Matt Letscher Quotes

I experienced rejection numerous times.

I've had enough rejection for 33 years. I don't need more.

Almost everyone I know is battling something, whether it's allergies or depression. Whatever it is, it makes you feel less than who you are. I believe part of life's challenge is to work through that.

Rejection is the one constant of human experience.

People are all vulnerable in so many different ways. We go into survival mode a lot of times.

If you have any setback in your life, like not being in the England squad was for me - any setback, like losing a family member - everyone handles it in different ways. When I first wasn't included I was numb. I'd been the main England striker for years and years. It was really disappointing.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

There's moments where I want to break down and cry, but not give up.

I had my share of rejections.

Sometimes when we get our ass kicked and we're down, sometimes we stay down, and sometimes we get depressed and sometimes we don't know how to handle it, and sometimes we don't know what's going on, and sometimes we feel like it's not worth going on.

You should never be embarrassed by your trouble with living, because it's the ones with the sorest throats who have done the most singing.

The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.

There is no such thing in life as no pain and no disappointment.

I never got to the point when I felt like running away from it all.

When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.

There will be days when you feel defeated, exhausted, and plain old beat-up by life's whiplash. People you love will disappoint you - and you will disappoint them. You'll probably struggle with some kind of mortal appetite. Some days it will feel as though the veil between Heaven and Earth is made of reinforced concrete.

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

I find titles the hardest thing. I was worried that 'Waste Land' was too much of a downer. For me, 'The Crash Reel' confronts what the film is about: it's not just about the reality of a crash, it's about the extremity we all face, and what happens when life crashes on you.

Life's fairly excruciating. Painful things happen. Every now and then, you drag yourself out of the stream and stand on the bank gasping for air. I think that's how I work.

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely.

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

I was rejected by casting directors during the day. I attended class in the evening, then rode 90 miles on the train home.

When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.

Don't struggle about the struggle. In other words, life's full of ups and downs. So if you're struggling, don't worry, everyone else has or will at some point.