Success quotes

“- Bobby: I have to look successful! I can't just be another asshole with a resume!
- Maggie: You are just another asshole with a resume!”
Ben Affleck - Bobby Walker
Rosemarie Dewitt - Maggie

“Look who's here. The big Broadway success. I don't write hits. My plays are art. They're written specifically to go unproduced.”
Rob Reiner - Sheldon Flender

“- Caroline Sexton: You poor, deluded little monkey. Who do you think brought you to these people? Without me, Brad, you would be nothing.
- Brad Sexton: I beg your pardon, but I had a very successful real estate career before I ever met you.”
Kirstie Alley - Caroline Sexton
Tim Allen - Brad Sexton

- Memphis: The word triumph starts with "try" and ends with...?
- Baby Mumble: umph?
- Memphis: That's right, a great big umph!
Hugh Jackman - Memphis
Elizabeth Daily - Baby Mumble

“I'm pretty terrific on the phones. I could sell prosciutto to a rabbi. And I have.”
Vince Vaughn - Billy McMahon

“You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me.”
Shannyn Sossamon

“I turned down plenty of films which proved to be hugely successful.”
Ewen Bremner

“With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.”
Bradley Whitford

“George Lucas was a dream to work with. George sets a high standard in his direction and I love that.”
Bruce Spence On George Lucas

“I have been so fortunate and I really am appreciative of the success I've had.”
George Kennedy

“Why you miserable, cowardly, wretched little caterpillar! Don't you ever want to become a butterfly? Don't you want to spread your wings, and flap your way to glory?”
Nathan Lane - Max Bialystock

“I love to star in movies, but I want to have good roles.”
Joe Pesci

“For everybody, the tide comes in, the tide goes out - if you're an actor, particularly.”
Alan Arkin

“I think the success of my work stems from being truthful.”
Catherine O'Hara

“You know, every movie you make can't be great, no matter who you are.”
Michael Madsen

“Some of the big movies, you get checks for a long, long time.”
Leland Orser

“You cannot be this successful without having God on your side.”
Andy Dick

“I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting too.”
Bob Balaban

“I think it's important that your first film be your worst film.”
Kevin Pollak

“I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.”
Brendan Fraser

“The greatest social climber since Cinderella!”

Antonio Banderas - Ché

“- Rita: Right. I've passed. Now will you get on that bloody plane?
- Dr. Frank Bryant: Let me see. You've passed with distinction. I'm proud of you, Rita.
- Rita: I'm proud of both of us.”
Julie Walters - Rita
Sir Michael Caine - Dr. Frank Bryant

“You must find the note, the correct key, for your story. If you find it, everything will work.”
Louis Malle

“Success is just a drop in the bucket, a grain of sand on the beach.”
Sondra Locke

“When I feel really good about a movie in the editing room, it works.”
Tim Story