Michael Curtiz Quotes

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.

You never forget the feeling of not getting to the World Series. Yes, it sticks with you.

I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.

No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.

I'm not always going to keep waiting for a fairytale ending.

If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.

It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Sometimes, things you wish had happened don't, or there are things you wish you'd been able to do but can't.

There are so many people who try so hard and have such big dreams, and it doesn't happen for them.

That's the dating world. You just keep losing. Everyone does.

I tried out for my basketball team every year and I never made it. You had to buy the shoes before you knew if you were on the team because it took a few weeks for them to ship. I bought the shoes every year, never once made the team, had a ton of high school basketball shoes.

I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

Paper Moon didn't bring me love.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

I'm disappointed. I don't care about Will Smith, I don't want to.

The blind date that has stood you up: your life.

I trained myself to not get my hopes up, because there were so many times in the room where you'd be like, 'This feels amazing, this is a hit!' And it never saw the light of day.

I haven't got enough fingers to count the number of clubs who rejected me.

I'd been trying to do this since I was 15, sending out the demo tapes and doing all the things that everyone told me that I should be doing. But no deal - like, never.

There is so much heartbreak and letdown in this industry. You get your heart set on something, and then you're sitting by the phone for three weeks and it never rings.

Not many people get that 'happily ever after' they want in life. There are disappointments every step of the way, no matter how hard one strives for the best.