Barry Mann Quotes

Rejection happens, and you have to have a thick skin about it, which is hard. You can't be overly sensitive about people not picking you.

There's always going to be someone who doesn't like you, but what can they do?

When people talk trash about me and doubt me, I just use it as motivation.

Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.

I used to take it personally when a casting director didn't like me or I didn't get picked for something. Now I realize you can't do that. It'll mess with your self-esteem. Don't take rejection overly personally. If that doesn't work out, there's something else waiting for you.

When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more.

You know, I always think of myself as sort of ready for every criticism.

Someone said I wasn't attractive enough. People say those things, but they make you stronger. Then you can win an Emmy and think, ha, ha, ha.

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively!

Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.

I get teased a lot for my optimism.

It doesn't matter what people say about me, I weather the storm.

I don't think I was a failure. I just wasn't a success.

Being told you're too small and never going to make it is an opinion. And it's a valid opinion, and it's something you take in your stride.

I see them turn around to get a second look. You hear a lot of people laugh at you. So what? I used to get upset about it, but not anymore. You know, laugh all you can.

A ton of kids at school have made fun of me; if I had to give advice to other girls, I would say, 'Hang loose and ignore them. They shouldn't faze you no matter how popular they think they are.'

If I played a bad game, there's gonna be people out there that want to try to bring me down. But I always stay up.

People are always going to be negative when they mention my name, but I can accept that and that's what makes it easier for me to go on.

You can't worry about what other people say, honestly.

No matter how talented you are not everyone is going to like you but that's life, stay strong

Sometimes it's easy to see the negative side of things or question why people bully you. You could think, 'Maybe they're right. Maybe I'm not worth it. Maybe I should just quit.' But that's when you should fight the hardest. Now I don't mean fight physically, but mentally. Keep being you.

I have faced rejection in this business because of my appearance, but that has only made me stronger and more determined.