Being real Quote by Julia Sweeney

A lot of people have been rejected and they just give up. I have never had that mentality.

— Danny Ings

Interviews usually upset me in one way or another.

— Alex Kingston

My research suggests that when people get rebuffed they become frustrated and angry, but they would do better to become curious about the reason…

— Gary A. Klein

Your struggle is part of your story. Being rejected from something you want often means you are being directed toward something you need.

— Anonymous

I've had some pretty rough interviews. And it's funny when people are interviewing you, and they sort of don't really understand what you do,…

— Vanessa Bayer

For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant.

— Alice Lowe

In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how bad it was and keep going back…

— Emily Watson

I don't know if many people know that one of the first jobs that I wanted and I lined up for was cabin crew…

— Smriti Irani

I get rejections from the New Yorker. When I had to give a little talk to the people graduating from the MBA program at…

— Kevin Sessums

I experienced rejection numerous times.

— Coco Martin

I feel crushingly embarrassed when I do bad work, so being rejected after doing bad work is actually harder than being rejected after doing…

— Aya Cash

It's not that I never do interviews or that I find them traumatic. It's just that I'm basically not that comfortable doing them.

— Jamie Hewlett