Rejection Quotes
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Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford]
Sex and the City
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Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.
Walter Lippmann
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Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection
John Powell
Keywords: acceptance :: atmosphere :: beings :: grow :: human :: in :: like :: not :: of :: plants :: rejection :: soil :: theSubject: Mankind Quotes :: Rejection QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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Actors search for rejection. If they don`t get it they reject themselves.
Charlie Chaplin
Keywords: actors :: don :: for :: get :: if :: it :: reject :: rejection :: search :: themselves :: theySubject: Actors and Acting Quotes :: Rejection QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
Sylvester Stallone
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You`ve got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.
Jessica Biel
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The worst rejection is when I`m talking to a girl who doesn`t want to hear what I`m saying and just walk away.
Mario Barrett
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You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach. Then I think you have to develop a kind of resistance to rejection, and to the dis...
Gregory Peck
Keywords: and :: because :: beyond :: develop :: disappo :: dream :: even :: far :: for :: goal :: have :: kind :: little :: might :: of :: reach :: rejection :: resistance :: scare :: seems :: set :: sometimes :: that :: the :: then :: think :: to :: vision :: you :: your :: yourselfSource: imdb.com
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In this business, you`ve got to take a lot of rejection-and you can`t take it personally. If you`re not chosen, you`re either not ready or not right for it. My mom used to tell me that a quitter never wins, and a winner never quits. And that`s something I...
Tiffani Thiessen
Keywords: al :: and :: business :: can :: chosen :: either :: for :: got :: if :: in :: it :: lot :: me :: mom :: my :: never :: not :: of :: or :: personally :: quits :: quitter :: re :: ready :: rejection :: right :: something :: take :: tell :: that :: this :: to :: used :: ve :: winner :: wins :: youSource: imdb.com
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Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting.
Loni Anderson
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I didn`t have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you`re rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You`re behind the eight ball when you go in there. At this point in my career, I don`t have to deal with audition re...
Robert De Niro
Keywords: actors :: already :: an :: are :: at :: audition :: ball :: because :: behind :: career :: deal :: didn :: don :: eight :: go :: have :: hundreds :: in :: into :: my :: of :: other :: point :: problem :: re :: rejected :: rejectio :: rejection :: the :: there :: this :: to :: when :: with :: youSource: imdb.com
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[On her harshest rejection]: "One director said I just wasn`t sexy. It was hard, really hard. I left town for two months with my tail between my legs. But you have to kind of go, okay, maybe I`m not their idea of [sexy], but hell, I can have sex!"
Catherine Keener
Keywords: between :: but :: can :: director :: for :: go :: hard :: harshest :: have :: hell :: her :: idea :: it :: just :: kind :: left :: legs :: maybe :: months :: my :: not :: of :: okay :: on :: one :: really :: rejection :: said :: sex :: sexy :: tail :: their :: to :: town :: two :: was :: wasn :: with :: youSource: imdb.com
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I got ugly. Throughout my childhood, my favorite rejection was `She looks too healthy.` They wanted that really gaunt, runaway girl kind of look. I was like, `Mom, I thought you could never be too healthy.` She said, `Ignore them`.
Christina Ricci
Keywords: be :: childhood :: could :: favorite :: gaunt :: girl :: got :: healthy :: ignore :: kind :: like :: look :: looks :: mom :: my :: never :: of :: really :: rejection :: runaway :: said :: she :: that :: them :: they :: thought :: throughout :: too :: ugly :: wanted :: was :: youSource: imdb.com
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There were two things against me. I was never resilient enough. I`ve always felt rejection deeply and took it personally. Then, too, I wasn`t as slim as Loretta.
Sally Blane
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I have to say that I didn`t ever really see it as rejection, per se, and I don`t know why. I guess if I saw it as rejection, then I would allow myself time to focus on something that seemed negative, instead of realizing, I have an audition tomorrow," and...
Hilary Swank
Keywords: allow :: an :: and :: as :: audition :: didn :: don :: ever :: focus :: guess :: have :: if :: instead :: it :: know :: myself :: negative :: of :: on :: per :: realizing :: really :: rejection :: saw :: say :: se :: see :: seemed :: something :: that :: then :: time :: to :: tomorrow :: was :: why :: wouldSource: imdb.com
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I have to say that I didn`t ever really see it as rejection, per se, and I don`t know why. I guess if I saw it as rejection, then I would allow myself time to focus on something that seemed negative, instead of realizing, I have an audition tomorrow," and...
Hilary Swank
Keywords: allow :: an :: and :: as :: audition :: didn :: don :: ever :: focus :: guess :: have :: if :: instead :: it :: know :: myself :: negative :: of :: on :: per :: realizing :: really :: rejection :: saw :: say :: se :: see :: seemed :: something :: that :: then :: time :: to :: tomorrow :: was :: why :: wouldSource: imdb.com
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Actors search for rejection. If they don`t get it they reject themselves.
Charlie Chaplin
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The first audition I ever went on, I was accompanied by my mother at the instruction of my father. "You have to learn how to take rejection if you really want to be an actor", he said. He had to eat his own words. I got the job.
Michele Lee
Keywords: accompanied :: actor :: an :: at :: audition :: be :: by :: eat :: ever :: father :: first :: got :: had :: have :: he :: his :: how :: if :: instruction :: job :: learn :: mother :: my :: of :: on :: own :: really :: rejection :: said :: take :: the :: to :: want :: was :: went :: words :: youSource: imdb.com
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You might look at my CV and see I`ve had 12 jobs, but I`ve been to over 450 auditions so I`ve heard `no` a lot more than I`ve heard `yes`. So if I go in looking only to meet my own standards, then that will make taking that rejection a little bit easier. ...
Wentworth Miller
Keywords: 12 :: 450 :: and :: at :: auditions :: been :: bit :: but :: cv :: easier :: go :: had :: heard :: if :: in :: jobs :: little :: look :: looking :: lot :: make :: meet :: might :: more :: my :: no :: only :: over :: own :: rejection :: see :: so :: standards :: taking :: than :: that :: then :: to :: ve :: when :: will :: yes :: youSource: imdb.com
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I`m not enamored by fame. I don`t covet it, the way someone who`s anonymous wants it, and then their life changes. This has always been my life. You don`t romanticize it when you`ve seen the underbelly of it, when you`ve seen rejection, the games, the way...
Brooke Shields
Keywords: always :: and :: anonymous :: been :: by :: changes :: covet :: don :: enamored :: es :: fame :: games :: has :: it :: life :: my :: not :: of :: rejection :: romanticize :: seen :: self :: someone :: the :: their :: then :: this :: underbelly :: ve :: wants :: way :: when :: who :: youSource: imdb.com
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I also experienced serious rejection. I auditioned for dozens of commercials, for example, but was never chosen. That might have devastated other children, but somehow my attitude was `well if I don`t get this one, I`ll get the next`. Looking back, I see ...
Janet Jackson
Keywords: also :: attitude :: auditioned :: back :: bu :: but :: children :: chosen :: commercials :: devastated :: don :: dozens :: example :: experienced :: for :: get :: had :: have :: if :: ll :: looking :: might :: my :: never :: next :: of :: one :: other :: rejection :: see :: serious :: somehow :: that :: the :: this :: was :: wellSource: imdb.com
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He once sent a script back with a polite rejection. The writer came back with, "We tailored it just for you." He simply replied: But no one came to take measurements.
Alec Guinness
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You just don`t care about what people think. But it`s hard to do because people tell you what they think all the time. It`s sort of nuts. We actors, we`re a fragile bunch, and yet we need to be strong because 90% of our lives is rejection. You have to fig...
Sandra Oh
Keywords: 90 :: about :: actors :: all :: and :: be :: because :: bunch :: but :: care :: do :: don :: figure :: fragile :: hard :: have :: is :: it :: just :: lives :: need :: nuts :: of :: our :: out :: people :: re :: rejection :: sort :: strong :: tell :: the :: they :: think :: time :: to :: we :: what :: yet :: youSource: imdb.com
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You`ve got to really be able to accept the rejection.
Barry Mann
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You`ve got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.
Jessica Biel
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You`re going to have more rejection than acceptance.
Barry Mann
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You need to develop, somehow, a huge amount of faith and confidence in yourself, because there`s a lot of rejection throughout an actor`s life and you have to believe in yourself more than anyone else.
Stephen Collins
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You have to be passionate about it. You have to be able to take rejection and disappointment at first and not let your confidence be undermined.
Juliet Mills
Keywords: able :: about :: and :: at :: be :: confidence :: disappointment :: first :: have :: it :: let :: not :: passionate :: rejection :: take :: to :: undermined :: you :: yourSource: brainyquote.com
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What astonishes me about the response to `Munich` is this angry rejection of the idea that it makes any difference to know what motivates people to do bad things, that you don`t need to know why. It is like saying that real men shoot first and ask questio...
Tony Kushner
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