Scoot McNairy Quotes

I'm definitely happy with the progression of my career. I'm glad I didn't jump to stardom immediately, because I get to enjoy the ride and the chase. Because nothing came easy, I really appreciate it when I book roles.

I always describe my career as something where nothing ever popped overnight.

I'm like a slow starter. Everything I've done has built, or has taken a while.

All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little.

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

I have accomplished a lot, but it didn't happen overnight for me. I was 35 when I got the show, and had been working professionally for 15 years. It would be a lot weirder if I were in my early 20s and stumbled into it.

There are a lot of people who dream of overnight success, of being Brad Pitt getting discovered for 'Thelma and Louise,' but that doesn't always happen. I represent that stick-to-it-ness that it takes to build a career over time, guest spot by guest spot. Looking back from here, I wouldn't have wanted the journey to go any other way.

Plodding wins the race.

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

You have your bad moments in your career and your good moments. And it's been a good ride so far, but it's not over yet.

A career is a journey. I've been fortunate enough to work and be very successful over three decades, but I haven't achieved nearly what I want to achieve yet.

Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not.

Have patience, Radicals—Rome wasn't burnt in a day.

Great goals are reached step by step.

You don't have to force your career to happen all at once.

I would honestly say I'm in the turtle's race. My journey is a marathon.

You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.

I didn't realize it. It looks like my career happened overnight, but it didn't. I was basically living on my own from when I was 17 on.

I want that longevity in the career, so if you don't know how to get it, you trying to chase that high, you trying to continue to chase your dreams and conquer things you never thought you could get. And you just want to get there too soon, so you taking the wrong moves to try and compensate what's not happening.

My career was a roller-coaster ride but I never stopped taking chances.

I know it wasn't like a meteoric rise, it was not overnight success. Nobody watched my movie, fell in love and said 'I'm her biggest fan.' People took time to warm up to me.

At the end of the day, my career is not going to be judged by one or two or three moments in time. It'll be judged by the longevity of it.

I think people get intimidated, and they think results should happen right away. Like I said earlier, the body can only change so fast, and so when you're doing it right you just have to keep at it and keep up with a balanced program.

Life is not a sprint. It was never meant to be. It is just a step of faith after another.