Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
In 1980, Atari was bringing in around two billion dollars in revenue and Chuck E. Cheese's some five hundred million. I still… — Nolan Bushnell Copy Share Image
I've always turned down stuff where you had to be fat. I may be fat, but that's not why you play a… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share Image
I so rarely turned down a role, that I can't say I have any regrets in that regard. There were many roles… — Terry O'Quinn Copy Share Image
I've turned down a lot of stuff. I've read several scripts and said "That's not me, I'm not interested in doing that."… — Karl Urban Copy Share Image
I am aware that somewhere along the line, I've subconsciously turned down the pitch of my speech, like a silencer of a… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
He wandered into the Newsroom and asked for a job the same way he’d walk into a barbershop and ask for a… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
The early part of my career I really struggled, getting turned down again and again. I was in debt, and it was… — Joely Richardson Copy Share Image
David Blunkett and I both take the same view that it is scandalous that someone from North Tyneside, Laura Spence, with the… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.'… — John Travolta Copy Share Image
Both HUD and the Department of Justice began bringing lawsuits against mortgage bankers when a higher percentage of minority applicants than white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I think Bob [Dylan] told me that he turned down twenty interviews that year, and I was the only one that he… — Ralph Stanley Copy Share Image
How long could we do this before you started bitching?" Simon said as we turned down another street of apartment buildings. "What?"… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
I am not a trained actor and am not near the top of anyone's want list. I go after what I am… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm not a crazy horror fan. At that time i wasn't really looking to do something like that. But I thought to… — Len Wiseman Copy Share Image
The panther prowled around me in a loose, wide circle. Its mouth turned down, almost in a pout, and it seemed disappointed… — Jennifer Estep Copy Share Image
If I hadn't refused Ken Russell, Fellini and Spielberg and made their movies when they asked me, my life would be no… — Klaus Kinski Copy Share Image
I turned down a contract with a major network in New York my senior year of college in order to move to… — Justin Hires Copy Share Image
I've actually got turned down for a lot of roles because I'm not bubbly enough. People have told me to be more… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo… — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it's never good enough. People say I'm the queen of Cannes,… — Asia Argento Copy Share Image
People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting… — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
I've turned down songs that would be much easier to play on the radio that I don't think should be on the… — Jessie Ware Copy Share Image
The founders of Snapchat last year turned down a $3 billion offer from Facebook and a $4 billion offer from Google. It… — Cecily Strong Copy Share Image
Here's what I had: I had the arrogance of saying I'd like to be in a 'good' movie, so in fact, when… — Ali MacGraw Copy Share Image
The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
It may or may not sound pretentious. But I've turned down, consciously and specifically, many jobs I knew would have been a… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
I've turned down a lot of proposed scripts for Scrubs episodes, mainly ones with AIDs patients. It sickens me, really. If you… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
I loved playing baseball, and the only reason I played was to play professional baseball. I wanted that to be my career… — Tyler Hoechlin Copy Share Image
I've turned down Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Manchester United to play here. I hope everyone already knows how much it means… — Alan Shearer Copy Share Image
I turned down the OBE because its not a club you want to join when you look at the villains whove got… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
I have been fortunate to get some really good scripts over the years and I haven't turned down anything that I regretted… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I want to show my range before I fall into any typecasting. I've turned down a lot of things trying to wait.… — Troy Garity Copy Share Image
Nothing that I've turned down do I feel like I should have done. Because I've generated everything I've done, I've never really… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I'm not a comedian. I'm not a show host. I'm a musician. That's why I've turned down offers to host the Grammy… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I turned down Halloween parties every year, where people wanted zombies raised at the stroke of midnight or some such nonsense. The… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I feel like I turned down a lot of things that I wish I hadn't. But you never know when you're younger.… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image