Aubrey Plaza Quotes

Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.

All of us have an entrepreneur in us.

So many opportunities are born from not asking permission.

If I don't get work, I'll create it.

You have to constantly be doing something and not just wait for someone to call you with an opportunity, you have to develop your own projects.

I never got a job I didn't create for myself.

I don't think you should sit around and wait for people to give you an opportunity to express yourself or do your work, or whatever. Actors have to be producers and writers have to be producers.

I create opportunities.

If the opportunities are not being presented to me, I'm going to take the reins and do it. Brit Marling was not waiting for the phone to ring. The great roles are not there to be had. If you have an idea, do it.

Be a creator, not just sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone to call you into the game or call our number.

I definitely feel like I'm at that point where it's nice to not have to sit at home and wait to be invited to the party, but to be creating work for yourself.

For me, I've always been an entrepreneur.

You've got to be able to think on your own; you've got to be creative. You can't be willing to take a backseat.

Entrepreneurship is in my nature.

When there is no work, I create my own.

The world is run by those who show up not those who wait to be asked.

America, in the eyes of the world, typifies above all else this quality of initiative. The greatest successes are nearly all the fruit of initiative. Why do we hold in such high esteem the achievements of the Wright brothers? Because they were illustrious examples of initiative and tenacity. And ideas are born of initiative, the children of men and women of initiative. Advancement is applied initiative. Don't imitate. Initiate.

We have done some of these in Bangladesh. Whenever I see a problem, I immediately go and create a company. That's what I did all my life.

Successful entrepreneurs don't wait for the perfect moment - they create it

Brains are far more important than money or connections. Everyone and anyone can create a business out of their bedroom.

Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.

At a young age I always had an entrepreneurial spirit. So I'm trying to develop things on my own, too, and there are a couple things that have absolutely nothing to do with the entertainment business that I'm trying to tackle. We'll just sort of see.

Waiting to be hired, as an actor, especially, is soul-destroying... There is always something you can do... Create something, a play reading... Anything. But don't rely on other people to come to you. Put yourself out there.

If you're not getting work, make your own work. I think that's a good mentality. I suppose I take my drive from my mother and my practicality from my father.

I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait for opportunities to fall from the sky.