Dawn Olivieri Quotes

I believe things are meant to be. It's the only way I can explain it because I had auditioned before to get on 'The X Factor' and 'Britain's Got Talent,' and I didn't get through - it was literally, 'No!'

Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view.

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

What's meant to be will always find a way.

I had never dreamt I'd become an actress. It was destiny that put me in the right place at the right time and gave me the right opportunities.

It's difficult because nothing's preordained by plan and you can't control it. That's one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities of being an actor. A lot has to do with luck, no matter what your talent or contribution can be.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

There's very few people - like Shakespeare - who, no matter what, were gonna do what they did. For the rest of us, there's a lot of events that have to happen in order for things to end up the way they are.

Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.

Luck plays an important role in Bollywood. We all work really hard to earn success but our luck has to be on the right side, especially from where I come from.

I believe a lot in destiny, and if destiny has it, then I will be seen in films.

I have been a little lucky to get work. I know there are people who struggle a lot to get a film; I believe a lot in destiny. Things have fallen into place for me.

If you have talent and you work really hard, it increases your odds but it doesn't ensure anything. But every now and then, the universe must tilt in your direction.

Luck certainly had a hand in my good fortune. I can't deny that. But it came down to more than luck.

Luck is when determination meets opportunity

I think luck falls on not just the brave but also the ones who believe they belong there.

Luck has a lot to do with how your life develops.

If the heavens throw you dates, you got to keep your mouth open.

Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.

I'm such a profound believer that timing is everything; I would tattoo that on my arm.

I've come to learn that you can be very, very talented, but if you're not at the right place at the right time... It's a lot of luck.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

A project like 'Rizzoli & Isles' is something you can't pursue. It's something that comes to you... I like to call it 'fairy dust.' And it happened without my having to do anything.

Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.

You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.