Competitive Field Quotes

Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent.

In reality, my parents knew that I was a vegetable outside of music. They have fears, they know how tough and competitive it is, but they're happy that there are a lot of people backing me.

Mathematicians stand on each others' shoulders and computer scientists stand on each others' toes.

I recognize that many physicists are smarter than I am-most of them theoretical physicists. A lot of smart people have gone into theoretical physics, therefore the field is extremely competitive. I console myself with the thought that although they may be smarter and may be deeper thinkers than I am, I have broader interests than they have.

I've been blessed because there are a lot of great singers out there that didn't make it past their first album.

It's tough being out there doing what I'm doing in what they call a man's world.

When I graduated from college, I thought that I would probably never be an actor because it seemed like everyone was big by the time they were 20 or not at all.

I don't think many people get second chances when it comes to the music scene.

It's a very hard and competitive business in which you have to fight every day in order to impose yourself.

Show biz! It's definitely not for sissies.

It could potentially be a very competitive race.

It's very hard to be a playwright because it's very competitive.

I've sold shows based on my standup twice to CBS, but they've never gone past the script stage. TV is very competitive.

Really good leading roles are few and far between, and there is so much competition because there are so many fantastic actresses in this country.

Strawweight, they have one power. In flyweight, they have totally different power. You can be the best one in the strawweight, but here, it's a totally different field. This is not someone who has less power than you. This is someone who has more power than you. This is where I feel this is my field; this is my territory.

As it happened, all three of us turned out to be real writers--a coincidence almost too large to be termed mere coincidence in a society where literally tens of thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands) of college students aspire to the writer's trade and where bare hundreds actually break through.

I was always a singer, it was nothing anyone planned on me doing for real, because it's an unusual thing. I was just sort of saying, even having modest ambitions to have a small career at singing, it's still really difficult to do that. Everyone wants to sing or act or whatever.

I moved out to Los Angeles with the idea of becoming a director, which thousands, if not tens and hundreds of thousands, of people do, every year. It's a very competitive field, of course. I immediately got swept away into the visual side of things, starting with visual effects, and then designing.

It's so hard to get into this industry. There are so many people who are so talented, and they never get those opportunities.

The World Series of Poker has always attracted a competitive international field.

I haven't spent years in fashion making friends and making enemies.

The reality of show business - and I suppose a lot of businesses, but specifically show business - is that it is this business of 'no's.' It's mostly 'no's.'

When I released my first record, I was really in the middle of having made the decision to follow the clinical psychology path, which is competitive, rigorous, and fairly conservative.

I wish you good writing and good luck. Even if you've already done the good writing, you'll still need the good luck. It's a shark-filled lagoon out there. Cross your fingers and watch your back.

The entertainment industry is as it always has been. It's a rough bunch of people and a rough industry.