Michael Cimino Quotes

I experienced rejection numerous times.

There's no point in dwelling on rejection.

I've had enough rejection for multiple lifetimes.

Everyone fears rejection.

Realizing that we've surrendered our self-esteem to others and choosing to be accountable for our own self-worth would mean absorbing the terrifying fact that we're always vulnerable to pain and loss.

I'm like anybody else. You get enough, you can get beat up. You can get hurt. You can get frustrated. You can get demoralized.

Rejection happens, and you have to have a thick skin about it, which is hard. You can't be overly sensitive about people not picking you.

Every time I put myself out there, I get rejected.

Rejection is never personal, so don't let it consume you.

I've been shot down so many times, I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself.

I find the roller-coaster ride of auditioning most challenging. It's always about putting yourself out there, being rejected, and then getting back out there and trying again.

I have faced rejection in this business because of my appearance, but that has only made me stronger and more determined.

There are kids don't want to do something because they're afraid of looking stupid to their peers. There comes a time when they start protecting themselves, instead of extending. I want to make sure that they're always trying to extend themselves.

I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.

I know what it is to feel unloved, to want revenge, to make mistakes, to suffer disappointment, yet also to find the courage to go forward in life.

Among the reasons people keep sad stories to themselves is that they do not want anyone to feel sorry for them. I don't. I don't want you to feel sorry for me.

If I was to get turned down by a girl, I'd just give up and say, 'Oh well.'

Being rejected is not nice, and it never gets any easier no matter where you are in your career.

I was not used to criticism.

Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.

I took a lot of bad things after Athens. I just learnt to deal with it. The problem was beforehand I had this feeling where I was trying to please everybody - I wanted everybody to like me.

You're not going to get every part, so you can't base your sense of self-worth around whether or not you actually land the job.

I'm talking to anyone who has been dumped - have not gotten the job you really wanted or have received those horrible rejection letters from grad school. You know, the disappointment of losing, or not getting something you badly want. When that happens, show what you are made of.

I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.

Nobody likes to be rejected, you know?