Christopher Lloyd Quotes

I got cast on 'MADtv' as one of eight permanent cast members chosen from 8,000 comics who'd been screened. For any comic trying to make something of themselves, that was like hitting triple 7s-jackpot.

I just started writing for my own amusement and occasionally singing in little clubs around Los Angeles. Then I wrote 'The Rose,' and through a series of divine things that I had no control over and had no idea were going to happen, it got in the movie, and that changed everything.

I was actually away in Africa doing 'Generation Kill' while everyone was auditioning for Twilight. They all had, like, five different auditions: I was so lucky that I came back from Africa just in time and the actor who was playing Emmett fell through, lucky for me!

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.

But, I didn't get my first break until I was 17.

I started to book good television jobs in 2010. I started to get really close to exceptional jobs in 2011, and then I got 'Arrow' in 2012. I know how lucky I am because just getting the lead in a pilot doesn't guarantee that that pilot is going to turn into something great.

You have to have talent to some extent - I certainly hope I have talent - but you have to have luck as well. Once you get that first shot, that will get you noticed for the rest of your books and that will give the rest of your books a better chance.

'The bigtime for you is just around the corner.' They told me that first in 1952 - boy, it's been a long corner. If I don't hit the bigtime in the next 25 or 30 years, I'm gonna pack in the music business and become a full-time gigolo.

The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.

I've had close chances of success, and sometimes politics and people don't work out.

Salman Khan gave me a break, and that proved to be a boon. By the grace of God, my first song was a blockbuster.

I've always had the luck or blessing that someone would say, 'I liked what you did in that movie. I'd like you to be in my movie.'

I believe that reality shows are extremely important for the talented. Contestants get a platform where they can prove their talent. If they are good at what they do, their life is made. Personally, reality shows have helped me get fame and money.

I think the show has sort of given me a name in this business and allowed a lot of people the opportunity to see what I can do, and it's just sort of like a sweet starting point.

I haven't really ever had to audition for anything.

I come from nothing. When I got a chance to make some money, I was like, 'Man, I'm not ever going back.'

Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view.

I got very lucky with 'Harry Potter.' I got that role because I'm a ginger! Red hair was my only qualification!

Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.

If 'The Hobbit' happens - and there's reason to believe that it will - then I think I'm in with a chance! Gollum is very much part of 'The Hobbit,' after all.

I struggled for 15 years in this business before Miami Vice came along.

If you hang around long enough to show these people what you can do, you have a chance in this acting business.

I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor.