- Queen
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- Nov 07, 2020
Waiting Quotes
For everything that hasn't happened yet.
Several of these quotes come from performers describing the limbo of waiting for the right role or gig, a restlessness that carries into hope as much as frustration.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: 'Yeah, of course you can take a photo...' but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, 'Whoa, I don't like this attention anymore.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A big reason I'd spent my career as a writer and not a public speaker is that I am a person who refines my worldview in a silent room, waiting for my thoughts to arrange themselves on the screen before me.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so bored of reading scripts with these wonderfully complex male roles, yet the woman character just sits on the bed waiting for him to come home.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I'm the luckiest person alive. I'm always waiting for that phone call: 'Hello. We've just realized you're really a no-talent hillbilly. We've made a horrible mistake and we'd like you to leave now.'
- Nov 07, 2020
Perhaps there is no agony worse than the tedium I experienced waiting for Something to Happen.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The film world is a crazy place to be. You sit around all day waiting for the phone to ring. Are people talking about you or aren't they?
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even after doing that TV thing, 'Roswell,' I'm still waiting to see my first UFO.
- Naive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was so naive I didn't even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected Bill Morris to be waiting for my call.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to be creative and to put flesh onto the ideas that are inside of me. And there are not that many great programs that are coming out through Hollywood, and I'm tired of waiting around for someone to hand me a good script, so I'm going to go and produce something.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is my first love. There are still so many characters inside of me that are waiting to come out.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a waitress years ago when I was first trying to become an actress, waiting tables in New York City.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was waiting for good films after 'Fugly' released. My second film was important. I kept waiting, and the period strengthened me. I would rather wait and do something worthwhile than take up bad films.
- Front Door
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- Nov 07, 2020