Turned Down Quotes - Page 3

• People think I appear on television to promote my image. That's not fair. I hate filming. I turned down 'Strictly Come Dancing.' But television is a wonderful opportunity to promote scientific ideas. 'Super Doctors' is a very thoughtful piece.

  Robert Winston

  Hate, Thoughtful, Opportunity

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• For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.' I could name you tons more. I would go off and experience life instead of working - I was learning to fly jets, went on an African safari, sailed the Caribbean - which wasn't necessarily bad.

  John Travolta

  Names, Gentleman, Midnight

  Parade Interview, parade.com. December 4, 2007.

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• I turned down 'Harry Potter' and 'Spider-Man,' two movies that I knew would be phenomenally successful, because I had already made movies like that before and they offered no challenge to me. I don't need my ego to be reminded.

  Steven Spielberg

  Successful, Men, Two

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• I'd love to do a golf movie. I turned down Don Johnson's role in 'Tin Cup.' I regret that.

  Dennis Quaid

  Regret, Golf, Tin

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• Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo and think it could be a limousine. I think of the roles I turned down. But then I wouldn't have had any children.

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  Movie, Stars, Children

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• And I believe in the 13 years Judge Roberts was there, he never turned down a request to give some assistance on a pro-bono case, and this was no different.

  Fred Thompson

  Believe, Years, Giving

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• I never turned down a mother role.

  Dorothy Malone

  Mother, Roles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough.

  Joel McCrea

  Roles, Good Enough, Ability

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• I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I'm sad about that, but not enough to do anything about it.

  Dianne Wiest

  Kids, Priorities, Want

  "Dianne Wiest at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival". Interview with Leslie Rigoulot, www.filmscouts.com. January 20, 1996.

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• I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from scratch.

  Rene Redzepi

  Jobs, Scratches, Want

  "René Redzepi: the outsider" by Sabine Durrant, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2010.

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• The only work I ever turned down was a cable programme called Diving for Excrement.

  Emo Philips

  Diving, Programmes, Cables

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• Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it's never good enough. People say I'm the queen of Cannes, but in Italy I get turned down for work.

  Asia Argento

  Mother, Queens, Mean

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In a perfect world, my tennis game gets better. I have kids and a beautiful wife and live on some hill somewhere that's not in Los Angeles. And the script that Tom Hanks just barely turned down gets in my hands.

  Matthew Perry

  Beautiful, Kids, Hands

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• In point of fact all Americans are automatically turned down by China these days because of the escalation of Johnson's war in Vietnam, which several times has intruded into China.

  Anna Louise Strong

  War, Vietnam, Facts

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• I've turned down a lot of stuff. I've read several scripts and said "That's not me, I'm not interested in doing that." It's got to be something that inspires me and captures my imagination. I want to be able to say "There's a challenge.".

  Karl Urban

  Book, Reading, Imagination

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• I've turned down songs that would be much easier to play on the radio that I don't think should be on the album. Maybe I've shot myself in the foot.

  Jessie Ware

  Song, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Nothing that I've turned down do I feel like I should have done. Because I've generated everything I've done, I've never really considered doing something that I haven't originated myself. There are definitely things that I've been brought that someone else made good movies out of. But it's not a path I've followed, so I don't have regret.

  Noah Baumbach

  Regret, Should Have, Good Movie

  "Noah Baumbach Talks FRANCES HA, Partnership with Greta Gerwig, His DreamWorks Animated Movie, WHILE WE’RE YOUNG, and THE EMPEROR’S CHILDREN". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. May 13, 2013.

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• Because of the way the business is structured, I have sometimes turned down scripts that I might otherwise have accepted had I known who was directing them.

  Jack Nicholson

  Might, Way, Scripts

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• I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.

  Al Pacino

  Firsts, Film, Made

  Source: members.tripod.com

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• I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one.

  Robin Wright

  Want, Film, Coming Out

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• I don't regret anything that I've turned down, and I don't regret anything that I've done, really.

  Nick Frost

  Regret, Done, Down And

  "Nick Frost Talks UNFINISHED BUSINESS, TINTIN 2, THE HUNTSMAN, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 11, 2015.

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• There was recently a story out that I turned down a role in a major franchise. That's not true. I refused to audition for it. I didn't get the part. I didn't even go in because I thought that the part was just a repackaged version of the parts I played before in these young adult films - sort of moody, masculine, but sensitive and all this kind of thing. It was just a repackaged, rather dull thing.

  Max Irons

  Auditions, Adults, Roles

  "Max irons assumes his throne". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 15, 2013.

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• I've turned down lots and lots of work. Things that could have made me some money.

  Shane Black

  Made

  "The Two Hollywoods: The Screenwriters; Shane Black; Harmony Korine". www.nytimes.com. November 16, 1997.

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• I can't think of anything that I turned down that became big and successful.

  Christina Ricci

  Successful, Thinking, Bigs

  Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. January 7, 2004.

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• I've actually been turned down for jobs because I was in Playboy.

  Karen McDougal

  Jobs, Playboy

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