Newcomer Quotes

When I came on in '68, I was really the lone wolf.

Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness.

I didn't start my whole rookie year.

My name is new in the field, and I suppose I am not the first choice of a very great many. Our policy then is to give no offense to others—leave them in a mood to come to us if they shall be compelled to give up their first love.

How can you wonder what's going to happen when you don't know who's going to be the new guy in town?

If somebody was to ask me who is the best rookie, I would tell them I was.

When I first came to New York everybody on the scene would treat me like I could play, but I couldn't.

When I was coming up with the Hal Hartley films, I was cast as a no one. I had no name visibility. I was working at a downtown post-performance-art, avant garde theater company and doing a couple things on television. But I was a total unknown.

When you start a new job, a lot of times everybody's been there a long time and so you think, 'Oh, it's going to take me a while to make friends and do all that.'

You come into the NBA, dudes are trying to come after you. You're a rookie. They look at you as fresh meat.

I was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.

Being a young player coming into the league, all you really want is an opportunity.

I have been a stranger in a foreign land.

The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little explosive in the cake so it blows up in their face - that's always fun to play on a guest star, or one of the trainees or someone who's new.

Orlando's a really cool guy. They hired him for 'Lord of the Rings' out of drama school. He's very new at this still and doesn't have a lot of experience. So we were in this together and we've tried to help each other out. We felt very equal which was good.

As for Aamir Khan, he keeps raising the standard with every film. For an artist like me or a newcomer like me, we can only look up to that and dream, 'When will that be us someday?' There's so much to learn from him. He is the encyclopedia of acting.

Starting should be a goal for every rookie.

I am fine working with debutant directors. They have a freshness about them.

I was a neophyte in another world [in 1954].

You begin always knowing nothing. You remain forever an amateur, a first timer.

There is always a testing of the new kid on the block in politics.

Publicity is very important for any actor, especially when you are new, and people need to know you.

When 'Tree of Life' went to Cannes, all the interviewers were asking me about my favorite actors and actresses because I was new to the industry, and they wanted to get to know me.

I know how it feels to be the newbie.

You're new here, aren't you?" Rolan asked. "Rose is visiting. She's a friend of the family." Viktoria said. "Ah," he said. "Now I remember hearing about you. I had no idea such a fierce Strigoi killer would be so beautiful." "It's part of the job description," I said dryly.