Nicola Peltz Quotes

I thought about all the people that told me I couldn't do it and told me I couldn't get there.

You deal with failure - strike, strike, strike - all the time. Acting is like that. You have to have a very thick skin in a way - your hair is too dark, you're too ugly for the part, your audition wasn't good.

I want a career and the thing is you really have to love acting. I didn't just fall into it and it wasn't just something I was good at. I've had to really work at this. I've had to fall on my face time and time again. You get 'no' 99 per cent of the time and a 'yes' just once.

When you go out and audition, you're going to hear a lot of 'No's.' As weird as it may sound, you almost have to love hearing 'no' because you're going to hear it way more than you hear 'yes'.

Acting forces you to ask yourself, 'Can my constitution take a decade of constant rejection?' And after ten years, you either make it or you don't. And the problem is they don't tell you in advance.

Don't get discouraged from all the rejection.

If you give up at the first rejection or the first bad review, you will never make it in publishing.

When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it up.'

Don't take it personally if you're met with opposition. Work hard anyway.

I tried twice to get into drama school and didn't, so I worked my way up through the fringe.

The most successful people in the world are people who were rejected more than anybody else.

The only thing I would advise young actors to do is prepare for the amount of adversity that you're going to come in contact with by choosing to be an actor because before you actually "made it" or get the skills, people are all not going to take you seriously, and many people will try to discourage you from it. Don't take any of their advice. Do it, and do it and do it. Remember the compliments. Forget the insults.

Never take no personally. Sometimes people tell you no for a reason that has nothing to do with you. You must keep going.

In a tough situation, don't avoid acting just because it's easier or comfortable. Don't lapse into a passive state. People who give up, die.

Dreams require down payments. Dreams are free, but the journey isn't. There is a price to pay. First, you must pay the price of dealing with criticism from people who matter. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, 'Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.' Second, you must pay the price of overcoming your fears. Failure, rejection, and looking foolish are common fears - but they are just feelings that can be conquered and removed from your thoughts. Finally, you must be willing to pay the price of hard work in order to realize your dream.

I used to be a chemical-engineering student, but I started studying acting, and I went for a cattle call, up against hundreds of people. They tore me down because I was too tall. They said "How tall are you?" "6'5"." "Next."

If I show somebody something that I've written and they say, "Eh...alright," I just put it away and I never show it to anyone again. But I know people who won't take no for an answer, and eventually someone pays attention.

I work constantly to be better at being rejected.

Don't give up. Don't listen to these foolish critics that are so small minded they don't get it tonight.

They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

I've had that experience many, many, times - when you don't get roles. I'd developed a good muscle for shaking it off.

You’ve got to worry about the next play…Keep believing because people aren’t always going to like you but you have to believe in the people around you…You’re going to get knocked down but it’s how many times you get back up.

Rejection happens, and you have to have a thick skin about it, which is hard. You can't be overly sensitive about people not picking you.

You have to keep persevering. An actor goes to a lot of auditions and doesn't get the part.

I had tried out for theatre school and didn't get it four times.