Big break Quote by Trevor Nunn

Earning a scholarship was incredible.

— Carl Nassib

I've always been a very lucky guy. A lot of crazy things have happened in my career, but I guess the first big break…

— Omar Chaparro

My education was paid for by the RAF Benevolent Fund, so a charity school, run like an orphanage, with uniforms and beatings. It was…

— Eric Idle

My first break was in a Hong Kong movie that I shot in China - I was going out there and working as a…

— Scott Adkins

I think not getting into Cambridge was possibly the best thing that could have happened to me.

— Lolly Adefope

I was broke until I was 40. Really broke. I could get by, but I had nothing. No health insurance, so if something happened…

— Lewis Black

I was lucky. I got university degrees and had a successful tech and finance career. But many of my generation weren't.

— Kemi Badenoch

I realized that I wanted a Rhodes Scholarship, not because I wanted to go to graduate school but because I wanted to win a…

— Rachel Simmons

The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end.

— Sylvia Plath

My big break came at 22 years old when I joined the Mercedes Benz touring championship team.

— Susie Wolff

I got a college scholarship, and that was great.

— Christopher Eubanks

My first year of college was tough. I thought that just being an athlete I could get by. I thought I was okay until…

— Victor Cruz