Alice Walker Quotes

I feel terribly misunderstood; I feel terribly misunderstood.

I have made a number of movies that I have never seen. It's not a matter of ego. It's a matter of being disappointed. It's really a shame. It's just as difficult to make a movie that no one cares about as to make a hit.

I've been in so many good movies that I felt like nobody saw; it's a pretty dreadful feeling.

I was very disappointed that so much of the work I did on The Haunted Mansion didn't arrive in the final cut.

I, poor creature, worn out with scribbling for my bread and my liberty, low in spirits and weak in health, must leave others to wear the laurels which I have sown, others to eat the bread which I have earned. A common case.

Most of the stuff I've written has never even gotten made. It's par for the course. It's a great living, but it also gets very frustrating.

They all knew my name, but no one heard the music - I didn't look the same.

More and more, it feels like I'm doing a really bad impersonation of myself.

My childhood taught me nothing... zero.

People always ask me why I still want to play, but I want to know why no one will give me an opportunity. It's like they put a stamp on me: 'Hall of Fame. You're done. That's it.'

Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.

I was a journalist, but I was starving. And I've written fiction, but I couldn't get a publisher. So, I was basically a very frustrated creative person working in advertising, and even there, I have a great idea that client won't buy it.

It's hard when you put a year of good work into something and someone at the top says no, and they pull your show's title off a bulletin board and chuck it in the trash.

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

From the time I was 16 to really up until turning 21, the roles were really, really few and far between. I had people say that I just wasn't a good singer. They didn't know what to do with me; I would never fit in any markets. I almost quit acting altogether.

To be used in a part without depth is a frustrating feeling, when you know you have something to give.

I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.

I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of the school. If they'd been intent on really teaching you things, I would have been a little more attentive.

I have years of saying ideas that are not listened to. Then, weeks after, of producers finding out that I was right when some other guy comes in and says it. Sometimes I just tell my idea to my editor or to some other guy with maybe gray hair to share it, and then it's brilliant!

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.

Aamir once went behind a rock to cry because his director didn't listen to what he was saying.

Of course there are moments for everyone, and certainly for me, where you do feel misunderstood. You feel like you can't really connect. You do feel like you're alone in something.

Well, to tell you honestly, I am still waiting for much better roles. And I am slightly surprised that despite seeing the quality and hard work, the Hindi film industry is still not creating projects that I can be a part of.

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.