Italia Ricci Quotes

I'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.

All actors may not be stars, but all stars are actors, and I can vouch for that.

Seventy-five per cent of being successful as an actor is pure luck. The rest is just endurance.

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

I haven't really ever had to audition for anything.

I did the whole struggling actor thing and lucked into being in the right place at the right time and getting involved in the first 'High School Musical.'

I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.

If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.

I've been a very lucky actor.

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.

Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It's about whether or not you get the chance to do good work.

I don't think Hollywood was trying to do anything with me. In fact, they lost interest pretty quick. I think I got lucky, briefly, in the '90s, and it just so happened that those movies were the opportunities that came my way. Then it just kind of stopped.

I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!'

A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next.

There's an art to being a good actor, there's an art to being a celebrity, and there's an art to longevity.

Basically, my goal in life is to be David Hyde Pierce - go to Hollywood, make some money, come back and just win some Tony Awards.

If you're a young actor, unless you're on a very short list at the studios, we have to be very creative about moving your career along. Otherwise, all we can do is hope to get lucky and find that perfect role that pops you into stardom.

So many actors who are really gifted and talented just don't get the opportunity. I happened to get that opportunity.

If I got too famous, I'd just quit acting, but I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to get really famous.

When I moved out to L.A., I went on 156 auditions before I booked a single thing.

I am the only one in my family to get into acting.

Becoming an actress was just about being in the right place at the right time.

There is no formula to enter Bollywood. It's a lot to do with luck.