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Starting Out Quotes

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When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer.
Francesca Annis

Authors on Starting Out Quotes: Michael K. Williams Willie Nelson Fred Foster Dave Franco Francesca Annis Julian Lennon Kandyse McClure Jason Mraz Samuel L. Jackson Charisma Carpenter Louie Anderson Katie Aselton Barbara Cook John Mortimer Zedd Jayne Mansfield Tim Tebow Chris Pratt Lynda Obst Hayley Williams Aaron Levie Jerry Harrison Olivia Thirlby Jennifer Weiner Tony Grisoni Bryan Ferry Kirk Hammett Helen Mirren Emily Kinney Matthea Harvey Kate Beckinsale Joe Rogan Shane Black
2.
I think being eclectic is bad when you're just starting out.
Jerry Harrison

3.
If you start out looking at somebody, wondering whether he's good or bad, I think you're starting out in the wrong direction. I think we're all good and we're all bad.
Willie Nelson

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You get to a point where you have to start planning, when you cross that line where you have enough value to get someone's movie made if you attach yourself to it, you have to be very thoughtful and have to plan. When you're starting out, you're willing to do anything.
Chris Pratt

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Here's what I didn't know when I was starting out that I now know…I thought when you were starting out it was really hard to write because you hadn't broken in yet, you hadn't really hit your stride yet. What I found out paradoxically is that the next script you write doesn't get easier because you wrote one before…each one gets harder by a factor of 10.
Shane Black

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I am used to wearing corsets. Even when I was first starting out it was either Shakespeare or Chekov. Everything that I was doing involved corsets. I guess I am just not destined to breathe that deeply.
Kate Beckinsale

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It's weird, sometimes I still see myself as just starting out. I tend to forget how much I've been doing, but in the beginning it is about the hustle, being out there and doing the work. Nothing is going to come to you, you have to get out there and do the work, and I've been doing that. But sometimes it's good to take a break and let these things air out. Reflect and take it in.
Michael K. Williams

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I'm just another guy starting out.
Tim Tebow

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It was more freedom than I think most people get when they're starting out - or even when they're not starting out. He [John Cassavetes] did his thing and I did whatever I thought.
Gena Rowlands

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If I could, I would live in Houston, and I would encourage any comic starting out looking for a good place to develop to move there.
Joe Rogan

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What obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice of his own.
John Mortimer

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I met with Hitchcock when I was a very, very young actress just starting out and he was making 'Frenzy' in London and I was sent along to meet with him. He was very, very unimpressed with me and I have to say, I was rather unimpressed with him - but only because I was an arrogant, ignorant young actress.
Helen Mirren

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I act the way I talk. It probably comes from starting out in Second City, improvisational theater. I can go from take to take. I'll ask for another take.
Samuel L. Jackson

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When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast.
Charisma Carpenter

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To establish yourself as an actress, you have to become well known. A girl just starting out, I would tell her to concentrate on acting, but she doesn't have to go around wearing blankets.
Jayne Mansfield

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I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to do, and if I couldn't, I didn't do it. It was a freedom that, these days, young directors starting out don't have.
Michael Haneke

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Sometimes when you're starting out with acting, you have to take what you can get to get experience and meet people.
Emily Kinney

18.
Help each user personally. Sure that won't scale to a very large size, but when a startup is just starting out, it really helps you have an advantage as a small and nimble company.
John Collison

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People are generally badly advised when they're starting out in the creative field.
Julian Lennon

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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
Zedd

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I've been compared to people since the beginning. When you're starting out, you need a comparison so people will understand you right away.
Jason Mraz

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I love the studio system. Love that studio system and all their money. They're great; I think they're fabulous . You know, what it is right now is I feel like I'm still learning as a filmmaker, I'm still starting out.
Katie Aselton

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Young people who are just starting out somehow need to let you know they know how to sing.
Barbara Cook

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I mean, we did feel nervous, starting out, but I wouldnt say it was hard. We just did what we loved and thankfully it worked out for the best.
Hayley Williams

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After 34 years, I feel like I did when I was starting out. I feel excited and feel I've never been better doing what I do.
Louie Anderson

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The only way to avoid disruption is to constantly do what you would if you were just starting out.
Aaron Levie

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When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.
Olivia Thirlby

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A new writer starting out today, whether it's for TV or film, they have to remember that they're telling the story to themselves first of all, and they have to tell the story so that their life depends upon it.
Tony Grisoni

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Back in the day, when I was starting out, I'd get five or 10 emails and I'd respond to every one. But after my third or fourth book it got too time-consuming.
Jennifer Weiner

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It must be really hard to be starting out in music now.
Bryan Ferry

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When I was starting out, the first women studio heads and writers were just getting into their perches - development execs learning their chops.
Lynda Obst

32.
Usually form seems to find me in the process of writing a poem, though I have nothing against starting out with the form.
Matthea Harvey

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Starting out, I remember being on the same bill with other bands, and I always thought they were so much better because they were rehearsed and had all their moves down and they sounded really tight.
Alexis Taylor

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I can say for myself that I feel like I've gotten a ton of opportunities in the digital space and not a lot in the traditional space when I was first starting out.
Grace Helbig

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When you're first starting out, there's always the temptation to hide behind distortion because it lets you get away with murder. But, when it comes to rhythm work, you've gotta back off that gain control a bit, especially if you're playing with another guitarist.
Kirk Hammett

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I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.
Carol Leifer

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I've never gone to the bedroom when I was starting out and practiced away.
Ringo Starr

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Starting out is very difficult if you don't have a clientele.
Fred Foster

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My main goal, starting out as a young actor, was to carry the reins that Pac left off and to reach the depths as an actor that I know he would have reached had he still been here with us.
Michael K. Williams

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I wouldn't be where I am without these Funny or Die videos in general. When I was first starting out, I would take roles just to get the experience, but not exactly because I believed in the projects I was doing.
Dave Franco

41.
Candice is the original spelling of my name. I changed it to Kandyse when I was really young and first starting out in the business as kind of a joke. I didnt realize it would stick! I did consider changing it, but then it seemed too confusing, so then I asked them to change it back. Not too soon, however!
Kandyse McClure