Samoa Joe Quotes

You never get every job you want.

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.

Teams passed on me, that happens.

I used to joke that I was trying to sell out, and nobody would buy me.

We've been trying to sell out for years, nobody's buying!

Six months of looking for a job had made me an expert at picking out the people who, like me, were hurrying up to wait - in somebody's outer anything for a chance to make it through their inner doors to prove that you could type two words a minute, or not drool on your blouse while answering difficult questions about your middle initial and date of birth.

MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.

The times I didn't get jobs I wanted, I remember feeling dispirited - really crestfallen.

I didn't quit movies. They quit me.

I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.

A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get.

I've had heartbreaking auditions where they don't even look at you. You're out before you're in.

What? No one wants my bouquet! Somebody better pick it up! Somebody better pick up my bouquet!

You're not going to get every part, so you can't base your sense of self-worth around whether or not you actually land the job.

I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy.

You watch award shows, and not only are you not nominated, but you're not a presenter and haven't been invited to any of the parties.

No team wanted me. No overseas team. Not even a D-League team.

I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.

It's easy to feel spurned, especially when you return to your apartment and stare at the hundreds of rejection letters tacked to your bulletin board.

I haven't gotten hundreds of jobs that I've auditioned for.

Well I thought my pickin' would set them on fire, but nobody wanted to hire a guitar man.

When you're a failure in Hollywood, that's like starving to death outside a banquet hall, with smells of filet mignon driving you crazy.

I've had enough rejection for 33 years. I don't need more.

I was auditioning a lot in L.A., and I was actually getting called back a lot for sitcoms. But I wasn't getting jobs. I even tested for 'Saturday Night Live' and didn't get that.

It's hard to keep a positive attitude coming to work every day, feeling like you're getting better when the same result is losing.