Ann Dowd Quotes

I think it's possible to have the kind of career you really want if you want to. You just don't do the things you don't want to and you just have to be cool with waiting for something to come around that you really feel passionate for.

How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.

I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.

If you want to be an actor, you should keep confident. Don't get too much of an ego and become not humble. But you should have esteem and not feel bad when you don't book something. So I think you should just stay humble, but you also need to have some esteem to make yourself keep going.

If you're a waiter, the worst thing you can do is go to work resenting your job. This will sound trite - but it's the reality, and part of my personality - yet when I was a waiter, I tried to be the best waiter, and when I was a bingo-caller I tried to be the best bingo-caller.

I let the whole 'Grease' experience be a springboard for me. I wanted to use the exposure I got from that very wisely to continue a successful career. It's taken a lot of work and perseverance.

I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.

Every job I do, I feel like it is an amazing opportunity. I try to throw myself into every role with everything I have.

I just think of myself as a hard-working person who loves my job.

I don't know if many people know that one of the first jobs that I wanted and I lined up for was cabin crew at Jet. I was rejected because I was told I don't have a good personality. Thank God for your rejection. After that, I got a job at McDonald's, and the rest is history.

It's a game that I love and I want to continue to play. I know that I'll have a job somewhere. You've just got to go out there and put your best foot forward.

Those who grumble at the little thing that has fallen to their lot to do will grumble at everything. Always grumbling, they will lead a miserable life, and everything will be a failure. But those who do their duties as they go, putting their shoulders to the wheel, will see the light, and higher duties will fall to their share.

The truth is I've worked a lot of things people would consider shitty jobs but I've never really hated any of them.

I don't always feel lucky, but I'm smart enough to try.

The competition, the naysayers, the owners who talk too much. The people who don't think a 36-year-old can do what I do. I take a lot of pride in my craft, I work really hard at my craft everyday, and I'm a true professional.

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

I don't know why people say I'm not supposed to be doing what I'm doing. I'm just trying to do my job. I'm blessed, and I'm glad that I'm blessed.

I certainly never feel discouraged. I can't myself raise the winds that might blow us or this ship into a better world. But I can at least put up the sail so that when the winds comes, I can catch it.

Luck whines; labor whistles.

I feel very, very fortunate to have the success that I've had. I want to keep working and keep moving forward. Acting is my dream job. I love it so much.

Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day.

A determined man, by his very attitude and the tone of his voice, puts a stop to defeat, and begins to conquer.