Tessa Blanchard Quotes

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?

It's about hard work and not gender.

I think as long as I do a good job and put in all my effort to proving that I'm worth it, then everything should be fine.

I think because there is the constant looming threat of nepotism and judgment, I really tried to separate what I was doing at MTV, my auditions, anything I was doing creatively, from my family.

I don't think the world works on merit.

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 am criticized for getting jobs because of my name, but I only use it when I have to.

I thought I had to show people that I would get in early, stay late or even all night, work on holidays. I didn't want to be the rich kid who was along for a free ride.

I think you're only as good as the work that you do.

I truly don't know why the boys are getting all the votes - it could be because they are really amazing, and that's all there is to it. They're really, really good and every single boy deserves to be in the competition right now, and so do the two girls.

I'm convinced part of the reason I got signed is because of who I am, and it makes me sad.

I didn't want to land an audition because I was 'The daughter of...' I never wanted to give anyone the opportunity to say, 'You only got the role because of who you are.'

A long time ago, a sports reporter wrote that I wasn't strong in the free-skate, that I was more of a short-program skater. And that bothered me because I work so hard every day just for a person to judge me on a couple of bad skates and deem me a bad free skater. That's absurd!

It doesn't matter if I am the lead or a man is the lead actor in a film. What really matters to me is that I give my 100 per cent to my job.

I haven't done nothing in this league. Every day I come into practice or come into a game, I'm just trying to prove myself.

I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.

When people come offering you quality work, I think that is a result of the sheer hardwork and dedication I have had towards my profession.

In the end I'm just doing my job, I'm working hard, I'm putting my best foot forward and the criticism is not going to change anything I've done or will do in the future.

Am I the only one who exposes? Just because I don't have a godfather, or I'm not a star kid, I'm told that I expose. I don't care.

People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.

There's always people out there that's like, doubting me, you know what I mean? Even though I do embrace the people that embrace me and I'm grateful for them. But I always feel like, man, there's still people out there that's not giving it up. And I feel like I'm doing everything the right way, you know what I mean? I'm really going out of my way to do it the right way. I'm taking very few cheats - very few cheat codes that I'm using.

A lot of people probably say I'm stupid, and they're probably right, because there are people who take days off who are still in the league, and I'm not.

If I come to work every day and do my job, work as hard as I can, be a great teammate, the rest of that stuff will take care of itself.

When you do more than you're paid for eventually you'll be paid for more than you do.

We are not entitled to success we have to earn it