Gary Coleman Quotes

Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it.

I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.

Every walk that I do, there's obstacles in the way. There's always somebody or something that comes across negative, but I live for that sort of thing.

I had heard about how people struggle and how hard it is to get into acting. But I did not care because it's something I love.

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.

You must have to want it so badly, if there is any way you can live without it, get out of it. Being an unsuccessful actor is like having a skin disease. Make sure your passion is not misplaced.

The hardest part was getting the window net hooked back. I didn't think I was ever going to get it hooked. I finally got it hooked. If I'd known that I wouldn't have tried to hook it.

If I had any advice for my 16-year-old self, it would just be to stay strong, because acting is not an easy lifestyle, especially when you are starting out. That being said, it definitely makes it all worth it when it does happen.

If I had known how much I hate auditioning, I doubt I would have become an actress.

You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in.

What makes it difficult for people trying to follow a dream is that the whole time you feel like you're slamming your head against the wall. So it's nice to make a breakthrough and not kind of lying there with your head bleeding.

People weren't willing to bet on 'The Commercial Guy' when they were casting movies and television in the beginning, but I stuck around, and now it's slowly starting to pay off.

The hardest part was convincing people that I was serious. The people were like 'you want to do this again'?

If the door is nailed shut, and you're 'Leaning In,' you're just going to get bruised and battered.

I'm persistent. In the early '60s, when I first started making the rounds in New York for theater work, I became more and more enraged every time I had an interview or audition that went nowhere, and became more determined. I haven't lost that.

When I moved out to L.A., I went on 156 auditions before I booked a single thing.

I never thought I would actually become a professional actor. I just kept going with it. One thing led to another.

Sometimes things don't come easy, and golf isn't an easy game.

Even when I was looking for my first film, I knew I wanted to be in something that was good. I knew I was not a star kid, and I will not get any other chance.

He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current.

You can’t go the distance with too much resistance

But all of my efforts served only to make me better acquainted with the difficulty, which in itself was something.

Success is buried on the other side of rejection.

Many a man who might walk over burning ploughshares into heaven stumbles from the path because there is gravel in his shoes.

Come on obstacles! I've been expecting you! This is the chance that I've been waiting for!