Quotes about Turning Down

Jason Fried

We also get thousands of suggestions. The default answer is always no.

Manini Mishra

I have been offered thrice to participate in 'Bigg Boss' and I rejected it everytime.

Dick Van Dyke

I think the biggest mistake - I was always a big fan of Cary Grant, and he asked me to do a movie with him, playing the second lead, and I didn't do it. And to this day, I can't remember why. But I could've said I worked with Cary Grant, but I turned him down. That was probably the biggest mistake I ever made.

Robert Sheehan

Part of progressing in acting is turning down work, and that's hard; it's very, very hard to do. And I think you have to do that so as not to undermine your own sense of value.

Brahmanandam

Saying no to a project is not easy. I'm always under the impression that I might end up upsetting the director or producer of a film.

Chevy Chase

I turned down 'American Gigolo.' There are many films - like 'Ghostbusters' - that I turned down... The first one I did was 'Foul Play' with Goldie Hawn, but I turned down 'Animal House' - I turned that down.

Dervla Kirwan

I've made a lot of mistakes in my career but the biggest mistake I've made is to turn down work.

Ambrose Bierce

REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine. The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive.

Astro

I was 15 when I read the script for 'Earth to Echo.' I thought it was amazing, and I couldn't think of turning it down. It's awesome for a kid from Brooklyn to have an opportunity to be on the big screen. And I had a great experience learning what the movie business is like. So, I'm glad I did it.