Olivia DeJonge Quotes

There are always moments of despair when you get close to jobs and lose them at the last second. It feels like getting punched in the stomach. You feel like, 'Why do I do this?' Then you go to bed, get up the next day and forget about it.

Some actors couldn't figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

It's 90 percent rejection, being an actor.

The most common experience in my life is rejection. I've done over 300 auditions. No amount of drama school training can prepare you for that, in theory.

I sure don't miss going out on auditions!

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

Do what is necessary to be resilient. You will get knocked down. What matters is that you get back up.

For the longest time, I was auditioning, getting called back, and I had a long string of things not going my way. I thought, 'Maybe this is never going happen. Maybe I'll never book a commercial.'

I have had so many bad auditions.

I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'

Acting is a life of rejection.

You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.

Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids, as they try to discover who they are.

I kept sending out stories and getting rejected.

I remember when I was on 'Saturday Night Live' my first year, and I wasn't getting much. I was down; I was ready to quit.

As actors, we deal with rejection so much more than any other business. So I don't care how much of a genius you are, if you don't have the propensity to be able to get back up every time you get knocked down, then you're not going to survive.

I still take losing out very seriously. But it inspires me that much more to move on. Quite often in my business, it's not the most talented people that succeed. Because they don't necessarily have the tenacity to deal with rejection.

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.

After you do this for a while, you get used to things not working the way you want them to. There's a job you want, and you don't get it. There's a movie you'd like to get made, and it doesn't get made. You become inured to it.

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

I audition for a lot and don't get a lot.

For me, if I attack two or three times but didn't get the point, then I would get nervous.

Rejection is never personal, so don't let it consume you.

As important as hustle is, grit and resilience are equally as important because there's a lot of rejection in our business.