Mark Noble Quotes

When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work.

Some people have said that I haven't got the parts I should've got because of the way I look.

The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.

I am biased to my show as a whole but it is still very entertaining.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

I kind of miss the hatchet days of Mr. Fairchild at 'WWD', when they really took no prisoners and there was sort of outrageous favoritism and its inverse.

Reality shows have a lot to answer for. They applaud mediocrity.

When you're picking a basketball team, you'll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you're playing the odds.

Did any agents ever put Diane Ladd up for some of the great parts, even though she always got great reviews? No! But do they put up the girlfriend of the studio executive who's gonna do them a favor later? You betcha.

We assume that good-looking people are smarter and more effective than they really are, and that homely people are the reverse.

I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?

I'll take discrimination if it's in my favor!

This town was built on nepotism.

We had less qualified trumping more qualified people just because of their political connections.

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.'

One would be lying if they say nepotism doesn't exist.

I know how the game works. If I field one, then the other complains. It's always the same.

LeBron is LeBron. They're not going to call offensive fouls on him. He gets to do what he wants.

There's some guys where I'm like, 'I won that fight and only lost because of the judges,' or I got cheated or whatever. I know I'm a better fighter.

People across metro Detroit face discrimination every day in housing, employment, insurance - the list goes on. It might not always be explicit and in your face, but my residents know when they're being mistreated.

People favouring their relatives more than an outsider is what the biggest fight in democracy is, let it be in film industry or politics.

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.

If people say I paid someone more because I liked them, okay. I don't think that's a bad thing.

No one is ever bias-free, but some people let their biases influence their actions more than others.

I would be remiss if I didn't say that it has been troubling for me to work within an institution that does not seem to recognize that I am a statistic.