Jovan Adepo Quotes

It's not how pretty you are or how talented you are. It's that if these five people on this day in this room like you, then you get a job.

You might get one job for having a famous parent, but you won't get your second unless you're good.

If I was producing something, it wouldn't make sense to me to cast somebody because of who their father is because that doesn't put anyone in the seats in the theatre. I wouldn't go to a movie because that person's father is so and so.

If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.

I've always been, with acting, very hesitant to get myself into situations where I would be accused of nepotism.

If you're going to put me in the booth, make sure it's because I'm good enough to be there.

When it comes to opportunities, your father or mother can only set up a meeting for you. However, your opportunities will only materialise if the star kid is talented or suits the role.

There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.

I am arrogant enough to know that I am a good actor and people will like me for my work.

I always wonder why people cast me in anything.

The role of my agent has just been to get me in the room. If I can get in the room - say the character is just a charming man who lives next door - then I'll walk in there and be as charming as I can and they will think to themselves, 'I don't see why we can't cast him.'

You want to feel like people are hiring you because they want to work with you, not because of who your parents are.

An actor's life is all about rejection. It's you they don't want; it's you who's too tall or too short or too fat. With stand-up, it doesn't matter what you look like.

As an actor I think sometimes producers need a little bit of encouragement to see you in a particular role, they may not have as much imagination as you would expect.

I'm not really an actress.

I might just be way too boring to ever be a really great actress.

In nominating young women and men to our service academies, it must only be about who you are, not who you know.

Joe Kennedy isn't in the habit of having incompetents around. I wouldn't have lasted three months if I didn't have some ability.

We were very kooky and inventive, and it didn't take long for my parents to realize we should all be auditioning for things.

Too often, people get jobs based on who they know - not what they know.

I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in.

The best jobs will go to the best educated people.

To enjoy a prince's favor does not rule out the possibility of merit, but neither does it argue for its existence.

We had less qualified trumping more qualified people just because of their political connections.

If you work hard and perform well, it doesn't matter whether you're 20 or 40. People are going to follow, and you can go in there and run the show.