Ryan Holmes Quotes

I'm always working with amazing people. They're just kind of put in my path.

I always had ambitions to work in the U.K. I just never thought it was gonna happen so soon. So I think, obviously, I wouldn't have gotten 'The Riot Club' if I wasn't in England. I wouldn't have gotten 'Pride' if I hadn't done 'The Riot Club.' And so maybe I would just have been on a totally different trajectory, but who knows?

It's about taking advantage of the opportunities you have right now, and right now we're in a position where you call somebody and they're willing to pick up and take the call because they're a fan, you have to take advantage of that and have a chance to capitalize on your ideas.

Yeah, I've had the privilege to know a lot of really talented people.

It's really about making opportunities for yourself and connecting with people on a more-than-normal level. That opens doors. You never know if the caterer's brother is someone. You don't know who someone is having dinner with that night. So being a nice person and touching people creates opportunity.

I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from artists that I really love and respect, to share a stage... I've been very lucky in that I haven't had to create a five-year plan. It's evolved.

I don't think you can get everything based on who you know, but you can't get anything until you do know the right people.

We'd never thought we'd get to travel so extensively, meet our heroes, and collaborate with so many people.

In racing, we have a better chance of it happening quicker because we have attracted good people to come to work for us. It's the beginning of a great adventure, and we're looking forward to it.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun.

Obviously, I've been very lucky in general in my career, but I feel that I've been very lucky in terms of having directors come along at the right times who have taken me to the next level of where I needed to be.

Talk to people no one else is talking to. Who would have thought that giving a speech at a funeral at age 12 would introduce me to a man who would introduce me to my first business contact who would introduce me to several other important people in my life. That's luck. That's randomness.

You need to make relationships to help you.

Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

I'm not opposed to anything. If an opportunity comes across, I'll answer the door if it comes knocking.

I meet with people in the industry on an ongoing basis.

I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor.

I think the reason why we were able to actually get it made was that we were so extremely naive - we had no experience at all here. We didn't even know that you were supposed to have an agent. We didn't even have a lawyer. We didn't know one soul.

It's all about people. It's about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. Your book is going to impress, but in the end it is people that are going to hire you.

It looks like I've been smart about it, but truly, I've been incredibly lucky to have the right people notice me and want to work with me.

You often hear people say 'Luck is self made.' I think it is, to a certain extent; if you work hard on something, you are more likely to be lucky than if you don't. That having been said, I do believe during in my career I have been at the right place at the right time with the right people.

A lot of it, as it is in any job in life, is being in the right place at the right time.

I feel like I've been fortunate enough that I've gotten to meet and work with some really passionate people.