature film.

I've gotten an opportunity to work with a lot of the people I've looked up to over the years, and I feel pretty grateful for it.

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

Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it.

That was the - It was an exciting time because it was as though I was sort of tied up in a paper bag or in a gunny sack with a rope around the neck of it, and all of a sudden with the acceptance of that first book everything sort of spilled out!

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

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

The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off.

I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.

I'm getting some really good work. And because I'm delivering what they want, more good work is coming my way.

I've had the most incredible luck in my career.

One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.

I started to book good television jobs in 2010. I started to get really close to exceptional jobs in 2011, and then I got 'Arrow' in 2012. I know how lucky I am because just getting the lead in a pilot doesn't guarantee that that pilot is going to turn into something great.

To join Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys was like throwing a baseball around in your front yard and somebody coming over and signing you to play for the New York Yankees.

People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.

I went from sort of trying to get work to all of a sudden being signed up for the next few years on something, and something of this scale with some of the best people in the business involved, acting and directing. It was a dream.