Renee Olstead Quotes

You can be the best actor in the world, but if you don't have that one lucky moment, it kind of doesn't matter. There are a lot of amazing actors who will never get the chance to prove themselves because they won't have that one lucky moment.

I'm confident about playing on the big stage.

I get to the theatre in plenty of time; I prepare my shoes in advance; I eat and drink the right things at the right time. The rest you have to leave to luck!

I remember walking out in front of that crowd, all the parents' faces and the applause, and folding my little self in half and thinking, 'I could get used to this.' And I just never stopped.

I do still sit back and wonder when I'm in LA if this is all really true or is it all kid-on. But it's great. I always bear in mind that the right place and time have a huge deal to do with it, and there are hugely talented actors who haven't had that break.

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

It doesn't have to happen for anybody at all, this acting game, so you have to count your blessings. If I am lucky that the right things have come along at the right time, I'm just going to ride that wave.

I really thrive being onstage.

With a modest amount of looks and talent, and more than a modicum of serendipity, I've managed to stretch my 15 minutes of fame into 50 years of good fortune.

Even when I was an engineer, I was a comic on my job. At birthday and holiday parties, I was the one scheduling and emceeing. If you work on your gift, and you're good, it will shine through.

I think confidence is a big part of it. Also luck - the ball has got to fall for you in the right time and the right place.

I am somebody who is very lucky. 'Kaanta Laga' just fell into my lap and even 'Baby Come Naa.'

I want to be a great performer.

Niall Horan was in the right place at the right time, he's the luckiest guy in the world and he knows that.

I want to know that I'm gonna knock 'em dead every night.

Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face.

There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.

I love talking to the audience, and I must be the luckiest performer in the world. I always land something or somebody that just takes off.

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.

When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater.

I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.

Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

I feel like I own the stage.