Lindsay Shookus Quotes

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

I think I am talented - but I also think I'm very lucky.

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

When you're an actor in grade school, high school, college, whatever, you start to realize what you're really good at, what you're kinda good at, what you're okay at, and you start to compartmentalize. But if you know yourself and what you're capable of, it's just a matter of opportunity.

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.

'SNL' was a dream come true for me. It was a fantastic year. I don't have any regrets.

I take the opportunity 3s, and I think I'm one of the better shooters.

It's difficult to get success in football - you have to be in the right team at the right moment.

Talent is not enough. You need to be in the right place at the right moment.

There are such pretty faces and so many more talents and people with more potential, but they never get their chance because they are not at the right place at the right time.

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 always had the confidence. The platform, guys getting injured and giving me multiple opportunities, that has allowed me to showcase it.

I got into comedy at exactly the right moment.

When I'm auditioning for something, if it's not me, I really hope the part doesn't go to me. You know what I mean? I don't want to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. If it's me, wonderful. If it's not me, there's space for all of us.

I understand that, in this league, there are a lot of guys who can be All Stars, be superstars, so timing and circumstance plays a huge role.

Talent level, I feel like if I'm not the best, I'm one or two. I think it's just opportunity, the situation that you're in, and who's on your team. I think I've done all right.

I would not have succeeded as a comedian had I not had some hugely lucky breaks.

When you're getting an opportunity and playing well, that's all you can ask for.

When you're hot, anything can happen.

People tend to believe that good fortune consists of equal parts talent, hard work, and sheer luck. It's hard to deny the roles of the latter two. As to talent, I would only say it consists primarily in finding the right moment to step in.

There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

When you get a chance to get a W, that's the most important thing.

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.