John Lloyd Young Quotes
The thing early on that you think is 'wrong' with you, that makes you not fit in with everyone else, becomes the key to your career as an actor. Start embracing it.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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It didn't help my career to be living in Appalachia.
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I think there is an enormous sea change happening in the global workforce. It has a lot to do with globalization. I think that people used to have a hope for a career or meaningful employment, and its been reduced to internships, part-time work or just grossly underpaid work.
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We want our students to graduate from high school, but we want them to graduate with a plan, whether it's college or career.
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I have an older brother who is an actor as well.
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Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.
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I am not the candidate of career politicians in Washington.
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My dad was more tensed than I was a day before the release. Having learned that 'Bruce Lee' has released to the highest openings in my career, he has settled down.
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When I started training to fight, it was more out of boredom than anything. I was looking for more things to do. I started with boxing, and my coaches told me I had a lot of potential and that I should consider making it a career. I was like, 'Whatever.' I was just 15 at the time, and I never imagined something like that.
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I have no control over people's perceptions of me at all and that's one of the things I decided very early on is that I can't control the way other people think of me. All I can do, especially when it comes to my career is go out there and do cool unique kinds of things.
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I think that it's going to be interesting to see where Beyonce's career goes.
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If I've learned anything in my career, it's that nothing worthwhile in life comes easy. That's just the way it is.
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I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do.
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The smart way to build a literary career is you create an identifiable product, then reliably produce that product so people know what they are going to get. That's the smart way to build a career, but not the fun way. Maybe you can think about being less successful and happier. That's an option, too.
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In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.
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I'm definitely not satisfied about my career. I don't know how you can be, it's the very nature of things.
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Early on in my career I had a lot of bad press about my temperament, but I was only a young lad then.
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I'm just an actor. I am nothing special.
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I don't see a full-fledged career in Hollywood. I am happy with the cameos. Even Tom Cruise will only do special appearances in our films; he wouldn't do a full hero movie. But it's good to act in different cinema.
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I've experienced wrong diagnoses and been given antibiotics for things that could be cured naturally. We may not think much of it, but it destroys our immunity.
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I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.
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Then I want to beat Anthony Davis' shot-block record, and I want to win National Player of the Year. I definitely plan to put the work in to accomplish those goals.
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Acting is pretty much my whole life.
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The thing early on that you think is 'wrong' with you, that makes you not fit in with everyone else, becomes the key to your career as an actor. Start embracing it.
