Alisson Quotes

My advice to young people is to get something that's growing because that's how you get career opportunities thrown at you that you don't deserve, if you will... that come at you early because the firms need you.

Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money.

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

I owe my career to J.J. Abrams. He fought for me.

Obviously, I've been very lucky in general in my career, but I feel that I've been very lucky in terms of having directors come along at the right times who have taken me to the next level of where I needed to be.

In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made.

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.

Certainly after '21' I was getting the opportunity to make a lot of money.

I would do a film, make the money, then take off for six months to Europe, India or Russia. My agent told me that I had to stay in town if I ever wanted to build a career, because everyone forgets about you.

In the marathon obstacle course of a career, it's just good to have all the stats on paper for why you're not only a team player but also why it makes sense to support you in the projects you want to do - because you've made so much damned money for the studio.

It's been constant grinding and trying to secure work that I care about, tireless auditions and meetings. I've been fortunate that a lot of cool doors have opened to me, chiefly meeting great people who were inspired by what I've done and what they feel I could bring to their projects.

There are two things that create opportunities. One is being involved with something that makes money, and the other is winning awards. And the reason that winning the awards creates the opportunities is because it gives the people who are selling the picture the opportunity to make more money.

Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.

It's really been a better situation for me being with the Crush than it would if I were with the Broncos because this has given me a lot more broad range.

People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.

I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.

If there is megabucks in anything, it’s probably going to happen.

Education is the first step on the ladder to economic empowerment.

People are beginning to realize that education is power, that education is money, that education is an opportunity.

All I was looking for is to be successful. I had the opportunity with Australia, with what it provided for me economically.

The business has been good to me.

I think, in a career, you have several breaks that lead to a big break. Small things here and there all add up to cracking away at the dam. Then the dam breaks.

California has been very good to me in terms of the professional arena.

When 'Humsafar' did well, every single person associated with it shined. Its DoP [Director of Photography], Shehzad Kashmiri, went on to become a huge director. So, a good and successful project just blesses everybody.

I didn't come into the music business to make money. I came into it to be a success. Of course, if you're successful, you'll earn money and I was happy to receive it.