John Adams Quotes

I devoted myself to writing for years without representation or a promise of anything. And there were times when I felt quite down about my prospects.

I give a lot of myself every day. I never get rewards. That's why sometimes, it's tough.

I've been slogging ever since I was 10. Yet, when I come home there's not a kind word I get to hear from my family.

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

I had to sell my house and make a lot of sacrifices to become a writer, and it sucks not to get taken seriously.

Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.

Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.

It's an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you're being published by people who really don't get it and/or don't really care.

I wrote six pilots, none of which ever got picked up. When you stop trying, it then it falls in your lap.

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

I thought nothing would ever happen for me. My whole life had been geared toward being a singer, and it wasn't clicking.

I can only say that in life when you have the greatest expectations and you try to do things the right way, it doesn't always work out.

My hunger and desperation, being an actor, an out of work actor - my memory of that is as fresh as an open wound.

My first ten years in Hollywood were really tough. I'd be coaching friends who came to me for acting advice, and then they'd make it before I did. I'd still be helping them while they were on movie sets and I had four lines on a TV show.

I feel like I've never been in a film that people have liked before.

I wanted so badly to be in a famous band, and it was not happening. I played drums with different bands and with the Blue Man Group in Chicago, but I definitely felt like, 'Wow, I did not picture my life being like this.'

I know how it feels to sit on the sideline and watch a spot that is supposed to be yours taken.

I'm not going to lie: I fell out of love with football for a little bit because I had some good performances but then just didn't get the chance to play on.

It's so disappointing to put in your best, hard work and then find the film flopping at the box office for no fault of yours.

With the abuse, and wear and tear the body takes in this career, it's ridiculous to put in that time and effort and have nothing to show for it.

I had given up on acting because I would go for auditions every day, but nothing would happen.

Everything I've done in my career has been for nothing.

When I became an actor, it was disappointing to show up on set and be handed a coffee. You know. I'd pick up cables and get told off.

It's not fair," I said. "It's just so goddamned unfair." "The world," he said, "is not a wishgranting factory.

He looked as though his life had not only passed him by but paused along the way to spit in his face.