Failed Opportunities Quotes

I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.

The Palestinians have never lost an opportunity to lose an opportunity.

When I was 22, I was thrown out of graduate school and then fired from three jobs in a row at higher and higher salaries where I saved nothing.

When we went to America, Robin Williams came to the gig, and Mike Myers had lunch with us and wanted to write a film for us. We're idiots - we turned it down. I think we were just sick of each other at that point. When you get famous, it takes some time to realise it isn't going to be good.

You go to conferences, and your fellow African intellectuals - and even heads of state - they all say: 'Nigeria is a big disappointment. It is the shame of the African continent.'

My 20s were a blizzard of rejection slips.

After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.

I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out.