Holt McCallany Quotes

I think people feel like there are all these things in our lives that we don't really have control over.

The actor is in the hands of a lot of other people, over which he has no control.

I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying.

I woke up nights, worrying that Lotus was out of control - that no one would know what to do.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

It's weird to have no control over something that you're involved in.

There's no one who, at some point, hasn't had the feeling their life is on the rails and they can't do anything about it.

She knows herself to be at the mercy of events, and she knows by now that events have no mercy.

To exist without purpose is to be at the mercy of the chance encounter, the chance invitation, the chance phone call, the chance event- always being controlled by forces external to oneself.

The only comfort within chaos is admitting you have no control.

It's an illusion, control," Naomi said. "You ought to understand that by now, young Claire. We are never in control of our destinies, even the strongest of us. All we can hope to do is not be too badly damaged by events.

There are some days where, at the end of the day, you've done OK. It's the most out-of-control feeling you possibly can have.

The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.

I felt like my career was out of my hands.

Most people are basically a victim of the circumstances of their life. They have things like 9/11, they have terrorism threats, they have new war threats, they have economy problems, and they think, 'What can I do? I'm basically a victim.'

Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens.

I just look around and say, I'm a mess. I don't know why I do things.

In my life, things have happened to me. I've never felt I was controlling anything.

They kind of took it out of our hands. We're still able to deal with him on an emotional level.

I'm not in charge of my life.

There's nothing worse in life than to sit there and be the victim of a process that's outside your control.

When you spend a lot of time, like I do, just standing around and waiting, or being moved from place to place, every minute gets consumed by something someone else has set up for you. And it's not like I'm always in a beautiful place wearing something gorgeous.

Sometimes I want to control things more than I'm able to.

It's just scary to think how fast everything is rolling, and you can't stop it.

There are so many things that could happen and will happen that are out of my control.