To have nothing to do, to sit there waiting for little aches and pains, is fundamentally wrong. Life has to be lived. – Johannes Heesters
So much luck! I’m not putting myself down, I’m not saying I don’t have talent – I must have, to have got this far – but I honestly believe that some of the greatest actors in America are tending bar and waiting tables and driving taxis, and it will never happen for them. – John Mahoney
We’re the country of movie stars because the stars, like ourselves, represent a kind of extended infantilism, beauties waiting for the big chance. – Jerome Charyn
I think when you’ve had success, publishers and reviewers and readers are willing to let you try something new if you’ve already proven yourself. They’re excited about what you’re doing, you have people interested in it, and actually waiting for it. It’s empowering. – Lois Lowry
I’ve learned over the years that the best way to develop as an artist is to make things. So I tell young artists it’s not enough to be an actor anymore, you have to be a filmmaker/writer/director. There’s no excuse for waiting around for a job. You have to be active and make things. – Liane Balaban
One of the things I’ve been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right. – Joseph Bruchac
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death. – Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The thing I hated about it was that you live in your trailer all the time and then they call you and you do maybe two dozen lines. Then they do that for three hours and you wait and wait and wait, and I don’t like waiting. – Lee Hazlewood
You don’t always get to work as much as you like, because I’m waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that’s frustrating. – Laura Dern
It’s naive to think there is a woman in the world who isn’t brought up to believe that they are waiting for their soul mate. You even see it in Disney. – Janet McTeer
I remember wearing overcoats, hiding in the bushes outside of Abbey Road Studios, waiting for the traffic to clear. As it did, we would drop our overcoats and run out on to the cross walk and strike our poses. – Jack Irons
I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I’m waiting in line like everybody else. – Mikhail Baryshnikov
When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble. – John Crowe Ransom
My advice for girls who are waiting for their Prince Charming is to be open for anything. Be open to new experiences, be open to the idea that it may take longer than you want, but if you’re open to meeting new people and new adventures, then love will come along. – Lily Collins
I would like to play Pebble Beach at some point. I keep waiting for them to call and ask me to that little pro-am thing, but I’m not big enough. – Lewis Black
It’s odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for. – Jean Giraudoux
Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It’s very much a live show: they have comedy writers waiting in the wings, and as you come off between presentations, they hand you an appropriate gag to tell. – Michael Caine
So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing. – Joan Armatrading
Glass really rewards risk. A lot of times with glass, you’re just waiting for the piece to cool down or for some temperature to adjust, and there’s split seconds where you’ve got a fraction of a second where you get to make a move a particular way, and you don’t get to repeat it if you do it wrong. – Jim McKelvey
So I plan to prepare thoroughly and have several outfits waiting in the wings in case of inclement weather. – Lisa Guerrero
I think when I started acting, the whole time I was working towards one day coming to America. Hollywood, in particular, is seen to be the center of this industry, and I was just waiting for the right time to come. – Liam Hemsworth
The film world is a crazy place to be. You sit around all day waiting for the phone to ring. Are people talking about you or aren’t they? – Kyle MacLachlan
I was a waitress years ago when I was first trying to become an actress, waiting tables in New York City. – Kim Dickens
Right now music is more my outlet than acting, but I’m waiting for that one satisfying role. – Jeremy London
There is a little chubby kid in me just waiting to bust out. I usually go running but am looking for a good gym. – Jason Earles
I regret waiting until my mid-twenties to really start seeing the world. I think I should have taken more risks when I was younger and worried less about being ready to grow up. – John Corey Whaley
With amateur boxing, you’re just entered into a competition. And to be the best, you’ve got to beat the best. You’re not waiting around to get these fights organised. – Katie Taylor