Odell Beckham Jr. Quotes

I'm lucky. I've got pretty good genes.

I'm really, really lucky. I was given my dad's good genes.

In a country where there is no privileged class, genius and industry may attain the highest honors.

I don't want to take names, but there are some people who get everything served on a platter. This is a movie, this is your role, and you have to do it. Some people have to strive so hard to reach where they have and want to.

I never take credit for anything, because it's mostly genetic to my way of thinking. Even the need to work hard with some genetic talent you're given - the need to go out and develop it, and push hard to bring it to people.

Some people can work their butts off and never get what they're aiming for while others can get it without any effort at all.

I'm not saying people shouldn't apply themselves and work hard. You do have to try to make your own luck. But I know people firsthand who worked incredibly hard, who were really smart, who never got into trouble, and still didn't get a break.

I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It's the truth.

Just because my dad is Clint Eastwood doesn't mean I don't have to work for a living.

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.

I don't know if acting is genetic. Maybe it's environmental.

I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.

I mean you got to thank your parents for giving you the right genes.

It has been said that a man of genius should select his ancestors with great care - and yet there does not seem to be as much in heredity as most people think. The children of the great are often small.

Ariana Grande is a billionaire before she's been an artist. You have to work to be able to appreciate what you have... what work did she ever have to do in her life?

Everyone has a talent. It's simply a question of good discipline, of the good fortune to have an education that meshes with that talent, and a lot of luck.

A person should not have a second class life because he chose the wrong parents.

Equality of opportunity means the achievers must be allowed to achieve.

You can improve your education and even change your environment but what you really ARE was all settled when your parents www born. SELECTED PARENTS WILL HAVE BETTER CHILDREN.

After a point, it doesn't matter where you come from. There are many star kids who haven't done well in the industry and rank newcomers who have done amazingly well.

No magic wands have been waved in my direction; I didn't win some kind of lottery to land a spot at one of the biggest clubs in the world.

If you have the talent, you should have the opportunity.

I work with big directors. I work with good actors. I act in female-centric films. And I do all this without ever indulging in a casting couch experience. Because I believe in hard work, talent, and blessing.

We come from different backgrounds. Some people grow up with money in their pocket, or they have a certain last name; others have nothing. But it comes down to work ethic. That's where we all play on the same playing field.

Those who belong to the film families may have a certain advantage, but nobody can keep you in this business if you don't deserve it.