Wietse Venema Quotes

The only thing that we as actors really can control is to be able to say 'yes' or 'no' to the material.

Society will decide after the technology is created what we will and won't accept.

At the end of the day, though, there are a huge number of considerations that our management team go through before accepting any project - checking out the license is just one of them.

It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.

It's never a script that makes me decide to accept a film or not.

You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings, you know, pending where the show was being held. You did submit work to be accepted. Once you were accepted that was it. You did your own selection of what went in.

You know, I've always been very open to any project.

I apply the three gag rule, which is if I can read a script without gagging more than three times, then maybe I can say yes to this job.

A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.

You can't control the quality of projects that are coming to you, so if you get several in a row that are quality, you take them.

To me the acid test was always the crew, and if the crew liked you, you're OK.

Mr Tony Hopkins says he's willing to do it if he likes the script.

Your report! 'Tis my report. It is no report at all until I have accepted it.

It is only when you become commercially viable that you actually get accepted by the industry.

Money is not the driving force behind my decisions to accept or reject a project.

Whenever I like a character or a script, I take up the project and leave the rest to the audience.

I was delighted when Ashutosh Gowariker offered me the role of 'Sakina Begum.'

That's the one thing I have to say to females. If you don't have a certain look, or if you look a certain way, they won't accept you.

I couldn't be accepted into tennis school because I was too young. I had to wait a year until I was four before they'd accept me.

If something sounds good, and I get a good feeling about it, I'll take it, irrespective of the fee being offered to me.

If someone offered me a movie, I will take your script.

The reason why I'm popular as an artist in this country is because it suits the psyche of the nation at this time. Ten years ago, my work wouldn't have had any currency, any popularity at all. Before in this country, you had to be accepted. You had to be part of the group. Now it's probably more trendy to have a problem.

Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business.

Even the most time-honoured truths do not have to be accepted until they are your truths.

I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.