A Quote by Emun Elliott

As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering.

Emun Elliott

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Emun Elliott
Scottish - Actor
Born: November 28, 1983

When you work in TV you have to develop a thick skin, and I have certainly grown used to criticism.

Susanna Reid

When you're an aspiring actor, you do so many self-tapes that it gets to a certain point where you have to develop a thick skin, otherwise you will never survive.

Eliza Scanlen

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

John Irving

People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don't think that's it. Because you can't just walk around being tough, you have to be able to be vulnerable to do this. So really, it's about not being defensive.

Jess Weixler

Having a thick skin doesn't mean that you're hard or harsh. I was lucky because I was born with a thick skin. That doesn't mean that things don't bother me, but you have to keep it in perspective.

Shelley Moore Capito

Freud was the son of a Jewish merchant who had to move his whole family to Vienna because he couldn't get work. He, as a boy, had to watch his father be mocked and abused on the street for being Jewish... You develop a thick skin and you develop a certain kind of wit to defend yourself.

Viggo Mortensen

I've been booed in Holland and in Uruguay - as a professional footballer, you need to have thick skin and just get used to it.

Luis Suarez

You have to keep persevering. An actor goes to a lot of auditions and doesn't get the part.

John McEnroe

Later on in my life, it became a big theme: just being okay and comfortable to take the risk and to have really thick skin and realize not everybody is going to love your product. Get over it, and if you believe in it, keep going forward.

Jesse Itzler

Focus on your work. Be the best you that you can be. Develop a thick skin and let things roll off your back. And keep a sense of humor!

Megan Alexander

You have to develop a very thick skin.

Gabrielle Union

Develop a skin as thick as a rhinoceros hide!

Eleanor Roosevelt

I have a thick skin, which comes from being a not-really-skinny, dark-skinned Indian woman. I haven't fit in every place, and so I'm kind of used to resistance.

Mindy Kaling

I have a thick skin, which comes from being a not-really-skinny, dark-skinned Indian woman. I haven’t fit in every place, and so I’m kind of used to resistance.

Mindy Kaling

In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature.