Top 35 Big Break Quotes

I had a period of unemployment for about nine months after my first big break, and it’s the greatest lesson I ever could have learned, never to believe you’re home and dry.

‘Game of Thrones’ is my big break, so I’ve got to make the most of it, keep acting well.

I think this idea of a big break is a lie.

I don’t think I have had a big break, although joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 opened up new horizons.

My big break was when I won ‘Search for a Supermodel Australia,’ and then I came second in the world series, and that was all good, but I was just having fun; it wasn’t real to me.

My big break was becoming the spokesperson for Texas Instruments. Casting directors really started giving me a chance to read for projects.

My big break came at 22 years old when I joined the Mercedes Benz touring championship team.

I didn’t know, at 22, that regret is useless. If I could go back and change something – give myself some big break, pass along some secret information, reassure myself that most things would, in fact, work out – I don’t think I would.

But I certainly know a lot of people that existed at that level and are always kind of pining for more, always thinking that the next big break, the next opportunity, the big role are just around the corner of the next audition.

‘Home And Away’ was my first big break. I was already a fan of the show, so to suddenly be on it was really good.

Then he took me off Jeannie and he gave me Millie the Model. That was a big break for me. It wasn’t doing to well and somehow when I got on it became quite successful.

Every actor dreams of getting a big break, a big opportunity.

My big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in ‘Horton Hears a Who.’

I kind of got my big break with ‘The Princess Diaries’ and during the press rounds for that everyone asked me: ‘Did you always want to be a princess growing up?’ And the truth was, no I wanted to be Catwoman.

The success that Americans are said to worship is success of a specific sort: accomplished not through hard work, primarily, but through the ingenious angle, the big break. Sit down at a lunch counter, stand back up a star. Invest in a new issue and watch it soar. Split a single atom, win a war.

I got a call from somebody who used to be the president of Little Persons of America. She got called from some producers who wanted someone of a certain size in the John Hughes film ‘Baby’s Day Out.’ So that was my big break, as the stunt double of a nine-month-old.

It often looks like an actor’s had a big break out of nowhere, but in reality, they’ve been working their way up, little by little, for a while.

Catherine Zeta-Jones started out like me. Her big break in Hollywood was in ‘Zorro.’

I started my career as a swimsuit model. My first big break in America was 2007, ‘Sports Illustrated’ Swimsuit Issue.

I love the ‘Percy Jackson’ movies. That was my big break. I love the people I worked with. It was a really magical experience for me.

I thought,when I was reaching for my dream of making it to WWE, that once I got here, life would be perfect and easy. I had no idea that when I finally landed my big break, that was when the real work would begin.

We finally got our big break when Ed Sullivan put us on his show.

I auditioned for ‘The Rainmaker.’ Nothing. I auditioned for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.’ Nothing. ‘Antigone’ was my big break. I got a part as a Roman guard. I carried a spear.

I have never thought of which kind of movie will give me the big break. I have always been more cautious of the roles that I have played.

I came to Bombay and got my first big break in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s ‘Guddi.’

My first job on the screen was ‘Sea Patrol,’ and that was quite intense, but I guess my first big break was ‘SLiDE.’

I modeled for 4 years before I felt like I had my big break.

‘Mad Men’ has been my big break. I’m beyond thrilled.

For many years prior to landing my big break with WWE, I learned a lot about uphill battles. I had to scratch and claw day after day for a really big dream that, at many times, seemed totally impossible.

When I was growing up in comedy, there were maybe 10 comics in the whole country. Everyone had a day job. You worked free for years in little clubs, then you got your big break and became a star.

I never had a single big break – because few do online.

I understand that there are a few roles out there and tons of actors. Just because you don’t get the big break doesn’t mean you’re not worthy or that what you have to offer isn’t valid.

I really would love to take a big break and not be photographed, not perform.

I took acting classes in college, and once I graduated, I decided to give acting a shot when I couldn’t really think of anything else to do. It took me a couple of years to get an agent, and my first big break was The Fanelli Boys, which was a sitcom on NBC. Then I did a few television movies.

I got my big break at the Royal Variety Performance in 2006 and returned in 2008, but now to host it is such an honour and I’m unbelievably excited.