Top 1347 Lucky Quotes

“I’m pretty lucky to work on both ‘CSI: NY’ and ‘Supernatural.’ Not bad gigs!”

― A. J. Buckley

“I was lucky enough, when I was younger, to have the chance to do as much as possible, and I found what I wanted to do. I did swimming, gymnastics, kickboxing and the one that took off more than the others was acting.”

― Aaron Taylor-Johnson

“Even the thunderous master-blasters, like Andre Russell and MS Dhoni, men who now make scoring more than 20 runs per over look simple, often thrive on the right side of an incredibly slender gap between six and out. They are not more lucky than anyone else. They are more brilliant.”

― AB de Villiers

“I feel so fortunate and lucky I don’t have to be a waitress or a bartender or a personal trainer.”

― Abbie Cobb

“Usually when I write a movie, I’m lucky if I get one good actress.”

― Abi Morgan

“I’ve been really lucky with the people that I’ve gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.”

― Abigail Breslin

“If you don’t get killed, it’s a lucky day for anybody.”

― Abraham Polonsky

“I’m just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.”

― Ace Frehley

“We got very lucky. We were successful, but if we weren’t, I don’t know what I would have done.”

― Ad-Rock

“Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I’m real lucky to be in a position to help.”

― Adam Ferrara

“I was very lucky to befriend many authors before even signing with an agent, and they were all so supportive of me when I told them I was in the middle of my first book.”

― Adam Silvera

“I’m very lucky. I do voiceovers, ‘Family Guy,’ on and on, and quite frankly, I’m one of the luckiest actors in the world. I was able to create a character who became iconic.”

― Adam West

“I think you end up on the lucky side, or you don’t.”

― Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

“I’ve been really lucky with the shows that I’ve done and the diverse line-ups I’ve been included in.”

― Adwoa Aboah

“I’ve been lucky enough to have been given a platform through modeling, so now I can use it as an activist.”

― Adwoa Aboah

“I love cereals. We must have 10 to 15 boxes. But if I’m being honest, I have Fruit Loops and Lucky Charms hidden behind the healthier ones.”

― Aerin Lauder

“People lucky enough to live in the vicinity of an industrial hog farm are, with each breath, made keenly aware of the cause of their declining property values.”

― Al Franken

“Money makes your life easier. If you’re lucky to have it, you’re lucky.”

― Al Pacino

“I feel quite lucky to have the platforms I have on both television and radio.”

― Alan Colmes

“I’ve been very lucky. I’ve written for most of my idols and the contemporaries.”

― Alan Zweibel

“I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as far as a career since I was nine years old.”

― Alanis Morissette

“Essentially, I’m a small-part actor who’s been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.”

― Alec Guinness

“I have been very lucky to have final cut in all my films; everything that is wrong in them is my fault.”

― Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“I didn’t think I ever knew how one managed to be so lucky as to work in this industry. It was a dream I was a little bit embarrassed by.”

― Alex Lawther

“Because TED is for, and by, unbelievably rich people, they tiptoe around questions of the justness of a society that rewards TED attendees so much for what usually amounts to a series of lucky breaks.”

― Alex Pareene

“I’m a terrible singer. I feel lucky to play baseball. You can’t be gifted in everything.”

― Alex Rodriguez

“Everyone in Hollywood wanted a role in this movie. Everyone wanted to have a part in it. I feel so lucky that I got one, but what I find so cool about ‘Hunger Games’ is that the real star is the story itself.”

― Alexander Ludwig

“I was genuinely lucky to have the professors I did, many of whom took a very humanist approach in teaching history that went beyond memorizing dates and battles and all of that – basically, looking at the life of individuals throughout history, aided by fascinating primary sources.”

― Alexandra Bracken

“I was lucky because when I’d done ‘Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,’ I had to have extensive weapons training.”

― Alexandra Daddario

“I’ve been pretty lucky. Every single thing I’ve done has meant so much to me and has been like a stepping stone to something different.”

― Alexandra Daddario

“I went to a lot of different high schools. I had quite a sporadic schooling experience. I went to school in England briefly, to boarding school, and I went to a few different ones in Australia as well. I’m really lucky! I have friends in most countries.”

― Alice Englert

“You know, I always say this – As an actor, we’re lucky to get a job. Then we’re lucky that anybody gives a damn to watch the thing that we’re in.”

― Alicia Coppola

“I always say this – As an actor, we’re lucky to get a job. Then we’re lucky that anybody gives a damn to watch the thing that we’re in.”

― Alicia Coppola

“Career-wise, I feel very lucky to have always been able to follow my creative path.”

― Alison Jackson

“I mean, God, I’m so lucky right now with the opportunities that I’ve had. There’s nothing to worry about.”

― Alison Lohman

“I am lucky enough to have Aaron Sorkin write what I have to say.”

― Allison Janney

“I’ve been really lucky to play sort of a diverse array of characters over my relatively short career, although it feels really long.”

― Allison Scagliotti

“Worst advice? I either don’t remember it or I’ve been very lucky in terms of getting good advice.”

― Allison Williams

“Life is not just one thing; life is a lot of things, and I think I’ve been lucky to do that.”

― Ally Walker

“I would never have changed anything in the past. I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.”

― Amanda Burton

“I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.”

― Amanda Burton

“I’m in the lucky position financially where I don’t have to do things I don’t want to do.”

― Amanda Holden

“I’ve been lucky in that all my roles have been unique and interesting.”

― Amanda Schull

“I’m lucky because the most dangerous thing that could happen to me is that someone will say something mean on a computer screen miles away, and so I feel like if that’s all that I’m facing, then why would I not use my platform to talk about things?”

― Amandla Stenberg

“I was just so lucky with ‘Real Women Have Curves.’ At that point, I would have done an insurance commercial. I would have done anything.”

― America Ferrera

“I have been very lucky with what I have achieved.”

― Amir Khan

“I consider myself lucky that Sonu Nigam, Bikram Ghosh and Taufiq Quereshi came forward to create an original soundtrack to promote my book, something that hasn’t been tried here before!”

― Amish Tripathi

“I’m very lucky and very fortunate to have survived and to still be working after 45 years.”

― Amitabh Bachchan

“Anything can be done if you find friends to do it with. The lucky biographers find themselves drawn into a sort of friendship with their subject.”

― Amity Shlaes

“I have to say I’ve been lucky in that way in that I’ve been able to go from different films and different genres with different challenges.”

― Amy Adams

“I would say Nawaz is my lucky charm.”

― Amy Jackson

“I always felt really lucky that I only lost my legs, because it could’ve been so much worse.”

― Amy Purdy

“I just feel very lucky to be able to write fiction because I think, otherwise, I would have had to spend a fortune on a psychiatrist – and I still wouldn’t get 1/100th of what I get writing fiction.”

― Amy Tan

“I’m lucky because I do get to fly first-class now.”

― Amy Winehouse

“When I graduated, I was really lucky because I got hired immediately by CBS as a production assistant.”

― Ana Kasparian

“I was really lucky. My gal pal was my mom.”

― Ana Ortiz

“I’m lucky.”

― Andrea Arnold

“I am extremely lucky – I met Antonio Conte. I had so many coaches to compare him to, and he is the one that surprised me the most.”

― Andrea Pirlo

“I was lucky enough to play for the top three Italian clubs during the golden era of Italian football, so I have no regrets.”

― Andrea Pirlo

“Most artists don’t get paid for what they do, and they are lucky if they can persuade a friend to let them show something at a kid’s birthday party.”

― Andrei Codrescu

“I will say this: Boy, did I get lucky to work with Matt Drudge and Arianna Huffington.”

― Andrew Breitbart

“Throughout my career, in cricket and beyond, I’ve been incredibly lucky with my marriage. I met Rachael in 2002, and that was the year my England career kicked on. Everything started to click.”

― Andrew Flintoff

“I’ve been lucky to have grown up in the arts.”

― Andrew Keenan-Bolger

“Everybody keeps saying what a lucky coincidence that ‘Newsies’ is happening when it is, with things like Occupy Wall Street.”

― Andrew Keenan-Bolger

“I’ve been lucky enough to play many different roles from darker characters to family orientated shows to comedy.”

― Andrew-Lee Potts

“I often think how lucky we were with ‘Jesus Christ Superstar.’”

― Andrew Lloyd Webber

“I was lucky enough at Stanford to have Vic Fangio as the defensive coordinator for a year, and then Jason Tarver.”

― Andrew Luck

“You can get lucky in the cups, but you don’t get lucky over a 38-game season.”

― Andrew Robertson

“I am so blessed and lucky.”

― Andy Grammer

“I didn’t get old on purpose, it just happened. If you’re lucky, it could happen to you.”

― Andy Rooney

“At German unification, we were lucky to get so much help from West Germany. Now, we have the good fortune of being able to help each other in Europe.”

― Angela Merkel

“I’m so lucky to do what I do, traveling across the country and making people laugh.”

― Anjelah Johnson

“I was lucky to grow up in a culturally diverse area knowing a lot of different people from all different walks of life.”

― Anjelah Johnson

“I’m lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.”

― Ann Bancroft

“Each and every one of us who is still lucky enough to have our parents has a duty to them. We do owe them.”

― Ann Jillian

“I was one of those lucky people with only one talent. It is harder for people with many talents to decide what to do.”

― Anna Chancellor

“I am lucky: I have fantastic doctors and a fantastic dentist.”

― Anna Deavere Smith

“I always have multiple ladybugs around because they’re lucky, and they’re good for flowers and the environment.”

― Annaleigh Ashford

“I’ve honestly been really lucky. My only jobs have been babysitting and acting.”

― Anne Hathaway

“I feel very lucky I don’t have to be a critic.”

― Annette Bening

“I’m lucky: almost all my family has lived to be very old. I have one grandfather who lived to be 100.”

― Annette Bening

“They say getting a show on the air and having it be a success, literally, the odds are like winning the lottery. For me, I’ve won the lottery several times, so I’ve been awfully lucky.”

― Annie Potts

“Just in terms of the opportunity I’ve gotten is amazing. I consider myself super, super, super lucky.”

― Ansel Elgort

“There are so many things to be lucky for. Lucky to be healthy, lucky to be, like, beautiful. Lucky to be living in America.”

― Ansel Elgort

“I feel like it has gone very fast for me, but I feel like it wasn’t instantaneous, at all. I was getting a lot of rejections. I just got very lucky and it happened quickly for me. I don’t feel like I’m a prodigy or something.”

― Anthony Doerr

“If you’re lucky enough to have 70 years of literate adulthood, and if you read one book every week, you’re still only going to get to 3,640 books.”

― Anthony Doerr

“I’m lucky my parents raised me well.”

― Antoine Griezmann

“I feel lucky to be in whatever I’m in. I feel lucky to be working.”

― Anton Yelchin

“I’ve been lucky to play characters that are really broad.”

― Anton Yelchin

“I’ve been lucky to be able to work with great people and on interesting material.”

― Anton Yelchin

“Ninety-seven is my lucky number.”

― Antonia Fraser

“Seven is a lucky number, so I plan to do a lot of lucky things with my seventh place title.”

― Anwar Robinson

“I’ve been quite lucky in that the roles that I’ve been able to play are all kind of outsiders.”

― Anya Taylor-Joy

“I’ve been very lucky with the roles that I’ve played in that they were wonderful roles for women. They’re incredible, flawed characters that I really gravitate toward. I just never want anybody to be able to put me in a box.”

― Anya Taylor-Joy

“I think I’ve been lucky enough to have had an extended adolescence. I’m a lot like I was when I was 15.”

― Ariel Pink

“I’ve been lucky to get some path-breaking films, which proved to be the turning point in my career. Be it ‘Rock on!’ ‘The Last Lear’ or ‘Raajneeti,’ directors started working in a different way.”

― Arjun Rampal

“When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.”

― Armand Hammer

“I tell people Baltimore is lucky to be rid of the Colts, they’re so lousy, but I don’t mean it.”

― Art Donovan

“I did have a lucky thing going on there in my throat.”

― Art Garfunkel

“I was lucky enough to be launched into the marketplace with the blessing of a series like ‘Jewel.’”

― Art Malik

“TV does not offer much for the male lead actors, but I was lucky to act in shows like ‘Chandragupta Maurya,’ ‘Rab Se Sohna Isshq,’ ‘Gunahon Ka Devta,’ and ‘Rangrasiya.’”

― Ashish Sharma

“I was lucky enough to fly to New York to cover the premiere of ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.’”

― Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

“Maybe I was just lucky, but I had the best pregnancy, and I loved giving birth. It was just the most amazing thing, so surreal but so real.”

― Ashlee Simpson

“I have been lucky to win trophies. That is my aim.”

― Ashley Cole

“I’m so lucky to have had the career I’ve had and play with so many amazing players.”

― Ashley Cole

“I just finished ‘Butter’ for Weinstein, a comedy with this incredible cast – Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde, Alicia Silverstone – all-star cast and it was a fun set to be on. I’ve gotten really lucky to get all these down-to-earth cast members. ‘Butter’ is about butter carving in Iowa.”

― Ashley Greene

“I try to stay low-carb and high on lean protein. I’m lucky in that I love chicken and rice; it’s one of my favorite meals. I steam some vegetables and top them with olive oil for some flavor.”

― Ashley Wagner

“I didn’t come from the worst of situations, and I didn’t come into the best of situations. But I’ve appreciated the best situations. And I’ve made the best of the worst situations. I’m lucky to be where I am.”

― Ashton Kutcher

“I find that, often, when I tell people what pronoun I use, I don’t get a lot of backlash. I’m really lucky in that respect.”

― Asia Kate Dillon

“While still a young student at film school, I was lucky enough to get a golden ticket to a Martin Scorsese master class at BAFTA in Piccadilly: fancy, but technically still ‘the flicks’.”

― Asif Kapadia

“I’ve just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way.”

― Atom Egoyan

“I’ve been so lucky, with incredible mentors along the way, that now I need to be that for someone else.”

― Audra McDonald

“I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.”

― Audrey Hepburn

“It’s going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I’ll risk saying that we’ll be lucky if something really serious doesn’t happen.”

― Ayrton Senna

“Playing the priest on ‘Oz’ was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.”

― B. D. Wong

“I would say that I’ve been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up.”

― Babyface

“It was lucky for me. It wasn’t lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.”

― Barney Ross

“I’ve been lucky to be educated by watching the old and the great movies, working with good filmmakers, and being educated on sets.”

― Barry Keoghan

“I have been lucky to get so much love from everyone around me.”

― Barun Sobti

“I feel extremely lucky in that I have a very tight-knit group of friends.”

― Beanie Feldstein

“As a psychologist, I’m painstakingly careful not to borrow my clients’ stories for my fiction – but in a general sense, I’m very much inspired by all the teenagers I’ve been lucky enough to know and work with.”

― Becky Albertalli

“I’m lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.”

― Ben Elton

“I’ve been pretty lucky; I like my jobs.”

― Ben Feldman

“You achieve because you’re lucky to work with people who are very talented.”

― Ben Gazzara

“PWR BTTM isn’t the only queer rock band. We’ve been lucky to receive a platform. If you go on Bandcamp and search for ‘queer rock,’ you can find 150,000 bands that you could love more than PWR BTTM.”

― Ben Hopkins

“I’m very lucky, I had a very amicable separation and very amicable divorce, but it was still horrendous.”

― Ben Miller

“I have a great family, so I’m lucky I’ve gotten to experience all the joys of having a family.”

― Benji Madden

“Both of us are lucky because we married women who are amazing cooks.”

― Benji Madden

“We are really very lucky to have so many fantastic brands. But to grow them we should not be too much in a hurry. They are growing fast, but they have to grow accordingly to the market and to the capacity we have to deliver good products.”

― Bernard Arnault

“My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.”

― Beth Henley

“Thinking about women who can’t have their own baby, even the first baby, I’m really lucky.”

― Bethenny Frankel

“I am very aware that I married up, and I’m lucky for it every day.”

― Betsy Hodges

“Every model aspires to get contracts, so I have been very lucky with Dolce & Gabbana to be able to get that before I even really started as a model.”

― Bianca Balti

“I’m lucky; I’ve been raised with the right morals.”

― Big Narstie

“I was very lucky – how many people can say they did a song with John Barnes and played football with him?”

― Big Narstie

“I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.”

― Bill Gates

“I’ve been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that’s kind of a religious belief. I mean, it’s at least a moral belief.”

― Bill Gates

“With news, especially investigative pieces, you’ve got to be really smart and really lucky to be timely and to not get beaten by the big guys. You can’t go head-to-head with the networks.”

― Bill Kurtis

“I’ve been lucky to have opportunities with David Lynch in ‘Lost Highway’ and Jennifer Lynch in this movie ‘Surveillance,’ so I’ve always boomeranged around a little bit, and no one has caught my foot in the trap yet, but I think if I move fast enough… ‘cos I think I got trapped a couple of times.”

― Bill Pullman

“I was lucky enough to be given books that weren’t top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar.”

― Bill Sienkiewicz

“Then there are actors my age like Ethan Hawke, he’s in ‘Moby Dick,’ I love his work. I’ve been lucky. Alfred Molina, he has real class.”

― Billy Boyd

“I’ve been really lucky; I’ve had the opportunity to play so many roles. I can’t imagine a more fortunate career for an actor. I feel incredibly lucky.”

― Billy Crudup

“I’m very lucky to have such a beautiful family.”

― Bindi Irwin

“I’m lucky enough to lead a very active life, so I’m always on the go.”

― Blake Lively

“When I was beginning, a young actor could go from repertory company to repertory company. I did that and loved it. I was also lucky.”

― Blythe Danner

“I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined.”

― Bob Geldof

“I’ve been a very lucky actor.”

― Bob Newhart

“We’ve been really lucky. We’ve gotten a lot of airplay over the years. I guess people keep requesting our songs on the radio, because Lord knows I don’t do a whole lot to promote myself.”

― Bob Seger

“I’m lucky to have such an illustrious family. We love each other and have immense respect for each other.”

― Bobby Deol

“I’ve been very, very lucky because I’ve had so many great mentors.”

― Bobby Kotick

“I’ve been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I’ve won some awards and I’m very proud of those accomplishments. But I don’t think there’s anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle.”

― Bobby Orr

“I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences.”

― Brad Dourif

“There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t think, ‘Oh, I’m a lucky pup.’”

― Brad Garrett

“I feel very lucky because I get to work in so many different areas of fashion.”

― Brad Goreski

“Personally, I’m incredibly lucky to represent the 10th district of Illinois, which stretches from the edges of Cook county all the way north along Lake Michigan to the borders of Wisconsin. From the lake all the way west to Fox Lake. It’s an incredible district.”

― Brad Schneider

“My heart is just being in this industry. I’ve been lucky enough to have been in films, plays, and on radio.”

― Bradley Walsh

“My parents are wonderful, and I’m really lucky – but my mom has always been almost exclusively a right-brained person.”

― Brandon Boyd

“I do have a lucky pair of underwear.”

― Brendan Fehr

“There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.”

― Brent Spiner

“When people ask what it’s like to be an only child, I say it depends on who your parents are. I was lucky.”

― Brett Kavanaugh

“I’d rather be good than lucky.”

― Brian Bosworth

“I feel very lucky that I’ve been able to carve out any niche at all in this business. It’s so hard to get into.”

― Brian Posehn

“Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of ‘That Lucky Old Sun’ was inspired by ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ – not influenced, but inspired.”

― Brian Wilson

“I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.”

― Brian Wilson

“I was lucky in that I didn’t have to do too many outside-of-acting side jobs.”

― Briga Heelan

“If this fame, which people call my lucky break, were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn’t care.”

― Brigitte Bardot

“I can no longer walk. I can no longer swim. But I’m lucky when I see how animals suffer.”

― Brigitte Bardot

“I’m extremely lucky that my passion – making and creating – is also my career.”

― Brit Morin

“I never felt that I should have taken a ‘regular job;’ I was always lucky enough to be in regular employment as an actress.”

― Bronagh Gallagher

“I haven’t had too many tragedies in my family where there has been a loss or even an accident. I’ve been lucky in that sense.”

― Brooks Koepka

“When we go out to the university, the professors always say, ‘Tell these students about your five-year plan and your 10-year plan,’ and I say, ‘Gee, we’re lucky if we have a year plan.’”

― Bruce Nordstrom

“American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot.”

― Bryan Burrough

“My parents would never throw the kids in first class for the flights; they’d be up front, and we’d be economy – we knew we were lucky just to be travelling.”

― Bryce Dallas Howard

“When I started windsurfing, it was a hobby, and I enjoyed the lifestyle. Then it became an Olympic dream. Now I’ve achieved that with a medal. I just feel so lucky.”

― Bryony Shaw

“My making it is a combination of grinding, grinding, grinding and being lucky enough to finally get a shot.”

― Busta Rhymes

“We’ve been lucky because quite a few young people keep coming to see us play. We couldn’t tour as much as we do if we could only count on the baby boomers.”

― Butch Trucks

“I considered myself very lucky after ‘Baghdad Cafe,’ and I have ‘The Shield.’ In every genre, I’ve kicked butt at some point. I’m real happy.”

― C. C. H. Pounder

“I see myself as extremely lucky.”

― Cal Ripken, Jr.

“When I first lived in a model apartment… It was two bunk beds to a room, and the bathroom was constantly in use. I was bringing in Lucky Charms cereal, and one day an agent put a stop to that. She said, ‘You’re making all the girls fat.’ They took it off our grocery order. That was the most dramatic thing that happened.”

― Cameron Russell

“My whole career – I have been really lucky.”

― Caprice Bourret

“We are very lucky to work in fashion and not work in a hospital or something where the biggest deal we come across is perhaps the length of a skirt.”

― Carine Roitfeld

“I can’t tell you how lucky I feel to be able to collaborate with some of my dream producers.”

― Carly Rae Jepsen

“I’m a very lucky girl.”

― Carly Rae Jepsen

“You’re lucky you had that when you were 20. I sure didn’t. I was overweight, and I had acne.”

― Carly Simon

“I just feel so lucky and fortunate to be a part of all these ‘first-evers.’ Now it’s getting to a point where we don’t even have to say the ‘first-ever’ or anything like that because it’s just become the norm. Before, it was, ‘Oh my gosh, the women are the main event of ‘Smackdown’ tonight.’ And now it’s, ‘The women are the main event.’”

― Carmella

“I’ve been lucky in my career. I’ve worked with some of the greatest filmmakers and actors around. I’m so proud of some of my work.”

― Carol Kane

“I guess I’m lucky in that I started working very young in all three of the mediums. I started in stage first, and then I moved into film, also very young, and when I did ‘Taxi,’ for instance, it was live in front of an audience but also filmed; that was a fun combination.”

― Carol Kane

“I loved doing ‘Countdown.’ I now consider that I was very, very lucky – not just because it was such a wonderful show to do, but because it lasted for so long.”

― Carol Vorderman

“I’m one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me.”

― Caroline B. Cooney

“Sharon went on to play classical but we actually went into totally different instruments which was lucky for the band because otherwise we’d all be playing the same thing!!”

― Caroline Corr

“I feel so lucky that I had so many opportunities.”

― Carrie-Anne Moss

“I’m really lucky in the sense that my hair holds curl awesomely well. It looks the same at 10 P.M. as it does at 10 A.M. One of my favorite products is Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray. I can get a lot of volume with it. I’m from the South – I like big hair.”

― Carrie Underwood

“I’m lucky. Lord, I’m lucky.”

― Carroll O’Connor

“I’ll never stop appreciating how lucky I am.”

― Cat Deeley

“I enjoyed school, I was a bit of a square. I did very well in exams. I was quite lucky I was academic.”

― Cat Deeley

“I’m incredibly lucky that my profession allows me to be where I choose, really.”

― Cate Blanchett

“I’ve been pretty lucky in the leading men department.”

― Cate Blanchett

“I’m lucky; people write scripts for me.”

― Catherine Deneuve

“I’m lucky enough to be stopped on the street for two things, usually: for ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,’ and for ‘Workin’ Moms.’”

― Catherine Reitman

“You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.”

― Catherine the Great

“I’m so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run.”

― Cathy Freeman

“I should only have been as lucky as Valentino, in the movies – I didn’t have to be a gigolo. In real life.”

― Cesar Romero

“I was lucky enough to have many different tag partners.”

― Cesaro

“We start to decline as humans and, particularly, as athletes right around 25 years old. If you’re real lucky, you might push that to 27 or 28.”

― Chael Sonnen

“Sports are something that, for the most part, are for kids, and if you’re able to extend your career, you’re very lucky.”

― Chael Sonnen

“I’m lucky to be in a space where I’ve been accepted for who I am and celebrated for who I am.”

― Chance The Rapper

“I make my money off of touring and merchandise. And I’m lucky I have really loyal fans that understand how it works and support.”

― Chance The Rapper

“I’m just so lucky – my office is a racetrack. That is something I’m very thankful for. It’s exciting, and it’s challenging, and there are a lot of emotions and nerves that come with it, but right there before the gates open, before that minute and a half or two minutes of the race, it just hits you.”

― Chantal Sutherland

“I think I’ve done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I’ve been very lucky to have made a living at acting.”

― Charles Durning

“I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.”

― Charles Francis Richter

“I’ve been a lucky man. I’ve only faced one real tragedy: the death of my wife, Maggie, from cancer in 1995.”

― Charles Jencks

“I’m lucky I have really cool parents.”

― Charli XCX

“I have music inside me and I’m very lucky to be able to play music and that’s the way that I try to do it.”

― Charlie Haden

“I don’t sing now, because I had polio when I was 15, bulbar polio. This was when the epidemic was happening. And I was lucky that it didn’t affect my lungs or my legs. It went to my face and kind of paralyzed my vocal chords, and I wasn’t able to sing. And they said I was very lucky that I would get over it, which I did.”

― Charlie Haden

“I’m happy being an actor, it’s what I have always wanted to do. I’m just lucky I got to do it so early.”

― Charlie Hunnam

“It’s going to be a rule, I think, for wearing a crash hat, and I actually fractured my skull through not wearing a hat. I was so lucky to escape from that, and now, it’s something I always do.”

― Charlotte Dujardin

“I’m really lucky that I can control my nerves; it doesn’t seem to get to me.”

― Charlotte Dujardin

“I owe my mum Jane a lot, as she’s supported me all the way, so I’m very lucky.”

― Charlotte Dujardin

“I don’t know anybody who thinks they have it all… I count myself extremely lucky to have a fantastic family and the career I always wanted.”

― Cherie Blair

“I’m lucky to have very good genes. My mother was so tiny she was almost bird-like, and my father was tall and lean. Both lived until their early 80s.”

― Cherie Lunghi

“I have been very lucky, I have only had one bad experience.”

― Chita Rivera

“I’ve played American, Italian, Greek, French. I’ve been really lucky that way.”

― Chita Rivera

“Four is actually my lucky number.”

― Chloe Kim

“I’d like to find someone to procreate with – as sexy as that sounds. If you’re out and about and fit the description, come up and say hi. I won’t bite. Well, maybe a little, if you’re lucky.”

― Chloe Sevigny

“I’ve been lucky enough to fly to space twice.”

― Chris Hadfield

“I’m lucky. ‘Thor’ has kicked off everything I’m doing, and it’s been the greatest thing for me, but I am aware that I need to mix it up a bit.”

― Chris Hemsworth

“I was a lucky kid. You could have got 10 kids to be in The Byrds who were better than I was.”

― Chris Hillman

“I loved playing the stuff we did in the Byrds. It was a good band. I was lucky to be in it.”

― Chris Hillman

“I don’t think I’ve had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I’ve had a pretty lucky life.”

― Chris Isaak

“I switch on and off very easily; I’m inherently lucky in that sense. I sleep well.”

― Chris Liddell

“I’m pretty lucky. I don’t get too many haters.”

― Chris Lilley

“I’m lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I’m just lucky to have gotten work.”

― Chris Messina

“The fame thing has happened very gradually, so I’ve been kind of lucky.”

― Chris O’Dowd

“I’m in that lucky percentile where I can worry about how I want to shape my career. That’s a wonderful place to be.”

― Chris Pine

“I’m a lucky girl.”

― Christina Aguilera

“As for the herbal cigarettes, for the most part I don’t smoke as much as the guys do. I’m usually just strutting around a bit more so I don’t actually have to be inhaling it. I’m lucky because I do have scenes where the cigarettes work beautifully to punctuate certain things I’m saying.”

― Christina Hendricks

“I’m not really premeditative in any way at all. I come up with an idea, hopefully for a film, and then I’m lucky enough to do the film.”

― Christopher Guest

“I don’t have any terrific self-esteem issues but I do sometimes realise I’ve been too lucky and that I’m over-praised. It makes me nervous. I have this sense of being overrated.”

― Christopher Hitchens

“I get asked a lot what the key is to creating a hit show, and I have a standard answer: Do everything right, and then get lucky 10 ways.”

― Christopher Lloyd

“I never considered myself a lucky person. I’m the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.”

― Christopher Nolan

“I am a very lucky guy. I can testify before Congress. I can raise funds. I can raise awareness.”

― Christopher Reeve

“I don’t carry lucky charms, but I believe in those things.”

― Christopher Walken

“Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.”

― Christopher Walken

“I’ve made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made but I was lucky in other ways. I came along when independent movies were starting to boom.”

― Christopher Walken

“My life has been wonderful. Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.”

― Christopher Walken

“I should be so lucky to be a misfit. I aspire to be a misfit.”

― Claire Danes

“I’m lucky I have a fast metabolism… my whole family does… everyone’s got a lot of nervous energy so we burn it off.”

― Claire Foy

“I am constantly amazed on every level at how lucky I am.”

― Clancy Brown

“Everyone dreams of winning a European Cup final, and I was lucky to do it at just 19.”

― Clarence Seedorf

“I’m just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.”

― Clark Gable

“I was lucky enough to work a little bit with Steven Spielberg.”

― Clark Gregg

“I am a lucky man because when I was young, I wanted to be a footballer. Suddenly, around 30 years old, I thought, ‘I want to try to be a manager because it’s different.’”

― Claudio Ranieri

“I’ve always felt lucky because my parents included my sister and I in their cultural life.”

― Clemence Poesy

“I’m lucky, I guess. I only really need five or so hours of sleep.”

― Cliff Sloan

“I live a life where I have a huge support system, and I’ve been very lucky.”

― Cobie Smulders

“I’ve been really lucky to get on shows that stay on. It’s one thing to book a show, and it’s like winning the lottery again to have it picked up, and then again to have the show stay on the air.”

― Coby Bell

“We’ve been very lucky with the ‘Being the Elite’ crew that everyone is very passionate about pro wrestling. There’s no crooks in the group. Everyone’s ideas are valued. And everyone who has something they pick and put on the map, they are fully going to commit to that.”

― Cody Rhodes

“If the UFC wanted to give me Warlley Alves, I would show them how chump change he is. And I’d show them how much of a fluke it was that he caught me in a lucky submission.”

― Colby Covington

“I haven’t had to struggle very much. I haven’t paid my dues. I think I have been lucky.”

― Colin Firth

“There’s many times this year I’ve sat back and thought, I’m making a living from making things up. It’s the only skill I have so I’ve been really lucky.”

― Colin Mochrie

“For me, it’s all I’ve wanted to do. I did local plays and productions, local theater groups and anything that involved it. And then, I went and studied it, attended drama school and got my first lucky break in the theater in London, and just went from there.”

― Colin Morgan

“That’s the beauty of being a comedian – it’s the one job you’re allowed to do that. We’re lucky. We’re really lucky.”

― Colin Quinn

“I really tried to take advantage of my 15 minutes of fame. And I’ve gotten lucky – those 15 minutes have become several years.”

― Colleen Ballinger

“I’ve gotten to work with some great people. I’ve been really lucky.”

― Corey Haim

“I’m lucky on so many counts – I’m lucky to be alive.”

― Cory Monteith

“It was not something that ever occurred to me, to be able to be in TV. I was very lucky.”

― Courtney A. Kemp

“He was so gorgeous… Kurt. I don’t know how I got lucky that way.”

― Courtney Love

“I’ve been very lucky, this is my 30th year on TV.”

― Craig Charles

“I was in a TV show called ‘Lucky’ on FX. The casting director from ‘Lucky’ was casting ‘Dragon Wars’. She called me in to meet with the producer and audition, and I got it from there.”

― Craig Robinson

“When I started in the business, you did television, and then when you got lucky, you got a prestige project of a film.”

― Cuba Gooding, Jr.

“The truth is, you don’t ever decide on a role, not when you first begin. You audition for the role, and you’re lucky to get it.”

― Cuba Gooding, Jr.

“I’ve been really lucky to work with some of the best writers in the business.”

― Cullen Bunn

“For an actor to have a role that they’re recognized and remembered for over the years, it’s unusual. It’s very lucky if it happens once – and it’s luck that it’s happened to me a couple of times.”

― Curtis Armstrong

“I’m lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.”

― Cy Coleman

“I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them, and I really liked having them around.”

― Cy Twombly

“A pitcher’s got to be good and he’s got to be lucky to get a no hit game.”

― Cy Young

“I was very lucky in as much as I played a lot of tennis.”

― Dabney Coleman

“I’ve been very lucky enough to do all kinds of movies. All the movies that I’ve done have been very different, and all the characters I’ve done have been very different. I feel very lucky to have been able to do the movies that I’ve done.”

― Dakota Fanning

“I’ve been lucky to have a lot of opportunities to help people.”

― Dale Murphy

“I didn’t even know what it was when I started. But I was lucky. I found it at 16. Most people don’t discover decathlon until they’re 21 or 22.”

― Daley Thompson

“I guess I’m just good at playing repressed individuals. I’m lucky because those are often the roles that catch people’s eyes.”

― Damian Lewis

“I’m very lucky.”

― Damian Lewis

“I am extremely lucky, and I enjoy the level of work that I am able to work at.”

― Damian Lewis

“My only career strategy is to just not do anything that I have to be completely ashamed of afterwards! Whether it’s TV or movies, I feel lucky to be working.”

― Dan Byrd

“My life has been very lucky, but I made some of that luck.”

― Dan Jenkins

“As I have often said, I would rather be lucky than smart! But it is even better to be lucky and super smart!”

― Dan Pena

“I’m lucky to be married to someone who entirely gets what I do. She is totally sympathetic to the actor’s life. Her own mother was an actress, so she sort of grew up with it.”

― Dan Stevens

“I’ve been a lucky boy.”

― Dan Stevens

“I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.”

― Dana Carvey

“I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on ‘The Wonder Years’ set spoke fluent French.”

― Danica McKellar

“For some reason, the fans got behind me, and I don’t know exactly why that is. I wasn’t supposed to main event WrestleMania XXX, but the fans were so vocal about it that the fans had no choice but to put me in the match. I’ve had a lot of lucky breaks.”

― Daniel Bryan

“I’ve been very lucky.”

― Daniel Craig

“I’ve been very lucky.”

― Daniel Day-Lewis

“I’m lucky the arthritis happened at the time that it did because of the record.”

― Daniel Johns

“So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students.”

― Daniel Nathans

“Obviously, I’ve been very lucky in general in my career, but I feel that I’ve been very lucky in terms of having directors come along at the right times who have taken me to the next level of where I needed to be.”

― Daniel Radcliffe

“I’m in this sport to win but win by being the best, not by being lucky.”

― Daniel Ricciardo

“On ‘Awake,’ we would take a couple hours per scene. Whereas on ‘Anger Management,’ we can take maybe 10 minutes on a scene if we’re lucky.”

― Daniela Bobadilla

“Most child actors were lucky enough to get the part in the first place.”

― Danny Bonaduce

“I’m really lucky that my occupation is something I love.”

― Danny Welbeck

“I think a lot of Americans don’t appreciate just what an incredible country this is, how lucky they are, how safe they are, how empowered they are.”

― Dara Khosrowshahi

“My family had to flee Iran… the revolution, and we were very, very lucky to come to America and have opportunities presented to us. And that’s… one of the things that makes America great.”

― Dara Khosrowshahi

“I’m lucky if I get my nails done, period.”

― Darby Stanchfield

“I would love more children, but no. I’m very lucky to have had my two.”

― Darcey Bussell

“I guess you’d say I’m a gearhead. It’s not just guitars; I have five or six drum sets, a bunch of keyboards… It’s like Guitar Center exploded, and all the cool stuff dropped in my backyard. I’m a really lucky guy, I have to admit.”

― Daron Malakian

“I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination.”

― Darren Shan

“I feel really lucky that I grew up pretending to be a spy for my whole childhood.”

― Daryl Sabara

“I feel so lucky that I have gotten to do what I have gotten to do.”

― Daryl Sabara

“I’m better than probably 90 percent of the people out there. Doesn’t mean I’m smart; probably means I’m lucky.”

― Dave McClure

“I think we’re lucky to be living when we are, because things are going to get worse.”

― David Attenborough

“I was lucky to have amazing mentors like Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson.”

― David Cohen

“I’m lucky enough to be mentally strong, which I think is fundamental for a goalkeeper.”

― David de Gea

“Well, I think I am a very, very lucky person. I’m very fortunate.”

― David Dinkins

“I’m lucky that I’ve been able to do things in my career that is affording us the luxury of not having to travel in a van to tour.”

― David Draiman

“I realize what it means to be financially comfortable, and I want to be that. But I’m lucky enough to be in that position. And I’m also careful. I save 38 percent of my earnings after expenses, before taxes.”

― David Duval

“As a kid, I became a total SF geek. It started in the 5th grade with Asimov’s ‘Lucky Starr’ series of what would now be called ‘young adult’ novels of adventures in the solar system.”

― David Grinspoon

“Even if you’re lucky to have a play on Broadway like ‘Chinglish,’ you don’t necessarily earn enough off it to support the years it takes to get there.”

― David Henry Hwang

“I thought if I was lucky it would be a nice, modest-sized, modest-budgeted film that would be a modest success. And then something happened.”

― David Heyman

“Some other people are very lucky and always get in to the very best teams at the very best times and therefore go out and score lots of championship points and be in with a chance of the championship.”

― David Leslie

“I’m a lucky guy because I always play for a big club, and big clubs always try to win titles, and I love that.”

― David Luiz

“If you are lucky enough to be successful, you get drawn further in and you stop paying attention to the stuff that matters.”

― David Macaulay

“I’ve been lucky enough to have flown some very interesting aircraft in the past, but SpaceShipTwo is far and away the most exciting of them all.”

― David Mackay

“I like my hands. Which is lucky as I have to spend all day looking at them on the handlebars.”

― David Millar

“As a novelist, I’m incredibly lucky to make a living, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t lie awake at four o’clock in the morning, worrying.”

― David Nicholls

“I may have been lucky with some sort of intuition, but I believe in training a great deal.”

― David Selby

“I’ve been lucky: I’ve won a lot of medals, but I’d still like to win more.”

― David Silva

“I’m much more Buddhist. I mean, I’m not a Buddhist. I should be so lucky to be a Buddhist, a real Buddhist, but of all the things I investigated, that seems to make the most sense to me.”

― David Thewlis

“I do regard myself as very lucky.”

― David Wenham

“I was kind of lucky because I was fit and healthy when I was in my teens, got a bit wild in my 20s, and stopped round about my 30s.”

― Davinia Taylor

“If you can find one thing in your life that can keep you in the moment, you’re totally lucky.”

― Dean Ween

“Becoming a YA author was actually a very lucky accident. When I wrote the ‘Queen of Everything,’ I thought it was a book for adults.”

― Deb Caletti

“Fred Astaire was retired when he worked in ‘The Pleasure of His Company.’ They were lucky to get him to play the father part.”

― Debbie Reynolds

“I’ve had a very lucky life because I’m of this generation where everything was possible.”

― Deborah Moggach

“Whining writers are a hideous sight; we should really shut up, because we are lucky if we can cobble together a living from all of this.”

― Deborah Moggach

“I’m really lucky I’m still around. Everybody expected me to die next… But it was always someone else instead of me.”

― Dee Dee Ramone

“I was lucky enough to have a plethora of types of roles before and during the horror movie part of my career.”

― Dee Wallace

“I am proportional, and I’m very lucky for that.”

― Deep Roy

“I was lucky that audiences in Mexico liked my work. I was even luckier when I got to do movies and plays with my brothers.”

― Demian Bichir

“In my heart I’m just a lucky waitress.”

― Denise Mina

“I mean, I’m lucky because I’ve slimmed down, but the last thing I was thinking about was losing weight.”

― Denise Van Outen

“I like to think I was just lucky. I didn’t think I was better than anybody else, but I could sing everybody’s songs.”

― Dennis Edwards

“I’m very lucky. I’m the most fortunate guy that I know.”

― Dennis Farina

“I’m lucky. I have a high metabolism, so I pretty much eat anything and everything.”

― Dennis Quaid

“I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn’t have to look far for role models.”

― Derek Jeter

“I’ve been so lucky – I worked with Jason Reitman twice, who has always been a really strong advocate for my voice, and has always really respected the scripts that I’ve brought him and is just the coolest.”

― Diablo Cody

“I have a line of clothing at J.C. Penney’s… and I’m lucky to be affiliated.”

― Diahann Carroll

“It’s always been fun for me to play a variety of parts, and over the years, I’ve been lucky with the things I’ve been asked to do.”

― Diana Quick

“I’m so lucky. I could be sitting at home crumbling, but I’m not.”

― Diana Rigg

“I’m lucky I’m tall and skinny, and I got to model to put myself through college.”

― Diana Silvers

“It’s a lucky child that knows that they’re a genius, unaimed and all that.”

― Diana Wynne Jones

“Relationships are hard. You’re lucky if you find someone.”

― Diane Keaton

“My mother said that we’re so lucky to be women. It’s not that men are weak. Men are men. We’re two completely different animals.”

― Diane von Furstenberg

“I was lucky because I got so successful so early, and when you get successful early, then you can afford to be a little bit humble.”

― Diane von Furstenberg

“I used the aspects of being a woman to my advantage, but I worked for myself, not a big corporation, so I was lucky to have the freedom to behave however I liked.”

― Diane von Furstenberg

“I’ve been lucky to travel through quite a bit of Europe and Australia, but I would love to do Asia and South America and South Africa.”

― Dianna Agron

“I was lucky to get the kinds of parts I wanted. I always said I didn’t want to do anything my kids can’t see.”

― Dick Van Dyke

“We are just lucky to be able to watch Ronaldo and Messi at their best.”

― Diego Forlan

“I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players.”

― Dimebag Darrell

“I wouldn’t say I have felt troubled here at United. I am not troubled. I am lucky. I have loved my time here.”

― Dimitar Berbatov

“I was lucky that my first movie itself established me as an actress.”

― Dimple Kapadia

“Good bands won’t get famous anymore unless they get really lucky.”

― Diplo

“Growing up, my idols were Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper. And Scottie Pippen.”

― Dirk Nowitzki

“I usually have a 13-hour workday. But at times, we get lucky when we wind up in 8 or 10 hours.”

― Divyanka Tripathi

“Celebrity is a gift. I’m very lucky.”

― DJ Qualls

“I got very lucky with ‘Harry Potter.’ I got that role because I’m a ginger! Red hair was my only qualification!”

― Domhnall Gleeson

“I couldn’t possibly have any regrets, because I’ve been very lucky, I’ve been celebrated, and I’ve survived. I couldn’t have one single regret. That would be absurd.”

― Don McCullin

“I feel like I’m really lucky because I get to sometimes maybe vibrate at a frequency that’s a little deeper and darker than people anticipate.”

― Donal Logue

“When anybody pays you to be creative, you’re very lucky.”

― Donald Glover

“I’d always rather be lucky than smart.”

― Donald Luskin

“I’ve learned how to appreciate what I have. And it’s a lot. I’m very lucky.”

― Donatella Versace

“In Hollywood, I’m lucky, I only do big movies like ‘Blade.’ It’s much more comfortable: you have a trailer.”

― Donnie Yen

“I’ve been really lucky in terms of the people I’ve gotten to work with.”

― Doug Liman

“I was lucky enough to get a very good agent at the age of 15, and got my first film when I was 16, so it’s been rolling on since then.”

― Douglas Booth

“I consider myself very lucky. I’m known for photographing celebrities, but, in a nutshell, my first love is photography.”

― Douglas Kirkland

“I love TV. I’ve been lucky that I get to do both, and both have things I love about them, features and TV. I hope I get to do both for the rest of my career.”

― Drew Goddard

“I’ve been so lucky with people giving me an opportunity to showcase the real Drew.”

― Drew McIntyre

“I’ve always been very much in control of my music and my image, and I think one of the things I’ve been lucky about is I didn’t bring a label on board until I really figured out who I was.”

― Dua Lipa

“I was lucky in the sense that I was never blessed with an overly reflective nature.”

― Dylan Moran

“If you can sustain a career over 40 years in this business, you’ve gotta consider yourself lucky.”

― Ed O’Neill

“I could always say I wished I had a better film career… but overall, I’ve been one of the lucky ones.”

― Ed O’Neill

“I’ve been lucky enough to be too busy for TV because if I’m not, I’ll get stuck in front of it.”

― Eddie Kaye Thomas

“I’ve fractured my skull twice, damaged a kidney, snapped a cruciate ligament in my knee, and broken all manner of bones, including my jaw. And I count myself very lucky it hasn’t been worse!”

― Eddie the Eagle

“I’m definitely interested in exploring human contradictions. Contradictions are what make us human – it’s what defines us as human beings. Contradictions are what make characters interesting, and I’ve been lucky to be presented with characters who have a lot of contradictions.”

― Edgar Ramirez

“When we made ‘Shaun of the Dead,’ it was our first feature, and we were just lucky to make a film, full stop.”

― Edgar Wright

“I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet.”

― Edgardo Osorio

“There were a lot of surreal, amazing moments during my career that I’m very lucky to have had.”

― Edge

“I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it’s absolutely true.”

― Edmund Hillary

“In 1969, at the age of 19, I was lucky enough to work with George C. Scott in the definitive portrayal of his career over a period of many months and several countries on the definitive film version of Patton’s WWII career.”

― Edward Albert

“It hasn’t been a totally smooth road, but in the whole span of things I feel like a very lucky person.”

― Edward Furlong

“You can only be lucky if you have a place to record.”

― Edwin Starr

“If I would characterize my life, I would say that I was a very lucky actor who came into very lucky times, and got to Hollywood, and was put under contract by Warners in the very last days of the studio contract era, and was privileged to go through that time which is gone now.”

― Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

“I am so lucky to do the job I do.”

― Eleanor Tomlinson

“I have been incredibly lucky. My parents are actors; they’ve been the safety blanket around me.”

― Eleanor Tomlinson

“If I’m lucky enough to have the chance to play a character, I’m going to give it my all. Play my position and give it 100%.”

― Elena Kampouris

“The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more so by contemplating on his Condition.”

― Eliza Haywood

“It even sounds stupid to hear myself say the first costume designer I worked with was Catherine Martin, and she won an Oscar for it, but that was just my very lucky draw of roll of the dice.”

― Elizabeth Debicki

“I can’t just sit around thinking how lucky I am.”

― Elizabeth McGovern

“I’ve always been pretty lucky with my skin. I did notice a big change when I changed my diet and started to eat more natural foods in that my skin just got clearer and brighter.”

― Ella Woodward

“I feel lucky that I get to read and publish stories that are not necessarily overtly horror in ‘Best Horror of the Year.’”

― Ellen Datlow

“I’ve always received a lot of support from my family, particularly for my pursuits as an actor. I’m very lucky.”

― Elliot Knight

“I’m lucky to play Elektra. So far, it’s the most exciting part I’ve ever had to play. I’ve done the physicality a bit before, and I enjoy it.”

― Elodie Yung

“I’ve been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music.”

― Elvis Costello

“I was extremely lucky. I had some huge crashes and yet I am still here, thanks to God.”

― Emerson Fittipaldi

“I’m lucky to have worked with all the people that I have, and I really love what I do, and that is very important, too.”

― Emily Alyn Lind

“I am so lucky in that I have the most incredible followers and support network.”

― Emily Atack

“I was lucky – the first eight productions I auditioned for, I got cast.”

― Emily Browning

“I had no interest in being your basic vanilla girl. I’ve been lucky enough that I haven’t had to play that.”

― Emma Caulfield

“I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to get lucky, but there wasn’t any gum under any of them.”

― Emo Philips

“I go from stool to stool in singles bars hoping to get lucky, but there’s never any gum under any of them.”

― Emo Philips

“I have kissed in almost all the films except in ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai.’ I’m not sure if my kissing on screen has anything to do with the success of a film, but producers make sure to put a kissing scene or two. They feel my kissing scenes are my lucky streak.”

― Emraan Hashmi

“I’m lucky to have the privilege of being able to choose what I want to do.”

― Eric Cantona

“I never had a family, and now I do. I know I’m a very lucky guy.”

― Eric Dane

“You got to get lucky because it lasts for a week and a lot of things can happen in a week.”

― Eric Heiden

“I’ve been extremely lucky to be a part of these really great shows that have gotten so much attention.”

― Eric Ladin

“As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don’t have to do much. Very little is asked of us.”

― Eric Liu

“I realize I’m a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theater, and the fact that I’m able to make a living at it staggers me.”

― Eric Stoltz

“I consider myself a very lucky man indeed.”

― Eric Stoltz

“I was lucky enough to meet the Material Girl twice.”

― Eric West

“Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.”

― Erica Jong

“I’m surprised that VR has come about so quickly. It’s lucky I just happened to write a book imagining virtual reality right on the cusp of it actually happening.”

― Ernest Cline

“Over the season, the games come thick and fast, and in some games, you aren’t so lucky.”

― Ernesto Valverde

“I’ve been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great players.”

― Ernie Harwell

“I feel lucky that I’ve managed to get the roles I’ve wanted.”

― Essie Davis

“I’ve been really lucky. When I decided to go to LA I said I was going to quit modelling and just go and see how I do. In the first two weeks I got three movies. I was so excited I had all my furniture shipped out from New York.”

― Estella Warren

“Donner likes what he does and enjoys being on a set. He doesn’t have to do it, its not like he has to make the rent. When I get to be his age and still enjoy what I’m doing like him, I’d be lucky.”

― Ethan Embry

“We all should be so lucky to be as optimistic as SpongeBob.”

― Ethan Slater

“I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me.”

― Ethel Merman

“There’s quite a bit of evidence that even professionals don’t show any ability to pick stocks or to predict market rollbacks. Most of the people we identify as skilled based on returns have probably just been lucky.”

― Eugene Fama

“I’m one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I’m just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.”

― Eugene Ormandy

“I am obsessed with the idea of transformation. I have been very lucky so far to play very different roles – and I would love for that to continue.”

― Eugene Simon

“The lucky person passes for a genius.”

― Euripides

“Hmm, limelight… No, I’m not Sienna Miller or Angelina Jolie. I’m very lucky and happy, but I still find it very difficult to get good scripts and good roles. It’s really a jungle out there.”

― Eva Green

“I give everything to my work, and I like complex roles, characters that aren’t obvious. I’ve been very lucky so far, and I’m dreaming of working with directors like Jane Campion, Susanne Bier and the Dardennes. But the gods will decide.”

― Eva Green

“I’m lucky, I don’t like sweets, not even chocolate.”

― Eva Herzigova

“I’m lucky, I can sleep from takeoff until we land; so I’m fresh, rested and ready to work on arrival.”

― Eva Herzigova

“I am a young, white, educated male. I got really, really lucky. And life isn’t fair.”

― Evan Spiegel

“I am a lucky, lucky person.”

― Evel Knievel

“I know that I’m very lucky to be alive. For 35 or 40 years I’ve spilt my blood and broke my bones and spent years in hospitals.”

― Evel Knievel

“I’m lucky enough that financially I don’t have to feel obliged to go for the bigger stuff. I like the stories and scripts to dictate if I want to do them.”

― Ewan McGregor

“I tell my kids all the time that I’m so lucky they chose me to be their mom.”

― Faith Salie

“Whenever I come out with a hit record, they’ll say, ‘Ah, that’s because of R. Kelly. Oh, it’s because of Ashanti. Oh, he’s lucky.’”

― Fat Joe

“I’ve expanded my skill-set through a very limited number of projects and been very lucky with the outcomes most of the time.”

― Fawad Khan

“I’ve been lucky enough to sort of go over different mediums, different vibes and genres.”

― Faye Marsay

“Since I was 19, I’ve always gone where there was a reason to be. Maybe I’ll be lucky and there’ll be a reason to go somewhere tropical for a while.”

― Feist

“You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They’re not that frequent; you’ll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you’re lucky.”

― Felicity Jones

“I feel like I personally have been lucky.”

― Felicity Jones

“I feel extremely lucky and privileged to have my achievements.”

― Fernando Alonso

“I’m very lucky to be working at NXT with coaches, especially Matt Bloom, who is open-minded and a great ribber.”

― Finn Balor

“No, but I’m really lucky, because I’m not the superhero.”

― Fisher Stevens

“I have been enormously lucky. My first role was in a great film by a woman director.”

― Florence Pugh

“Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.”

― Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“If you’re lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a skill.”

― Frank Langella

“I think all the roles were something that sort of hit me, and I guess I was very lucky to get those roles.”

― Frank Vincent

“I was really close to being this guy who used to be in this band who is still playing and trying to get some recordings together, but I got really lucky.”

― Fred Armisen

“We are lucky to have a big fan base and that we can support ourselves doing live shows.”

― Fred Schneider

“I never planned on a career in music at all, so I should say I’m very lucky.”

― Fred Schneider

“Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs.”

― Freeman Dyson

“I’m aware that there are a million other people who want what I’m lucky enough to have right now.”

― G-Eazy

“I used to have this lucky rock and I used to always have to rub it three times before I competed.”

― Gabby Douglas

“My relationship with the national squad is a separate thing; I’ve always been lucky in that, for Argentina, I’ve always performed well, independently of what’s been going on at any club.”

― Gabriel Batistuta

“I feel very lucky that I’m left-footed because the number of us around is very small.”

― Gareth Barry

“I have been really lucky in my career, with the diversity of it. I get to play really complex people.”

― Garret Dillahunt

“I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.”

― Garth Brooks

“We are all lucky to be here, we are lucky to be on stage and have millions of people watch us.”

― Gary Barlow

“Unless you have a long-running series, most actors just go job to job if you’re lucky to keep working. You just do a movie or a play or a TV thing, and it’s over at some point.”

― Gary Sinise

“I was really lucky that I had an aunt who was very inspiring to me. She was different than anybody in my family on either side.”

― Geena Davis

“I’m lucky because I have never been pigeonholed and the roles have kept on coming.”

― Gemma Jones

“Walking is my hobby, and I’m lucky that I live right on the edge of Hampstead Heath.”

― Gemma Jones

“You work really hard on something, and if you’re lucky, you get a break.”

― Gene Green

“I’m lucky that, despite all the bad press I’ve had over the years, the public still seems to like me.”

― George Best

“I absolutely loved Jerome Robbins. We were all so lucky to be in the same room with this man.”

― George Chakiris

“I was very lucky to get well known much later in life. You need to have flopped quite a few times to get a sense of how little any of it has to do with you.”

― George Clooney

“There were a lot of songs during my MCA years that I thought should have been singles but were not. You can’t worry about what wasn’t – I was very lucky to have as many hits as I had.”

― George Jones

“I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said ‘Success is primarily luck anyway.’ And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant – so who am I to argue with him!”

― George Kennedy

“We’re lucky, real lucky. Our friends lost their house. We just had some burning embers put holes in the screens.”

― George Martin

“When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.”

― George McGovern

“I’m lucky to be alive.”

― George Michael

“I have no belief in The Bible or religion, but I think Armageddon was a lucky guess. I honestly think it’s going to happen.”

― George Michael

“A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, if that generation is lucky: so comfortable in so many genres, the same lively, generous intelligence suffusing all he did.”

― George Saunders

“George Morris is a legend. I was lucky enough to have been on a number of his U.S. show-jumping teams and am constantly trying to learn from him.”

― Georgina Bloomberg

“I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.”

― Geraldine Ferraro

“I feel very lucky to play these well-rounded characters.”

― Geraldine Viswanathan

“I worked hard at Everton. I learned many things, and I was lucky enough to achieve my goal of returning home.”

― Gerard Deulofeu

“If I get a lucky win, it is difficult to sustain that over time, so we have to maintain a style.”

― Gerardo Martino

“I was lucky. I held on to some of my money. I didn’t really know what I wanted to do after boxing. But I found what I wanted to do.”

― Gerry Cooney

“I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in a number of great startups, including eBay and Wikia as an entrepreneur and LinkedIn and Paypal as an investor.”

― Gil Penchina

“I’m lucky that I’ve worked with the biggest divas in the world. We’ve had Miss Piggy and Minnie Mouse, so I’ve got to be careful who I say now, but obviously, I’d love to dress them again.”

― Giles Deacon

“I was very lucky to grow up in a household that really valued storytelling and didn’t find it frivolous.”

― Gillian Flynn

“I’ve been very lucky; God has done amazing things for me.”

― Gina Rodriguez

“I’ve been lucky to find a husband who doesn’t judge my past.”

― Ginger Zee

“That big hit ‘Get Lucky’ is a disco song – not only the melody and the whole concept, but we had one of the great disco guys and one of the best guitarists ever, Nile Rodgers, to play on it. So that’s great disco, but a modern disco, because it has great vocoders and synthesizers.”

― Giorgio Moroder

“I believe that we were very, very lucky that it went that way.”

― Giovanni Agnelli

“It’s important for a CEO to feel lucky.”

― Glenn Kelman

“I think we all appreciate it now just how lucky we are to be in a band like Judas Priest.”

― Glenn Tipton

“I’m lucky I don’t make my living in front of the camera.”

― Gloria Steinem

“I’ve been really very fortunate with the men I’ve been involved with. They’ve always really treated me very, very wonderfully. And whenever anything broke up, I was always the one to leave. So I think I’ve been really very, very lucky.”

― Gloria Vanderbilt

“I had been hired and fired so many times and been so very blessed and lucky.”

― Goldust

“The people I want are very famous and very rich, and all I can offer them is a bit of exposure on TV and a bit of cash, so it’s a miracle we get any guests at all. But we have been very lucky.”

― Graham Norton

“When I got lucky with Dean, I ended up with 16 years with one of the truly great performers of all time. He was the greatest performer I’d ever been around, bar none.”

― Greg Garrison

“Things like ‘Lucky Man’ were never written to even be a record, let alone a hit record.”

― Greg Lake

“The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence.”

― Gregory Corso

“You seldom get that in film where you’re lucky if you get any say at all in the final cut.”

― Greta Scacchi

“I feel lucky, happy and philosophical about it all.”

― Greta Scacchi

“I was lucky enough to have a hockey career in the NHL.”

― Guy Lafleur

“I’m lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant.”

― Gwen Stefani

“The one thing that makes me feel super lucky about my financial success is that I have a housekeeper.”

― Gwen Stefani

“I’m lucky that I have my family, I’m lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.”

― Hailey Baldwin

“I’ve always felt really lucky and really privileged with my life, how I grew up, and the opportunities I’ve had.”

― Hannah Teter

“I’ve enjoyed my time at every club I have worked at, I’ve been lucky, but I won’t jump in and finish up working with a chairman I didn’t like very much.”

― Harry Redknapp

“To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.”

― Harvey Fierstein

“That’s a powerful lucky rabbit’s foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it.”

― Hattie McDaniel

“My first job was a Greek tragedy, and ever since, one job just seemed to roll onto the next. I’ve been terribly lucky.”

― Hayley Atwell

“I am a singer first and foremost. I was lucky enough to have a manager, when I was 15, who knew the heads of a lot of record labels at the time.”

― Hayley Orrantia

“Mesut is a player that always keeps giving his best and is always surprising everyone and he’s a player that we’re very grateful and very lucky to have.”

― Hector Bellerin

“I was lucky enough to take a chance on Arsenal.”

― Hector Bellerin

“I don’t know why I got so lucky. I have to pinch myself often and say, ‘Is this just a dream?’”

― Heidi Klum

“I was very lucky. I left college, and Richard Eyre was in charge of the National Theatre. I was offered the lead in ‘The Seagull’ with no experience and went on to do five plays there.”

― Helen McCrory

“I had been lucky that my physiology is well suited to space training.”

― Helen Sharman

“With the number of people I ignore, I’m lucky I work at all in this town.”

― Helena Bonham Carter

“The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.”

― Henry James

“We Californians can watch the Weather Channel for images of winter’s brutality unleashed upon our fellow Americans and thank our lucky stars we don’t have to contend with it.”

― Henry Rollins

“This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky.”

― Henry Rollins

“I’m very lucky to work at bitly, with a data set that allows us to explore human social behavior at the scale of human social behavior.”

― Hilary Mason

“I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I’ve had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others.”

― Hillary Clinton

“I consider myself really lucky, like I’ve been God’s favoured child.”

― Hina Khan

“I’m very lucky, as I’ve never ever felt any pressure from any producer to lose weight, whereas a lot of actresses have.”

― Holliday Grainger

“I was really lucky because from a very young age, I wanted to be a doctor. So I kinda knew I had that goal for my whole life.”

― Holly Branson

“If we are lucky, and George W. Bush is right, we are about to witness the War of the Happy Iraqis.”

― Howard Fineman

“We were lucky that we created a great fan base over the years.”

― Howie Dorough

“I do realise how incredibly lucky I am.”

― Hugh Bonneville

“I’m lucky to have worked in theater all over the world, but there’s something magical about Broadway. The audiences are smart, they’re educated. They go in ready and they’re up for it, they’re up for the party. It’s a whole different atmosphere.”

― Hugh Jackman

“I’m lucky enough to be one of them music makers who can do a dance festie or a rock festie.”

― Ian Brown

“When I was a kid, I was very lucky that I grew up in suburban Virginia, which, at the time, felt like a grey area between rural and suburban, so there were a lot of forests and parks.”

― Ian Harding

“’Macbeth’ was a very lucky play for me.”

― Ian Mckellen

“There’s only two kinds of actors – good ones and bad ones… and lucky ones and unlucky ones.”

― Ian McShane

“I’ve managed to catch lightning in a bottle a couple times. I’m very lucky. But I want to do this forever. I enjoy it so much. One of the challenges as an actor is to stay relevant.”

― Ian Ziering

“I’m a mom – I’m lucky if I get to shower in the morning. Luckily, nail polish stays on my toes. I’ve been so bad on the upkeep, though.”

― Idina Menzel

“I’m lucky in some ways in that I really don’t need more than five or so hours of sleep.”

― Iman

“I generally try and have great days, because I feel very lucky to be doing what I’m doing.”

― Imogen Poots

“By 15, I was lucky enough to find the theater.”

― Ira Sachs

“I think family is our reason for being. I was lucky to be born into a very close-knit family.”

― Irina Shayk

“Understated jewellery is not for me. It’s too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I’ve never had a yen for real jewels.”

― Iris Apfel

“I have a lot of successful musician pals, and as I get older, I find that I’m lucky to be a writer. I have great anonymity compared to musicians who sell the same number of records as I do books.”

― Irvine Welsh

“I am very lucky that Julen Lopetegui gives me total freedom to move where I like.”

― Isco

“I’ve been lucky to conduct the very best orchestras in the world: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Berlin, the London Philharmonic.”

― Itzhak Perlman

“All the times I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of a show that’s actually gotten on the air, it’s always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.”

― J. J. Abrams

“I am lucky, I’m the first to admit that.”

― J. J. Abrams

“I was lucky to book a show pretty quickly after getting to L.A., but I struggled getting started in Vancouver. If I had gotten those earlier roles in Vancouver, I wouldn’t have gone to L.A. to get the show that launched my career.”

― Jacqueline MacInnes Wood

“I’ve been amazingly lucky, and believe me, I don’t take anything for granted.”

― Jameela Jamil

“My daughter is wonderful and incredibly well behaved. I am very lucky. She will always be my priority.”

― Jamelia

“I’m very lucky, in that I’ve known Adele for quite some time.”

― James Corden

“The demise of Google Reader, if logical, is a reminder of how far we’ve come from the cuddly old ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ Google days, in which there was a foreseeably-astonishing delight in the way Google’s evolving design tricks anticipated what users would like.”

― James Fallows

“I’m lucky I’ve been able to spend a lot of time with my family.”

― James Fox

“I’ve been very lucky, considering what I look like and what I do.”

― James Gandolfini

“I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.”

― James Levine

“I’ve been brought up in a really lovely family, so I’m lucky.”

― James Maddison

“I’m really very lucky. I get to do an awful lot. I’ve been able to make an incredibly wide range of movies and work with an incredible array of people.”

― James Mangold

“If you’re lucky enough to pick what you do, that’s the greatest career you can have. Ultimately, that’s my goal: to have choices.”

― James Marsden

“I am a lucky regional theater actor who happened to get a good role.”

― James Marsters

“I was lucky to have a great dad.”

― James McNerney

“I’m real happy. I’ve been lucky in love, and I’ve got a wonderful kid now, and things have been going well.”

― James Mercer

“It’s an unbelievable achievement to win the FA Cup. I’ve been lucky to win it before, and I’d love to win it again.”

― James Milner

“I’ve always been a family man and count myself as one of those who are lucky to have the comfort of a family.”

― James Nesbitt

“I feel lucky that I’ve been able to make a living from painting any idea that comes into my head.”

― James Rosenquist

“I’ve had tremendous opportunities in film and continue to have them, but it’s such a different thing to do a television show, and I’m very lucky to be able to do them both.”

― James Spader

“The Beatles were a phenomenon, but they were also ordinary blokes like anyone else. I was lucky enough to see that side.”

― James Taylor

“I’ve done well because I’m lucky and I’m willing to be collaborative with the one thing you don’t want to be collaborative with: your writing.”

― James Vanderbilt

“We are so lucky Americans are impressive with what they’re willing to give. We get bashed too much. And, so many young people in this country give so much. They’re not all gang bangers.”

― Jami Gertz

“I guess I’m just lucky with my genes.”

― Jamie Dornan

“I like to be creative and I’m lucky that I have a couple of different outlets, and I’m lucky that I get to use them.”

― Jamie Kennedy

“We’re somewhat lucky here in the United States, where we hope that the checks and balances hold out for many years to come and decades to come. But in a lot of countries, you don’t have these checks and balances.”

― Jan Koum

“I grind my teeth and keep my thumbs in so tight that I’ve dislocated them, just not to scream. Sometimes as an actor one is lucky enough to be asked to scream.”

― Jane Birkin

“I’m an assistant storyteller. It’s like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I’m waiting on six million people a week, if I’m lucky.”

― Jane Fonda

“I’ve been really lucky not to have a duff experience with a director.”

― Jane Goldman

“I have been incredibly lucky with my novels but I had absolutely no idea if anyone would be interested in a cookbook. So I started to think about self-publishing.”

― Jane Green

“If I’m ever lucky enough to be part of an awards tribute, I hope they play ‘Muffin Top’ in my little clip. That’s how I want to be remembered.”

― Jane Krakowski

“I’ve been really lucky. I think that you really get what you recognize is in the universe.”

― Janina Gavankar

“My main lucky number is 9. That was my baseball number in high school. My other lucky number is 3, because that’s the one I wore before I got to high school and had to pick a different one.”

― Jason Aldean

“Sometimes you get lucky and things are as easy as you had imagined, but that’s rarely the case.”

― Jason Fried

“I’m sort lucky in that for me, I’m a writer now. I started as an actor but I’m a writer and so things like ‘Wilfred’ and shows like that are where I escape to.”

― Jason Gann

“My wife’s Lisa Bonet. I’m a very lucky man.”

― Jason Momoa

“I’ve played all kinds of TV roles, from cowboys to fathers of teenagers. It’s helped me a lot. Of course, I was very lucky to have had good directors.”

― Jason Robards

“I consider myself very lucky indeed to have had the career I have. I listen to the radio now and you can’t tell artists apart.”

― Jay Kay

“The average rap life is two or three albums. You’re lucky to get to your second album in rap!”

― Jay-Z

“I guess we’re all lucky to be in this profession where you can be someone else for two or three months on a film shoot. I find it restful. Vachement agreable.”

― Jean Dujardin

“Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.”

― Jean Ingelow

“I was lucky to have parents who loved me.”

― Jean Paul Gaultier

“This is going to sound terrible, but once I moved to New York, I never did a civilian job. I was extraordinarily lucky.”

― Jean Smart

“I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I’m very lucky.”

― Jeanne Calment

“I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.”

― Jeannette Walls

“I’ve had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I’ve been very lucky that way.”

― Jeff Bridges

“Overall, I think I’m just lucky, and I hope I continue to be lucky.”

― Jeff Hardy

“I feel like every day I’m exceedingly lucky.”

― Jeffrey Dean Morgan

“I can shoot off my big mouth and write my shows and run my shows, and I can recognize how lucky I am because my position is rare and my position is privileged.”

― Jenji Kohan

“My novella, ‘The Lucky One,’ is inspired in part by my dad and also by a Holocaust survivor I interviewed for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Foundation.”

― Jenna Blum

“I’m aware that not all kids can pick up and fly to Panama. I’m very lucky.”

― Jenna Bush

“I’m lucky if I write a letter.”

― Jennifer Aniston

“I just feel lucky.”

― Jennifer Aniston

“I actually feel I’ve been unbelievably lucky in love.”

― Jennifer Aniston

“I’m so lucky I got a career in my 30s because these young girls aren’t allowed to have their 20s. It’s all being documented.”

― Jennifer Coolidge

“I have worked hard in my career, but I have been lucky as well.”

― Jennifer Damiano

“I felt unbelievably lucky to have the success I did with ‘Goon Squad,’ and I also felt the pressure of how fleeting that success can be.”

― Jennifer Egan

“’Monday Mornings’ is so utterly different – in so many ways – from anything else I’ve done, really. I also desperately wanted an ensemble piece, but I couldn’t have dreamed of being a part of something like this. I am so lucky.”

― Jennifer Finnigan

“I hoped, hoped, that maybe I’d be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus.”

― Jennifer Garner

“I think I am talented – but I also think I’m very lucky.”

― Jennifer Jason Leigh

“Well, I’m lucky because, you see, I’ll probably bounce back from this role.”

― Jennifer Saunders

“It’s weird for me to say I’m lucky when I can’t go into a bookstore and have more than five choices if I want to read something about Asian-American characters.”

― Jenny Zhang

“I’m not a pretty boy who came to town and burst out of the gate, which is a good thing, because if I was, I probably wouldn’t have been good enough then. I probably wouldn’t have lasted. So I was very lucky not to be pretty.”

― Jeremy Piven

“I’m very lucky.”

― Jeremy Renner

“To be an actor takes a lot of courage, but the way I did it takes less courage. I was very lucky.”

― Jeremy Sisto

“I’m very lucky to have a very nurturing, close family.”

― Jeremy Strong

“I’ve been very lucky because I’ve gotten to work with some incredible actors.”

― Jeremy Strong

“Yves Saint Laurent was my first fashion show. I wore his tuxedo. And Helmut Newton was my first photographer, in 1973. I was really very lucky. I had an amazing career.”

― Jerry Hall

“I think I’ve been quite lucky in that I haven’t had to make too many changes to myself. Obviously, there have been adaptations and things that I’ve altered, but I haven’t changed completely. I’ve stayed myself.”

― Jess Glynne

“I feel equal parts lucky and scared anytime I get a job.”

― Jesse Eisenberg

“Eight is my lucky number.”

― Jesse Spencer

“You’re lucky if I watch 10 minutes of wrestling a month. Most of the time, I channel surf, and I lose interest after a few minutes.”

― Jesse Ventura

“Before I go on stage, I knock three times. Three is my lucky number; I once went into an audition and was number 333 and got the best part ever.”

― Jessica Brown Findlay

“I’ve been extremely lucky in that I’ve been able to play roles that are not defined by their ethnicity. But that’s not a common thing for people of ethnic minorities.”

― Jessica Henwick

“We’re just very lucky to have all these fans supporting us.”

― Jessica Jung

“I love Jon Hamm. I’m so lucky to get to work with him and work so closely with him.”

― Jessica Pare

“I grew up always wanting to be a part of ‘Idol,’ and I never thought I would make it as far as I did. I was really lucky, and it’s given me the opportunities that I have now.”

― Jessica Sanchez

“I collect lucky pennies that I find on the ground. I keep them in a Ziploc bag.”

― Jessica Simpson

“As an executive producer, I feel really lucky.”

― Jessica Williams

“I think that, certainly, most of my operatic roles are in German. I think it happened because, of course, I was lucky in that I was invited to sing, first of all, my operatic debut in Berlin at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, which was West Berlin at the time.”

― Jessye Norman

“A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.”

― Jill Scott

“I wouldn’t necessarily say that ‘Alpha House’ or ‘Betas’ embodied a particular vision of Amazon of the kind of brand or programming they were gonna do. I think those were the first lucky creators who hit it right for them.”

― Jill Soloway

“AOL was a roller coaster ride. I was lucky and privileged to be a part of it, both the ups and the downs.”

― Jim Bankoff

“I’ve been lucky enough to primarily work for myself over the years.”

― Jim Courier

“I’ve been very lucky with prizes. But the thing about prizes is that, when you talk about a prize-winning author, you can be talking about one that is well-regarded but doesn’t sell any books.”

― Jim Crace

“At Sequoia, upwards of a hundred entrepreneurs a week present, and if we’re lucky, maybe a dozen of them are focusing on the enterprise.”

― Jim Goetz

“I was lucky I was blessed with the constitution of a horse.”

― Jimmy Barnes

“I have a gift: I’m very lucky to be able to spot when a person is special.”

― Jimmy Iovine

“We were lucky in the days of Led Zeppelin. Each album was different. We didn’t have to continue a formula or produce a certain number of singles. Because, in those days, radio was still playing albums. That was really good.”

― Jimmy Page

“I’ve been lucky because I’ve had wonderful teachers along the way who have nurtured and pushed me to the next level.”

― Jimmy Smits

“I learned a lot from my father. I’m very lucky to have a father who was a professional athlete.”

― Joakim Noah

“I’m lucky to have met so many people who have been involved in peace and who have been peace prize winners.”

― Joan Baez

“If I need to cheer myself up, I will put on some fabulous ’40s musical on video. But I’m very lucky; I seldom get depressed. Without question, I’m a ‘glass half full’ person. In fact, it’s three-quarters full!”

― Joan Collins

“I was lucky not to have been born pretty.”

― Joan Hickson

“Comediennes are the lucky ones, because if you’re funny, you can be 125 years old and they will still accept you.”

― Joan Rivers

“I have a collection of lucky pennies, and I like to carry some of them with me. So far, they seem to be working!”

― Joanna Garcia

“I am a follower of Jesus. My husband really brought me to the Lord when I was 18 and I am so lucky to have a platform through the studio.”

― Jodi Benson

“I’ve been very lucky in my life.”

― Joe Gold

“In the past, I’ve been lucky enough to receive some high praise, but when the experts have a go, I’m usually not particularly interested in what they have got to say.”

― Joe Hart

“I was really lucky about two things about my life as a kid: I had awesome parents, and I had awesome peers.”

― Joe Lonsdale

“I think I was really lucky to work as a little kid at PayPal, grew up in the Valley as a coder.”

― Joe Lonsdale

“I’m lucky.”

― Joe Namath

“I’ve been lucky over the past few years. Things have just happened for me.”

― Joe Wright

“We’ve been remarkably lucky in that we’ve been free to make the movies we’ve wanted to make the way we’ve wanted to make them. They’ve all been made for a price.”

― Joel Coen

“I want to feel lucky every night when I go onstage, and not feel like, ‘Oh, great, here we go again.”

― Joel Madden

“I’m lucky. My parents are, like, super hippies. They were just happy I was going to school and I wasn’t getting in trouble.”

― Joey Chestnut

“Hey, I’m not rich, but I’m lucky. I get to do what I want to do. That’s not an easy thing to do in this country.”

― Joey Diaz

“I’m not more into one scene than any other, and that’s why I feel very lucky to be able to go into two different styles of music and be successful at both.”

― Joey Jordison

“I’m lucky to have had the opportunity to perform with bands that have influenced me as a musician over the years.”

― Joey Jordison

“The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he’s in business.”

― John Berryman

“My mom had an encounter with the KKK when she was, I think, 7 years old in North Carolina. She snuck into a cross burning. I’m so lucky she didn’t get caught, because I wouldn’t be here.”

― John David Washington

“I was so lucky to walk away with two Super Bowls and know that the last year was positive.”

― John Elway

“Basically, though, I’m just lucky to love what I do for a living.”

― John Goodman

“It’s a lucky life to be a playwright.”

― John Guare

“I’ve been incredibly lucky with the directors I’ve worked with.”

― John Hurt

“I’ve been lucky enough in my career to have opportunities to revisit things that meant a lot to me in childhood.”

― John Knoll

“Pixar has invented much of computer animation as it’s known today, and I’ve been very lucky to be the first traditional animator to work with computer animation.”

― John Lasseter

“I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I’m still employed and employable.”

― John Lithgow

“I got lucky and got assigned to Hubble.”

― John M. Grunsfeld

“And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early.”

― John Pomfret

“Basically, what I’m doing is what I want to do. I feel very lucky. And very satisfied.”

― John Ritter

“I never feel frustrated. I really feel fulfilled and very lucky.”

― John Ritter

“I guess I got lucky with my sound.”

― John Scofield

“I was just lucky to have a uniform.”

― John Stockton

“Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things.”

― John Thorn

“I studied theatre at Glasgow University and then was lucky enough to land a scholarship with a theatre group in Edinburgh.”

― John Tiffany

“Acting is a mix of luck and choice. I got lucky.”

― John Travolta

“I am one of the lucky people in the world: I found something I always wanted to do, and I have enjoyed every single minute of it.”

― Johnny Carson

“We’re lucky to have such great fans that have stood by us, let us be us and try new things.”

― Johnny Christ

“I was the guy who had been bouncing around the film industry for years, and I’d been lucky if five or 10 people would see my movies, so Captain Jack did a big flip for my career.”

― Johnny Depp

“I’ve been lucky to combine my two loves quite frequently: that of Marvel Superheroes and Sports Entertainment.”

― Johnny Gargano

“When I was a kid, I would come home from school, and my mom would buy the industrial-size Famous Amos cookies or Chips Ahoy when I was lucky. And I would sit in front of the TV set with a glass of milk… and I would dump cookies in there, smash them with my spoon, and eat cookies and milk with a spoon watching ‘The Dukes of Hazzard.’”

― Johnny Iuzzini

“I’m just one of the lucky people. I have no other reason for my longevity.”

― Johnny Mathis

“I cannot tell you how lucky I am: the songs that I sing, I like!”

― Johnny Mathis

“I was lucky enough to see the Beatles play live.”

― Jon English

“I just feel so lucky to tell stories and make up stories and share them with people.”

― Jon M. Chu

“What I think was a really lucky coincidence was that a lot of the themes of ‘Okja’ are things I write about a lot: cognitive dissonance and corporate greed and also the internal politics of fringe groups.”

― Jon Ronson

“I feel very, very lucky to have been involved with a project that’s gone on as long as ‘The Closer’ has. You really don’t get to do that in this profession.”

― Jon Tenney

“What’s lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.”

― Jonathan Lethem

“I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them.”

― Jonathan Shapiro

“I played piano in a covers band, but that didn’t especially help with girls. There is never a piano around after the shows. Guys with the guitars were the ones who got lucky.”

― Jonathan Tropper

“I always wanted to play with people’s hair. I was really into ‘The Golden Girls’ and how big their hair was. I always had Barbies and Ken dolls, whose hair I wanted to play with and was always styling. I was very lucky – I never had to wonder what I was passionate about. I’ve always known that I’m really, really passionate about grooming.”

― Jonathan Van Ness

“Well, I was lucky in that my being an actress totally overshadowed my having some kind of a… legacy at Yale, so that was kind of great.”

― Jordana Brewster

“I looked massive next to Ryan Seacrest! But I was lucky that I’ve never had anyone say, ‘Jordin, you need to lose weight.’”

― Jordin Sparks

“I’m a different immigrant. My life is so lucky compared to so many.”

― Jose Andres

“I’m really, really lucky. I was given my dad’s good genes.”

― Josh Brolin

“I really feel like a regular dude who happens to be incredibly lucky.”

― Josh Duhamel

“Not everyone deserves to be a musician, you get lucky enough to be one.”

― Josh Homme

“I have been very lucky for most of my adult life to be working as an actor.”

― Josh Hopkins

“I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I’ve had.”

― Joshua Lederberg

“I feel so, so lucky. Lucky because of many things.”

― Joss Stone

“Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are.”

― Joyce Giraud

“I’m lucky because my repertoire is so specific, and theaters are interested in me singing my repertoire because it is not done so much. I’m pretty well settled in my repertoire. I like what I sing. My voice is high, and there is not much in baroque opera for higher tenor.”

― Juan Diego Florez

“Luck – it’s key for every footballer’s career. I have been incredibly lucky during my career and in my life.”

― Juan Mata

“Having already had one glorious marriage, perhaps I ought to count myself lucky and stop while I’m ahead.”

― Judith McNaught

“My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky.”

― Judith Rossner

“Life goes on if you’re one of the lucky ones.”

― Judy Blume

“I was lucky, and once I moved to L.A., I didn’t have to get another job besides acting. But I wouldn’t trade my previous jobs for anything.”

― Judy Greer

“I’ve been lucky. I’ve had this history of having an appeal to more than one type of audience.”

― Juice Newton

“I don’t really believe in lucky things, but I wear lucky underwear as a joke.”

― Julia Mancuso

“I was lucky that I made a few movies in a row that people really responded to – not me, particularly, but the films as a whole were appreciated.”

― Julia Roberts

“I don’t naturally have a good metabolism, but I am lucky in that I am naturally drawn to healthy food.”

― Julia Stiles

“I think the whole under-eye-bag thing is hereditary, and I just got lucky.”

― Julianna Margulies

“I’m so lucky that I have a great relationship.”

― Julianne Hough

“I’m the lucky one who got asked to do ‘The Sound of Music’ and all the other lovely things that I did.”

― Julie Andrews

“I’m the lucky lady that was asked to be in those wonderful iconic pieces.”

― Julie Andrews

“You take any job that comes along, and if you’re really lucky, the movie takes off.”

― Julie Andrews

“My parents were in Vaudeville, in musical. And I would tour with them and had a couple of wonderfully lucky breaks in England.”

― Julie Andrews

“It’s true: I married my college sweetheart. We were so lucky to find each other at such a young age.”

― Julie Ann Emery

“I’m incredibly lucky.”

― Julie Bowen

“It’s not because I’m lucky. I work very hard.”

― Julie Doucet

“You are lucky that I can’t sing tonight because I might get carried away.”

― Julie Harris

“I sort of got lucky in that I was able to carve a niche for myself.”

― Juliette Lewis

“I stayed in submission to my husband, and he allowed me to do anything I wanted to. I felt like I was lucky to have that kind of romance.”

― June Carter Cash

“I’ve flown out of character so many times. In that sense I’ve been lucky, because I’ve been given the liberty to do just about anything I’ve wanted to do in my lifetime.”

― June Carter Cash

“I’ve been lucky. I’ve never really had a job that I did that I didn’t like.”

― Justin Hartley

“I worked all through my 20s, all through my 30s, so I’ve been lucky to be working.”

― Justin Hartley

“I’m so connected to the community that I was lucky enough to be born into.”

― Justin Tranter

“I was very lucky that my family really supported me in exploring my femininity when I was young, and so it was a joyous thing.”

― Justin Tranter

“What I was raised with in terms of a call to service was just a sense that I was lucky.”

― Justin Trudeau

“I got lucky: I love my in-laws.”

― Kaitlin Olson

“I guess I’m lucky that I’ve been able to play a wide range of parts and a wide range of types of productions – I haven’t felt much typecasting.”

― Kali Hawk

“It was so crazy, lucky, that ‘Defiance’ and ‘Hemlock Grove’ was shooting in Toronto at the same time. I got to be on both of them.”

― Kaniehtiio Horn

“I write to please me, and I’ve been very lucky. It’s like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.”

― Karen Robards

“I’m lucky to work in the most perfect of conditions.”

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I don’t have any stress. I’m very lucky. I live a very healthy life.”

― Karl Lagerfeld

“I just keep thinking how lucky I am that I haven’t had to sacrifice anything.”

― Karlie Kloss

“I always try to pick up interesting scripts, and thankfully, I have been lucky to get scripts like ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama,’ ‘Akash Vaani’, and ‘Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety.’”

― Kartik Aaryan

“I’ve been really lucky.”

― Kat Dennings

“I feel like I’m really lucky.”

― Kate Beckinsale

“I think of myself as an enormously lucky person.”

― Kate DiCamillo

“I feel very lucky.”

― Kate Jackson

“I feel so lucky.”

― Kate Mara

“I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.”

― Kate Middleton

“I was lucky to be with Johnny… he taught me a lot about fame.”

― Kate Moss

“I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.”

― Kate Smith

“I’m lucky. I’ve got pretty good genes.”

― Kate Walsh

“My position in the family turned out to be a lucky one; I bore neither the brunt of my mother’s newness to parenthood nor the force of her middle-aged traumas, as my younger sister, Ruth, did.”

― Katharine Graham

“I’ve been lucky that I’ve performed with a lot of the classical people I’ve wanted to work with so I’d like to do something that people didn’t see coming. Like Madonna, or being Welsh – the Tom Jones thing. Or somebody suggested N-Dubz – that would be brilliant!”

― Katherine Jenkins

“I was lucky to develop in the U.K. because I find comedy – in addition to being caustic – it’s quite literary over here, and alternative comedy isn’t so alternative.”

― Katherine Ryan

“My siblings and I were raised to be very hardworking and to find something that we’re passionate in, and to be able to turn that into work – I’m lucky to be able to say that I’ve done that.”

― Katherine Schwarzenegger

“Usually on films, you get used to kind of being told, ‘This is what you’re going to wear, this is what you’re going to hold, and remember, you’re lucky to be here, and shut up.’”

― Katherine Waterston

“I’m in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.”

― Kathleen Hanna

“I’ve been really lucky that I’ve kind of gotten to flow from project to project, because I find it’s very important that when you’re on a project, you are so invested in it.”

― Kathryn Newton

“I’m very lucky, coming from a great school.”

― Katie Chang

“I am one of millions who have been treated for depression and gotten well; I was lucky enough to have a psychiatrist well versed in using lithium and knowledgeable about my illness, and who was also an excellent psychotherapist.”

― Kay Redfield Jamison

“I got incredibly lucky, and you have to be if you want to be quite successful.”

― Kaya Scodelario

“We’re all lucky to be working, and I’m glad to be employed.”

― Kaya Scodelario

“I’m lucky to have fallen into this trade, and I’m still fighting to stay in it.”

― Kaya Scodelario

“I tick that cliched box of being the class clown. I’ve always done impressions and characters, so I’m very lucky that I get to do that as a career now.”

― Kayvan Novak

“I’m quite lucky, really: I don’t get recognised too much.”

― Kayvan Novak

“Lucky Justin Timberlake has Jessica Biel. I think she would just be the coolest girl to hang out with.”

― Kellan Lutz

“I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job.”

― Kelly Lynch

“Years ago – I used to be an actor – I was in a production of Vaclav Havel’s ‘Temptation,’ and when we started rehearsals, he was in prison. When we closed the show, he was running for president. And it felt incredibly timely and important and also this lucky thing.”

― Kelly Sue DeConnick

“Life is about making plans from which you deviate, almost always. If you are lucky, you do come up with a plan.”

― Kenneth Branagh

“I do think that, for instance, we’ve been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a kind of bogus kudos.”

― Kenneth Branagh

“I’m lucky that my best strength as a wrestler has always been my brain.”

― Kenny Omega

“I’ve been lucky – I’ve been an actor for eight years and I’ve never been out of work.”

― Kent McCord

“I got out of difficult situations when many of my classmates didn’t because I was smart, and I was lucky, and my parents were amazingly literate and helpful.”

― Kerry Greenwood

“My brothers and I have basically grown up on screen, and we feel so blessed and lucky because it’s been amazing.”

― Kevin Jonas

“We got very lucky, and we were really honored with how amazing our family is now at Hollywood Records… They believed in us, and they let us make the record we definitely wanted to make. And they let us be the Jonas Brothers.”

― Kevin Jonas

“We feel really lucky at Disney to work with a great stable of artists.”

― Kevin Lima

“I’ve been lucky in the sense that I haven’t become famous.”

― Kevin Rahm

“If you’re lucky, you go from being a movie fan to a movie maker.”

― Kevin Smith

“I’m lucky if I find one movie a year that’s worth doing, and when I do find one, it usually only takes 20-30 days to shoot.”

― Kevin Spacey

“There’s so many examples of just how lucky we are to be born anywhere in this world that is free.”

― Kid Rock

“I’m so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don’t think about retirement.”

― Kim Cattrall

“I’m lucky, always hopeful… I love my life.”

― Kimora Lee Simmons

“I was lucky that I had parents that had had supernatural experiences, so I could talk to them openly without them looking at me as some lunatic.”

― King Diamond

“I’ll just say I’m lucky. I’ve got the dopest girl in my corner.”

― King Princess

“The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from, and I am lucky to be part of it.”

― Kiran Desai

“I feel very lucky that I don’t have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That’s a big deal.”

― Kirsten Dunst

“I’m very lucky, I’ve got two very loving parents, still very much together, and always been very supportive.”

― Kit Harington

“I was lucky because on the morning after the burning of the Reichstag I left my home very early to catch a train to Berlin for the conference of our student organization and that is the only reason why I escaped arrest.”

― Klaus Fuchs

“I put in a lot of effort for a show like ‘Jhansi Ki Rani,’ and it worked. I think I am very lucky I have done that show!”

― Kratika Sengar

“I had braces; I was lucky, ’cause I had some snaggle teeth. I always try and keep my retainer on me ’cause I’m paranoid about my teeth. It was run over by a car, so half of it’s missing, but it still works.”

― Kreayshawn

“I just didn’t know what the heck I wanted to do with my life, so I drove out to California and got really lucky.”

― Krista Allen

“I’ve been very lucky in the characters I’ve chosen. Up until last year I was a nobody. I did jobs I booked because I needed to put food in my mouth.”

― Kristen Bell

“I’ve been lucky. The projects I’ve gotten to work on are projects I’d want to watch myself. That’s what I try to shoot for.”

― Kristen Schaal

“It’s an actor’s dream to only have one line, and people like him, so I’m really lucky.”

― Kristian Nairn

“We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.”

― Kristin Scott Thomas

“I had no clue on what I wanted to do when I was younger, so I was pretty lucky with this YouTube thing.”

― KSI

“I was very lucky that more experienced musicians allowed me to caterwaul until I figured out what it was really about.”

― Kurt Elling

“I’m lucky that I enjoy touring as much as I do. I’m not going to make a living just making records.”

― Kurt Elling

“I was lucky enough to play in three Super Bowls and two Arena Bowls.”

― Kurt Warner

“I was very young when we got married and I don’t know why it worked out like it did or how I was smart enough to know that this was the right guy, but somehow I got lucky.”

― Kyra Sedgwick

“I hoped that I would be a lead in my career; of course that was a hope of mine. But I never thought I would be so lucky to be the lead of a romcom. Simply because I don’t get those opportunities, for probably many reasons, but one of would likely be because I’m Asian.”

― Lana Condor

“My whole family is really close. I’m lucky for that.”

― Landon Liboiron

“I love my job so much, and not everyone can say that and I recognize how lucky that is.”

― Larisa Oleynik

“I got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I’m so lucky.”

― Laura Dern

“I was only 23 and just out of college when I filmed ‘Casualty’ and so nervous, but it was brilliant fun. I was really lucky, and it really helped my career.”

― Laura Donnelly

“I’ve been very lucky and been able to work, as an actress, but I’m definitely a working actress. I get a script, I audition, and then I pray.”

― Laura Haddock

“I’m profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I’ve liked it since I was 5 years old.”

― Laura Linney

“I am very lucky that my first film was fully commissioned by HBO.”

― Lauren Greenfield

“I’m incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to bring Mae to work with me as I take on the guest role of ‘Mary McGowan.’”

― Laurie Metcalf

“Music is the career I’m lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.”

― Layne Staley

“Who doesn’t want to draw Batman or Superman? Everyone would like to be able to draw them. I’ve been really lucky when it comes to the characters that I get to illustrate.”

― Lee Bermejo

“I am one of the lucky North Koreans who made it out of China. North Korean defectors in the country are terrified of trying to leave because they are often caught at the borders as they attempt to cross into Mongolia or Laos.”

― Lee Hyeon-seo

“I’m lucky to be surrounded by incredibly talented people at Pixar, of course, and I learn a lot from them each and every day.”

― Lee Unkrich

“I’d rather be lucky than good.”

― Lefty Gomez

“When I was unemployed, I hosted lots of dinner parties. Now I have time to make a pot of soup for the week – if I’m lucky!”

― Lela Loren

“I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.”

― Leo Buscaglia

“I get such lovely gifts from fans… amazing pictures, handmade jewellery. I’m very lucky!”

― Leona Lewis

“I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us: you don’t write the songs anyhow. So if you’re lucky, you can keep the vehicle healthy and responsive over the years. If you’re lucky, your own intentions have very little to do with this.”

― Leonard Cohen

“I’ve been a pretty lucky man.”

― Leonardo DiCaprio

“My goal was to play 350-capacity rooms in the U.K. and, if I was lucky, 100-capacity rooms in Europe. I just wanted to play music and make money off it.”

― Lewis Capaldi

“I was lucky enough to be in the studio with Drake and Kanye before I put ‘Freaky Friday’ out. I showed them the video before I put it out.”

― Lil Dicky

“I was on vacation in New York when my agent called asking if I wanted to go right in and audition for ‘Billy Elliot,’ so I was lucky to be there.”

― Lilla Crawford

“I was very lucky that my first film, ‘The Blind Side,’ I worked with Sandra Bullock.”

― Lily Collins

“I really have been lucky because I’ve always had a very healthy attitude to my body.”

― Lily James

“I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.”

― Linda Cardellini

“What’s it like being opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger? For me? Are you kidding? Maybe if I’m lucky, come up to his navel!”

― Linda Hunt

“When I made the leap from category romance to larger single-title books, I was encouraged to make the book ‘big,’ and suspense was allowed. Over the years, I’ve been able to write the kind of books I love, with a balance of suspense and romance. How lucky am I?”

― Lisa Jackson

“I’m very lucky to have the support of my family.”

― Lisa Madigan

“Opportunities present themselves to me. That’s how my whole life has been pretty much. I’ve been lucky.”

― Lizz Winstead

“In the early days, I just got lucky. I would audition for everything and just happen to land in something pretty respectable, like ‘Freaks and Geeks,’ my first job, which was a complete fluke.”

― Lizzy Caplan

“We got extremely lucky. It’s a tough business to work with.”

― Lloyd Banks

“Boom, I move to L.A. after doing ‘Aftershock,’ and I’ve been actually working here. So it’s all been ‘boom’; it’s all been ‘boom’ everything. It’s so exciting. It’s been amazing. I’m a very lucky girl.”

― Lorenza Izzo

“I’ve been lucky and I recognize that, but I haven’t lost sight of that girl I was.”

― Lori Lightfoot

“I had done a few commercials here and there, but I was never super lucky in commercials.”

― Lori Loughlin

“I was lucky to live 10 years in France, so I learned how to eat and drink there.”

― Lorraine Bracco

“To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.”

― Lou Holtz

“My guilty fear is that what I’m doing, probably anyone could do. And that I just got a lot of lucky breaks.”

― Louis Theroux

“I have been very lucky from the moment I went to my first audition, which was for ‘CSI: New York,’ and I got it.”

― Louise Linton

“I never went to drama school, but I was really lucky in that both my junior school and secondary school had brilliant drama departments.”

― Lucy Boynton

“I have been very lucky – all the jobs I’ve done have been with lovely people. In fact, I’ve been on many where I’ve just laughed uncontrollably the whole time.”

― Lucy Davis

“I feel very lucky that I make a living doing what I always wanted to do.”

― Lucy Punch

“Cologne was my big team, my favourite team. I trained one week in Cologne, and they asked me to sign for Cologne. At 17 or 18, the coach asked me to go the first-team training ground. I was lucky to have that coach.”

― Lukas Podolski

“I felt alive when I read a script and acted out a scene, or sang a song. It was my dream. I’m just very lucky that I’m still doing it and able to earn a living from it.”

― Luke Evans

“I have been lucky because sometimes things go really pear-shaped with a second or a third part, but I have been lucky enough to be in good sequels.”

― Luke Goss

“I’ve been lucky to be able to make the records I’ve wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to cut certain songs.”

― Lyle Lovett

“I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn’t married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn’t gay? I knew I was lucky.”

― Lynda Barry

“I was just so lucky to have a wonderful life after a tough marriage.”

― Lynn Johnston

“We’re so humbled and lucky to be in a position where we’ve been a four-piece for over 15 years. We’re signed to a major label. We’re on our fourth record on a major label. We’ve won a Grammy. We’ve toured the world.”

― Lzzy Hale

“I have been obscenely lucky. I’ve got most of the things I’ve asked for and done well at the things I’ve wanted to succeed at.”

― M. J. Hyland

“If your mom is still around, you’re so lucky.”

― M. J. Rose

“I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from artists that I really love and respect, to share a stage… I’ve been very lucky in that I haven’t had to create a five-year plan. It’s evolved.”

― M. Ward

“I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.”

― Mackenzie Astin

“I’ve been really lucky that I’ve been exposed to a lot of lovely, talented people who are not jerks, and I would like to continue that streak.”

― Mackenzie Davis

“I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He’s able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.”

― Madchen Amick

“I am so lucky that throughout my career I’ve been able to play such different characters.”

― Madchen Amick

“I was pretty lucky to get into Berklee at all. I never really had any theory or music-reading capabilities; I was completely by ear.”

― Madi Diaz

“I have an enormous metabolism, so I’m lucky.”

― Mads Mikkelsen

“I was just lucky I lived in this time of mass-market paperbacks.”

― Maeve Binchy

“When you get into the granny era, you’re lucky to get anything.”

― Maggie Smith

“I have been lucky with the people that I’ve worked with – and I have worked with very few people.”

― Mahira Khan

“Don’t hate me, but I’ve always been skinny. I got lucky.”

― Malin Akerman

“I am extremely lucky that I have a husband who is so supportive. He’s not in the slightest bit jealous or worried about the things I do in certain scenes.”

― Malin Akerman

“I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I’m lucky.”

― Mandy Patinkin

“I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I’m lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that’s if I’m lucky, I don’t always get to have that privilege but I try always.”

― Mandy Patinkin

“I got to have a TV show that really was the talk of the nation for a while there. So I’m a very lucky guy.”

― Marc Cherry

“I’m lucky that I get to do the bigger movies and the smaller movies.”

― Marc Platt

“I’ve been so lucky to work with some great, great writers: Tony Kushner and Yasmina Reza.”

― Marcia Gay Harden

“When I was 10 or 11, I started to sketch, and my drawings happened to be like fashion drawings… I’m lucky to have had this dream to chase since I was very young.”

― Marco Zanini

“For centuries, soup kitchens have been a way for local communities to offer a way of support, both nutritional and emotional to their less lucky neighbors.”

― Marcus Samuelsson

“We would love to have other children. It hasn’t happened. We haven’t been lucky enough.”

― Marg Helgenberger

“I’m lucky that I have good genetics. Like you said, it just gets better as I get older.”

― Margaret Cho

“With ‘The Leftovers,’ I was actually super, super lucky. It was my first major audition. When I came out, the casting director was kissing me on the face, and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s probably a good sign.’”

― Margaret Qualley

“My main goal is to stay healthy because when you’re injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.”

― Maria Sharapova

“If you really have something to say, sooner or later it will be heard. And if you’re lucky you’ll still be alive.”

― Marilyn Minter

“I’ve been really lucky because when I go out to L.A. it’s for a job, not to look for a job. That’s the way I like L.A. most – when I already have a job.”

― Marin Ireland

“I’ve just been really lucky to not be too much of a stereotype.”

― Marisa Tomei

“I’ve just been lucky. I’d like to have more choices, and I’d like to have a leading part.”

― Marisa Tomei

“I was lucky enough to have a father who said, ‘Don’t quit.’ So I just kept going.”

― Mariska Hargitay

“To be a billionaire, you have got to get lucky.”

― Mark Cuban

“I kind of fell into acting. I was very lucky.”

― Mark Goddard

“I’m really lucky in that I can do lots of different things. It must be really hard to just be a poet or just be a novelist – a constant cycle of effort and exhaustion and recuperation.”

― Mark Haddon

“Through my work and travels I have been lucky enough to have been exposed to various eclectic cuisine running the gamut from small local cafes to iconic five-star restaurants.”

― Mark Hyman

“You read about these oyster-shucking contests: Somebody did 100 oysters in three minutes, three seconds. I’m lucky if I can open one in three minutes, three seconds.”

― Mark Kurlansky

“I was lucky enough to get to perform on stage in front of 20 million people on TV, and 150 thousand in concerts. For 15 minutes I got to be a rock star, the 15 minutes is great! It turns into Spinal Tap after 20 minutes.”

― Mark Mothersbaugh

“I’ve been lucky enough to work with some of the best TV directors there are, and I’ve learned from how they had to handle when things don’t go quite according to plan.”

― Mark Sheppard

“We’re quite lucky that we’ve got political freedoms. We should be using them.”

― Mark Thomas

“How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before.”

― Mark Twain

“I’ve been lucky to be at companies that have been at interesting intersections at the time I’ve been able to run them and lead them.”

― Mark V. Hurd

“For most of my career I’ve been very lucky to have avoided major injuries.”

― Mark Viduka

“We are extraordinarily lucky in the U.K. to have inherited a diverse range of cities that bear the imprints of many centuries of human habitation.”

― Mark Walport

“I was lucky: I feel like I’ve written four books that mean something to me, and one book that means everything to me, and that’s ‘The Book Thief.’”

― Markus Zusak

“You need to be lucky in life, but it’s also what you do with your luck.”

― Marlon Wayans

“Furthermore, they were constantly informed by all the camp authorities that they had been abandoned by the world: they were beggars and lucky to receive the daily soup of starvation.”

― Martha Gellhorn

“My literary career kicked off in 1956 when, as a resident of Swansea, South Wales, I published my first novel, ‘Lucky Jim.’”

― Martin Amis

“I love curating, because I’m lucky and privileged that I have a platform and I can share my discoveries with other people.”

― Martin Parr

“We had a poster of the Davis Cup in 1986. It was in Prague, the Czech Republic against Sweden, and we went to watch, so I got the poster. You couldn’t get all the posters. You were lucky if you got one.”

― Martina Hingis

“There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers – only ten to a hundred; and even the lucky ones had their troubles.”

― Mary Antin

“I am lucky enough not to have to take jobs unless I love the material.”

― Mary Steenburgen

“I’m not a politician; I’m lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make.”

― Mathieu Kassovitz

“I have been lucky to experience a lot of the spoils that can happen in a rock band. But being with the three guys in this band from such a young age, we aren’t going to let any of the spoils change us.”

― Matt Bellamy

“You’re really lucky as an artist if you get a role that changes you as a person.”

― Matt Bomer

“I’ve been really lucky. I’ll completely forget that I’m a celebrity. And then something will happen, and I’ll go, ‘Oh, right.’”

― Matt Damon

“I’m lucky: I have very funny kids.”

― Matt Lauer

“I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.”

― Matt Ridley

“I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three.”

― Matthew Macfadyen

“It’s a life-changing thing to be in a position of needing help and being so lucky as to get it.”

― Maura Tierney

“I’m a lucky buck.”

― Maurice Sendak

“I can’t say I have a lucky charm, but I do wear a 3/4-zip U.S.A. jacket I wear to every event. I got it from Nike, and it was from the 2012 Olympic Games.”

― Max Aaron

“As songwriters, we are lucky to have ASCAP on our side, offering support and fighting for our rights.”

― Max Martin

“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”

― Maya Angelou

“They were responsible. I had very good kids. I was very lucky.”

― Maye Musk

“I grew up in the happiest home – my parents were really adventurous, and I was very lucky.”

― Maye Musk

“I’ve been really lucky to have had my fair share of relationships over the years and experiences to draw from. But I would say that I generally am not the one doing the heartbreaking.”

― Mayer Hawthorne

“I believe in all of these Irish myths, like leprechauns. Not the pot of gold, not the Lucky Charms leprechauns. But maybe was there something in the traditional sense? I believe that this stuff came from somewhere other than people’s imaginations.”

― Megan Fox

“I’ve been very lucky to work with a lot of amazingly supportive directors.”

― Megan Hilty

“I was lucky to have parents and people who believed in me.”

― Megan Shull

“I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo.”

― Megan Smith

“I was lucky enough to marry a wonderful chef.”

― Mehmet Oz

“It’s a blessing to be able to do different things really, I feel so lucky.”

― Mel Giedroyc

“I’m an actor. I’m hired to play whatever it is they want me to play – if I’m lucky enough to be cast for the part – which seems to take a lot of luck these days.”

― Melanie Mayron

“I’m constantly saying to myself, ‘I’m lucky I was born in the United States.’”

― Melinda Gates

“I’m a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what’s not there.”

― Melissa Leo

“I feel like I got hit with a lucky stick.”

― Melissa McCarthy

“I get a trickling few scripts that I’m lucky enough that some of them are great. I don’t get loads of scripts.”

― Meryl Streep

“I was lucky enough to make my Broadway debut in ‘Big River.’”

― Michael Arden

“I got lucky, and the first book, ‘The Black Echo,’ got published.”

― Michael Connelly

“I’ve been pretty lucky in that I’m not a big writer’s block kind of person.”

― Michael Giacchino

“I was pretty lucky to have grown up during the ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Indiana Jones’ and ‘E.T.’ years.”

― Michael Giacchino

“I was very lucky in that I had a couple of teachers who were particularly supportive.”

― Michael Gove

“I’m lucky enough to be able to make films and so I don’t need a psychiatrist. I can sort out my fears and all those things with my work. That’s an enormous privilege. That’s the privilege of all artists, to be able to sort out their unhappiness and their neuroses in order to create something.”

― Michael Haneke

“We play make-believe and dress up for a living. One goes, one doesn’t go, whatever. I don’t understand how you can get bitter or jaded. We’re just so lucky to get to do this.”

― Michael Mosley

“You just have to keep plugging away and if you get lucky enough to get a job, you get one.”

― Michael Vartan

“Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.”

― Michel de Montaigne

“History proves that most writers get forgotten anyway. That’s very likely to happen to my books, and if I’m extremely lucky, maybe one of my books will survive.”

― Michel Faber

“I guess I sort of just feel like I am lucky.”

― Michelle Pfeiffer

“I’m so lucky that I found comedy and that I get to do it for a living.”

― Michelle Wolf

“One of the fun things as an actor is to really spread your wings as wide as possible and do a variety of roles. I’ve been really lucky in that sense, I think.”

― Michiel Huisman

“Everyone who worked on ‘The Fox and the Hound’ is important. We’re all lucky to be in a business that we love.”

― Mickey Rooney

“I am extremely lucky; I’ve never been ill – although about 20 years ago I broke my right arm hang gliding.”

― Micky Dolenz

“The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky.”

― Mike McCready

“What most people do is they make terrific films, one in three if you’re very lucky, maybe one in five. So you just have to keep on, you have to get through the bad bits.”

― Mike Newell

“I was really lucky to grow up in an extremely diverse neighborhood.”

― Mike Posner

“I feel really lucky to be in a band where the guys, for all the opportunities to do things that potentially would be good for them but detrimental to the group, that everybody stayed loyal to the whole.”

― Mike Shinoda

“I’ve cut my teeth as a coach with some great head coaches and some great co-workers and I have been very lucky to have learned a lot of football from all of the above.”

― Mike Tice

“I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer’s work is.”

― Mikhail Baryshnikov

“We’re so lucky to take being alive for granted.”

― Milana Vayntrub

“We have a wonderful world. I feel very lucky to be in it.”

― Millicent Simmonds

“I have been really lucky to play roles younger than myself for most of my career.”

― Miranda Otto

“I’m really lucky to be married to a perfect person.”

― Mireille Enos

“My friends say everything I touch turns to gold. I’ll say, ‘I’ve been very lucky.’”

― Mireille Guiliano

“I’ve been very lucky – I’ve worked consistently, and I haven’t had to kiss a lot of people on stage.”

― Miriam Margolyes

“Ageism is interesting for me because I’ve been playing someone in my 40s since I was 20 or so, but I have experienced it. I’ve been lucky in that I haven’t had to play the ingenue and feel that slip away.”

― Miriam Shor

“I’ve done over 100 auditions, but I was lucky to stumble onto the Internet as it was growing. Because in film, people are not looking at casting completely unknown faces as lead roles.”

― Mithila Palkar

“I have been lucky enough to portray many, many characters.”

― Mohanlal

“I am lucky because I do fine art, and that is half of my living. And then illustration provides the other half.”

― Molly Crabapple

“I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust.”

― Monica Seles

“Why am I here? I’m not lucky. That’s God.”

― Mr. T

“’Love Sonia’ is very lucky for my career; I owe a lot to it. If I have a ‘Batla House,’ ‘Super 30,’ it’s only because of ‘Love Sonia.’”

― Mrunal Thakur

“Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the whims of the unseen, harsh language. And it is not. Supposed. To make. Sense. In fact, I think it’s coolest when it doesn’t.”

― N. K. Jemisin

“I love the Middle East and have been lucky enough to visit a few of the countries like Egypt, Lebanon, Jordon and the U.A.E.”

― Nadia Ali

“I was lucky because I used to live right next to a video-rental store. I used to spend so much time watching films. So I’ve seen a lot. I used to watch ‘Dynasty’ and ‘Dallas’ and have seen every kind of film. I’ve been influenced by everything I’ve seen.”

― Nadine Labaki

“All these years, when someone praised my work, I would feel lucky.”

― Nani

“I think Paul Weitz is a really amazing director, obviously with tons of acclaim and stuff, but I still think he is underrated. And I think he’s amazing to work with, so I was super lucky.”

― Nat Wolff

“I’m very lucky to be in projects that have such skilled writing in them.”

― Natalie Dormer

“I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.”

― Natasha Henstridge

“I was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn’t seen much stand-up. I just got up on stage and did it without thinking.”

― Natasha Leggero

“I am doing characters that have so many layers. And I am very lucky that I show a lot of variety.”

― Nawazuddin Siddiqui

“After graduation, I moved to Los Angeles to do more theater, not realizing there is very little theater in L.A. It was a lucky mistake, though, because after just 2 1/2 months of waiting tables, my TV and film career really took off.”

― Nicholas Gonzalez

“And I’ve been lucky in that I haven’t had another job besides acting in the last five years.”

― Nicholas Lea

“I’m very lucky to be on ‘Melissa and Joey’ because it’s a multi-cam sitcom, and it was a nice transition from theatre because it’s taped in front of a live audience.”

― Nick Robinson

“When I was growing up, I was lucky to benefit from a first class education.”

― Nicola Sturgeon

“I’ve always loved the future. But I must say the future changes a lot quicker than it used to. An era used to last thirty or forty years – now we’re lucky if it’s five.”

― Nicolas Roeg

“I have a stack of scripts that I’ve read – I’m in the lucky position where I get offered things – but I haven’t wanted to direct many of them.”

― Nicole Holofcener

“We’ve been very lucky to have UKIP in the U.K. If we hadn’t been here, the BNP would be doing very well.”

― Nigel Farage

“How lucky can one guy get? I was a runaway, and then I was in one of the biggest bands in the world. I’ve sold out every arena. I’ve sold millions and millions of records.”

― Nikki Sixx

“Music has to keep moving. But I was lucky. For me there was always something around the corner.”

― Nile Rodgers

“I’m a lucky person because the company keeps growing, and that means my team keeps growing.”

― Nobu Matsuhisa

“I’m very lucky to have been given a lot of freedom in my career, but it’s also fun to play in other people’s playgrounds!”

― Noelle Stevenson

“I went to a dentist for a toothache, and it turned out his kids were in an acting school. We talked about it, and I decided to enroll at the same school. I was 14. I guess you could say I just got lucky.”

― Nolan Gerard Funk

“I feel like I’ve been lucky, because I don’t feel like I’ve ever tried to be somebody I’m not. People might disagree.”

― Norah Jones

“I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.”

― Norman Schwarzkopf

“But no, I’ve just been very lucky. But I’ve worked hard, and the harder you work, the luckier you seem to get.”

― Norman Wisdom

“I’ve been extremely lucky having been in the army when I was a boy of fourteen.”

― Norman Wisdom

“It is challenging and hard not to accept all stereotypical roles that get thrown your way. For me, I’ve been really, really lucky because I have been able to play a lot of different parts.”

― Noureen DeWulf

“I am very lucky to be living my dream.”

― Oksana Masters

“We were very lucky. My mother and stepmothers were on very, very good terms, and so we, the children, grew up as brothers and sisters.”

― Oliver Tambo

“I simply have a marvellous life, a very lucky life.”

― Olivia Newton-John

“I still can’t believe I danced with Gene Kelly. How lucky am I that I’ve been in movies where I’ve danced with two of the greatest dancers of all time – with Gene Kelly and John Travolta.”

― Olivia Newton-John

“You realize when you’re pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.”

― Olivia Wilde

“I’m proud to have played characters who’ve inspired people to live out loud, and I’m lucky to have reached an audience that’s been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive.”

― Olivia Wilde

“How lucky am I?”

― Olivia Williams

“I’ve been lucky enough to kiss three James Bonds on screen: Pierce Brosnan, George Lazenby and Daniel Craig.”

― Olivia Williams

“I’m just considering myself extremely lucky. All I wanted is to have ‘Paranormal Activity’ be released and become successful. And everything that’s happened since then is just an enormous bonus.”

― Oren Peli

“I’m amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I’m so lucky, though my mum always says, ‘You make your own luck.’”

― Orlando Bloom

“Maybe I’m just purely lucky. If I’ve come up against obstacles I’ve always found another way around it.”

― P. J. Harvey

“I am so happy that every generation still tunes into most of the classic and cult films I was lucky to be a part of.”

― P. J. Soles

“I was lucky to get good coaches and infrastructure that I needed. To become a champion, it is not just a few months’ practice: it takes years to make a champion.”

― P. V. Sindhu

“I am really lucky that I got such good coaches and everything I wanted, right from the infrastructure to proper coaching.”

― P. V. Sindhu

“I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.”

― Padma Lakshmi

“The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it’s not something I’ve ever pursued… I’ve been lucky, I guess.”

― Padma Lakshmi

“It’s amazing living alone. I’m very lucky. It’s like a refuge.”

― Paloma Faith

“I was lucky enough to play against Maradona. He and Ronaldo, when he was at Inter Milan – they were my toughest opponents.”

― Paolo Maldini

“I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles.”

― Paolo Nutini

“Don’t leave your job without getting an acting offer. Very few people in the industry are lucky to get a film without much struggle and be successful.”

― Parineeti Chopra

“I’m so lucky to not have to busk anymore, but I realized as soon as I didn’t need to do it that I really missed it.”

― Passenger

“The big thing is I’m not with a major label. I’ve been independent since the get-go, and I’ve been very lucky to get some good advice on keeping hold of copyright and that kind of stuff.”

― Passenger

“The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you’re lucky if you have five takes.”

― Patricia Clarkson

“I have a good idea of how lucky we are to be growing up in Canada.”

― Patrick Chan

“Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn’t really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant screenplays; I was just one of the lucky ones who got nominated.”

― Patrick Marber

“I have a tendency to be lucky and make the right choices based on limited information.”

― Paul D. Boyer

“In a way, my father was lucky. He had a hunch that his vision of the National Gallery would interest other collectors and persuade them to come in with him, and that hunch proved to be right.”

― Paul Mellon

“I’m lucky my parents travel with me.”

― Paula Creamer

“I’m very lucky. I’m very fortunate that my books have never gone out of print – none of them.”

― Paula Danziger

“If you’re an actress and even one person knows your name, you’re lucky.”

― Paula Patton

“Death isn’t a funny thing. We’re all lucky to be living.”

― Pauly Shore

“I’m lucky that I have a supportive partner who loves me when I’m bigger as well as slim.”

― Penny Lancaster

“It’s a pleasure. We are lucky guys to be there in front of the millions and millions watching us.”

― Pep Guardiola

“We’re not just three dumb girls from the ghetto who got lucky.”

― Pepa

“I’ve been really lucky in that I’ve been able to work so much, and pretty much everything I’ve done has been really great fun.”

― Peter Billingsley

“I’m so lucky to have worked with Burt Lancaster, who I remember was one of the first people I’d heard swearing in a really interesting way.”

― Peter Capaldi

“I’m lucky: whatever I eat, I’ve never wavered from just under 14 stone.”

― Peter Crouch

“So I won’t say I’m lucky. I’m fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me.”

― Peter Dinklage

“Language patterns solidify at 10, 11, 12, so I was able to learn English fairly easily, with no accent. I didn’t do speech or vocal work to get rid of the German accent; I was just lucky.”

― Peter Hermann

“I prefer it when I can intimidate the audience rather than the audience intimidate me. I’ve been lucky in my career to have both.”

― Peter Hook

“As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances.”

― Peter Snell

“Since I started, like, 200 years ago, I’ve always wanted to direct and write. But I’ve been so busy – and fortunate and lucky – as an actor.”

― Peter Stormare

“That’s match play. You’ve got to get lucky. You’ve got to try to catch somebody on a down day when you have a down day.”

― Peter Uihlein

“I guess you could say I’m lucky because I’ve known a Zimbabwe that didn’t have Robert Mugabe leading it. One of the saddest things about Zimbabwe is there are so many hidden casualties of the Mugabe government’s misrule. They’re not just casualties that you immediately see.”

― Petina Gappah

“China’s a lucky place for me!”

― Petra Kvitova

“My hair has a natural, beachy wave, so I’m really lucky.”

― Peyton List

“I’m retiring as a football player from the University of Tennessee who played for the Colts and the Broncos and was very lucky to have played for all of them.”

― Peyton Manning

“I’m lucky because I have the ability to look at the brighter side of life.”

― Phaneesh Murthy

“I really wish we could stay longer in the countries we visit, but I’ve been lucky to have visited most of them before, because I’ve done a tremendous amount of travel.”

― Phil Keoghan

“I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet.”

― Philip Levine

“I was lucky enough to make four Bond films. It finished in rather shambolic fashion, but I have no bitterness, no resentment.”

― Pierce Brosnan

“I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone.”

― Pierre Cardin

“Luck is believing you’re lucky.”

― Poppy Delevingne

“I’m lucky to have a fast metabolism, so I haven’t had to exercise much.”

― Poppy Delevingne

“I’ve been fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to pick and choose the parts I play. I’ve also been lucky to always be involved with quality actors, quality directors, quality writers.”

― Powers Boothe

“I was just lucky to be a part of this phenomenon of Indian cinema. Perhaps no other film can ever match the magic and awe of ‘Baahubali.’”

― Prabhas

“If needed, I would have even given seven years of my life for ‘Baahubali,’ as such characters are rare to play in a lifetime for any actor. I consider myself very fortunate and lucky for it.”

― Prabhas

“I was really lucky and blessed to have had the likes of directors such as Mani Ratnam and Rajkumar Hirani in my career.”

― R. Madhavan

“For me, writing is such an escape, and I felt very lucky to have this to run away to.”

― Rachel Joyce

“I’m really lucky to be in the TV industry and to have a regular yearly contract. That gives me security.”

― Rachel Riley

“While I don’t claim that I feel no pressure, I have strived to take up only those scripts that appeal to me. I’ve been lucky that the ones I chose were also liked by audiences.”

― Radhika Pandit

“I am just lucky to be blessed with a good metabolism.”

― Radhika Pandit

“I was lucky to see Di Stefano, on the pitch, in person. He was a winner, as is Raul.”

― Rafael Benitez

“I’m lucky enough to do what I like for work – not everyone’s that fortunate.”

― Rafael Nadal

“I’m lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.”

― Rainn Wilson

“By and large, I’m in the same boat as other inventors. If we’re lucky, of the 10 or 15 items we do a year, maybe one or two of them wind up with a licensing agreement.”

― Ralph H. Baer

“I think you have to be really lucky to pick the sort of roles you want to do.”

― Ram Kapoor

“I’m lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want.”

― Rashida Jones

“The law isn’t justice. It’s a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.”

― Raymond Chandler

“I was lucky to have made it to 23 before my world fell apart, but when it did, I had no idea how to survive. It was a rough year. I cried – a lot. I complained – a lot. I also wrote – a lot.”

― Rebecca Serle

“I have been lucky in getting a lot of the projects I’ve wanted, maybe because I’m really, really driven. But there is a stigma that women can’t direct big studio films. Not that I want to do that, but it is a topic that comes up a lot.”

― Reed Morano

“But listen, I’m 29-years-old, I’m really lucky to be there and whatever happens I’ve been really blessed already. I have plenty of awards for this movie and if this was it for me I’d be really content.”

― Reese Witherspoon

“Babe Ruth was great. I’m just lucky.”

― Reggie Jackson

“If you’re lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.”

― Regina Brett

“I’ve been very lucky as an actor. I have worked all the time. Some shows I do, they get cancelled. Some, they’re critically acclaimed, and then they get cancelled. And some, I’m in the last season of this or that. But I can’t complain about my career.”

― Rena Sofer

“I’m one of those few actresses who works all the time, and even though I haven’t done a show that literally puts me on some kind of map – as in, that’s how I’m known and that’s how I’ll always be known – I’m very lucky.”

― Rena Sofer

“In my experience with cancer, I was one of the lucky ones: diagnosed and treated by a qualified team of professionals as well as benefiting from the advancements in cancer research.”

― Rene Angelil

“I’m lucky – I can do two things at once.”

― Renee Fleming

“I’ve worked with Hollywood stars, but the reason most of the Hollywood stars I’ve worked with are Hollywood stars is that they’re excellent actors, so I’ve been very lucky.”

― Rhys Ifans

“I am so lucky that I have been part of and written songs that will always resonate no matter how old they get.”

― Richard Ashcroft

“With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to get lucky on one of our flights.”

― Richard Branson

“I’ve been very lucky. I come from a very close family.”

― Richard Branson

“I was very lucky. I started my own commercial company.”

― Richard Donner

“We had had several mine disasters where workers, some of the workers were rescued. It was, you know, who was lucky and who weren’t. Some would find the air pockets But, in this one, bam, it was just, everybody was gone and it greatly depressed the state.”

― Richard Grimes

“I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn’t have been seen.”

― Richard Linklater

“I’m lucky that I get to jump around, do a big-budget comedy and then a smaller film. I don’t even make a big distinction between them.”

― Richard Linklater

“I fell in love with my wife twenty years ago. I am only now, it seems, getting it through my very thick skull how lucky I am.”

― Richard Schiff

“I’ve been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I’ve later regretted.”

― Richard Schiff

“I am one of the lucky ones; believe me, I haven’t forgotten that.”

― Richard Schiff

“I’m a lucky guy. I don’t take for granted, for one minute, what I do.”

― Richie Sambora

“I’m very lucky, because my beat is current events. And events are changing all the time.”

― Rick Mercer

“I was able to do a lot of music on ‘SCTV,’ and I was really lucky to do a musical; I got to sing the part of Seymour in ‘Little Shop of Horrors.’”

― Rick Moranis

“It’s wonderful being an author and having so many kids enjoying my books. That’s always been my dream job, and I feel very lucky to be able to do it.”

― Rick Riordan

“I’ve been lucky enough to be able to choose exactly where I want to live.”

― Ricky Gervais

“I’ve been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.”

― Ricky Jay

“I’ve always thought I haven’t ever had much of a lucky break.”

― Ricky Reed

“For as long as I’ve been acting, I have been very lucky to be paired with really great actresses playing my mom.”

― Rico Rodriguez

“I’m so damn lucky to still be here at 85. If I get a hangnail, I don’t dare complain! Life is good. I wake up humming.”

― Rita Moreno

“Playing in the Premier League, in front of such crowds and on such perfect pitches, is amazing. I am so lucky.”

― Riyad Mahrez

“I’ve been very lucky to have played a variety of characters, and they weren’t defined by their race.”

― Riz Ahmed

“We should all be so lucky in our lives to create things that we’re still talking about 25 years later.”

― Rob Lowe

“Guys are really lucky. We become our authentic selves the older we get.”

― Rob Lowe

“I’m getting paid to do what I got in trouble for in the 7th grade. I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business.”

― Rob Paulsen

“I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business.”

― Rob Paulsen

“I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn’t a singer and guitar player and some other guys.”

― Robbie Robertson

“Biologically, I’m lucky – an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.”

― Robert Carlyle

“Money makes your life easier. If you’re lucky to have it, you’re lucky.”

― Robert De Niro

“I’m lucky that I have whatever I had that makes me have a successful career, if you will.”

― Robert De Niro

“I think I’ve been lucky, being my frequent appearances on Court TV have brought to me another level than just the actor guy.”

― Robert Downey, Jr.

“I did a lot of stuff before I became known for horror. I did a lot of small films in the ’70s, in all kinds of styles. I worked with all kinds of people when I was just starting out: I was incredibly lucky.”

― Robert Englund

“I got lucky because my dad moved us to Silicon Valley before it really was known worldwide as an important tech hub.”

― Robert Scoble

“I never put my arms around John Gotti, Al Capone or Lucky Luciano.”

― Robert Stack

“I feel very lucky to have the freedom to do the things I want to do. And as I say, my clients are all my friends as well.”

― Robert Stigwood

“I consider myself so lucky.”

― Robert Woodrow Wilson

“Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They’d have been sick of all that rubbish in a year.”

― Robertson Davies

“I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I learned very early on by playing for Frank Robinson and with Henry Aaron that even the greatest players in the game were just one of the guys.”

― Robin Yount

“I always get lucky against Chile.”

― Robinho

“I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do.”

― Robyn Davidson

“I was so lucky and blessed to have gotten ‘White Chicks’ so early into my career.”

― Rochelle Aytes

“I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter… were very pretty fellows, and that was the trend. I was one of the first of the uglies to get lucky.”

― Rod Taylor

“I’m a very lucky person.”

― Roddy Piper

“You have to put yourself in a position to be lucky.”

― Roelof Botha

“We’re very lucky to be able to go back and reclaim something that was a very special part of all our lives.”

― Roger Andrew Taylor

“’ The Lucky One’ is at its heart a romance novel, elevated however by Nicholas Sparks’ persuasive storytelling. Readers don’t read his books because they’re true, but because they ought to be true.”

― Roger Ebert

“I’m very lucky.”

― Roger Moore

“I would have loved to study medicine, but I was lucky to have come into the profession that I loved. I may not have been very good at it, but I loved it.”

― Roger Moore

“Everybody’s got an opinion, and I was just lucky enough to have an outlet for mine.”

― Roger Taylor

“I regard myself as being enormously lucky to have been accepted by the British public in so many areas.”

― Rolf Harris

“I grew up in Colombo but was lucky enough to spend a lot of time in the countryside as well. Although there was considerable turbulence, even in the 1950s, it did not throw a shadow on my consciousness.”

― Romesh Gunesekera

“I’ve been lucky in that I’ve always loved my job.”

― Ronnie Corbett

“I am lucky that I get to play a singer and an actress.”

― Roop Durgapal

“I told myself when I was broke and homeless that my biggest goal was just to have a house. That goal was achieved. I’m just really, really lucky.”

― Rosa Salazar

“Initially, new ideas are rejected. Later they become dogma if you’re right. And if you’re really lucky, you can publish your rejections as part of your Nobel presentation.”

― Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

“Any actress – goodness, we’re lucky to be working. We all know that. There are few parts, a few good ones.”

― Rosamund Pike

“I’ve been very lucky with my career and don’t feel like I’m being typecast in the same role over and over again.”

― Rose McIver

“Venice, Italy, is one of my favorite cities, a place I’ve been lucky enough to visit twice.”

― Rosecrans Baldwin

“I feel lucky to be an actor because you always learn something from each part you play.”

― Rosemarie DeWitt

“I’m a lucky gal.”

― Rosie Perez

“My mum certainly isn’t a prude, nor is my brother, so I think I’m lucky to have a family like that.”

― Roxanne McKee

“Sure, I had dreams of being a star when I was 18. I could’ve pushed it, too, but it wouldn’t have happened any sooner. I’m lucky. What’s happened has happened in spite of me.”

― Roy Clark

“Uh, I just had an operation last March which was rather serious and I’m recuperating now. I’m on a very bland diet. But, uh, I’m lucky, I was just lucky, that’s all.”

― Rube Goldberg

“I’m lucky not to have a nine-to-five job.”

― Ruby Wax

“I am lucky to have good Polish skin that doesn’t wrinkle so I might be around for a few years yet.”

― Ruby Wax

“I did a couple of films, I was very lucky at the beginning of my career… and then, I never had another job here for ten years probably and I moved to Europe.”

― Rupert Everett

“Becoming that guy who does one thing is not very interesting. I’m lucky and proud to have been involved in period films and action films.”

― Rupert Friend

“I find it very lucky to be an Indian and living in India.”

― Ruskin Bond

“Ever since my colorectal cancer in 1999, I have been followed by the N.I.H. That was very lucky for me because they detected my pancreatic cancer at a very early stage.”

― Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“I put a song out for fun, from ‘Lucky Them’… I wrote another one called ‘Love Song.’ I really liked that.”

― Ryan Eggold

“HootSuite never had a big launch. We were lucky to even have office space.”

― Ryan Holmes

“I’ve been so blessed and so lucky to be a part of great shows like ‘Chuck’ and projects ‘Daybreak.’”

― Ryan McPartlin

“Guys are lucky: We can wear a suit over and over, just with different shirts and ties.”

― Ryan Reynolds

“A nicely fitted two-button suit is the best thing any guy can have. Guys are lucky: We can wear a suit over and over, just with different shirts and ties.”

― Ryan Reynolds

“I’m very lucky; I have a lot of knowledge. My favorite band is The Beatles, so a lot of inspiration for my music comes from them, too.”

― Sabrina Carpenter

“I am a lucky boy.”

― Sadio Mane

“I was lucky that it hit my shaft, and then my helmet, and I was lucky enough to get that breakaway.”

― Saku Koivu

“My personal narrative – I was lucky early on in my career to have some really strong mentors. I didn’t realize it at the time, but that’s what really built me up.”

― Sal Khan

“We are lucky to have Manmohan Singh as our Prime Minister. We could not have done without a person and leader of the choice as Manmohan Singh, who gets all international attention.”

― Salman Khurshid

“England in a way is lucky. It’s an island, so the frontiers are given by the sea.”

― Salman Rushdie

“I’m very lucky. I had a great childhood.”

― Sam Heughan

“I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.”

― Samantha Bond

“Daniel, my big brother, is eight years older. I’m lucky he didn’t mind hanging out with his little sister and my younger brother.”

― Samantha Stosur

“Life after ‘Home and Away’ has been good. I’m very lucky and fortunate.”

― Samara Weaving

“I’m lucky to have a second chance. Not everyone in life has a second chance, and I do.”

― Samir Nasri

“People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.”

― Samuel Butler

“I am lucky to have a family like this who have motivated me throughout.”

― Sandeep Singh

“The beginning of my career was so brilliant. It wasn’t until ten years later that I went, ‘Oh, that was a big, fat fluke and, boy, was I ever lucky.’”

― Sandra Oh

“I was lucky on ‘Arli$$.’ I basically got to do whatever I wanted because HBO is great for that.”

― Sandra Oh

“I recognize how lucky I am as an actor. I’ve been working as an actor since I was 9 years old.”

― Sara Rue

“Most fledgling and mid-list writers are lucky to be offered a 4-figure sum and are not only expected to deliver copy that needs minimal editing but also take an active part in marketing and publicizing their work.”

― Sara Sheridan

“I write fast. I’m one of the lucky ones.”

― Sara Sheridan

“I do Pilates two to three times a week if I’m lucky. Usually just two.”

― Sarah Clarke

“I’ve always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it.”

― Sarah McLachlan

“The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant juggernaut. That was lucky.”

― Sarah Vowell

“Performing, not rehearsing, is a dancer’s raison d’etre, and I’ve been lucky to ‘etre’ in some extraordinary places – Cuba, Paris, Mongolia. In particular, a two-week stint in Greece leaps to mind. We danced in the Acropolis’s Herodes Atticus amphitheater, once a venue for gladiator spectacles.”

― Sascha Radetsky

“When I started at Microsoft, I was lucky enough to be part of the rise of the client-server paradigm.”

― Satya Nadella

“Well, you can’t say you are lucky to live in Champaign, but I was lucky to be at the University of Illinois. It’s a very international cosmopolitan community. That’s very helpful.”

― Sayed Kashua

“I’m a third generation Californian, and there’s a lot of talented, good-looking guys in California, so I’m just happy to be working and lucky to be working.”

― Scott Eastwood

“I’ve been lucky enough in my career to work with a few people who are really prolific.”

― Scott Foley

“I feel like, in some ways, I couldn’t be a luckier actor to have Stick from ‘Daredevil’ and Senior from ‘The Leftovers.’ Two really different, incredible parts to do. I’m just lucky.”

― Scott Glenn

“I want to make serious work that engages with serious subjects. I’m very lucky: I get to more or less make what I want.”

― Scott Rudin

“I feel lucky to be alive.”

― Scott Weiland

“I was lucky to play with guys who were not only good players, but great people.”

― Scottie Pippen

“I’m extremely lucky in that my wife is the chief scheduler.”

― Seal

“I’m lucky that a lot of my friends are in the entertainment industry.”

― Sean Lennon

“It’s amazing how lucky Westlife were and what we achieved. It’s very rare to have seven number ones in a row. Ridiculous in fact.”

― Shane Filan

“When I finished Westlife, we had – Louie Walsh is still managing me – I was lucky to have options from different labels such as Sony and Universal. When we met Capitol and Nick Raphael, I just believed in them the most, and it looked like they believed in me the most.”

― Shane Filan

“When I got my PhD, it was a time when there were just no jobs for PhDs. Period. PhDs were getting the lowest paid technician jobs, if they were lucky, in any kind of science.”

― Shannon Lucid

“One lucky shot deserves another.”

― Shaquille O’Neal

“I’m very lucky in that I have a good cosmetic surgeon.”

― Sharon Osbourne

“Everyone brings their top game to Endeavour. We’re very lucky. I’m glad people love it because that’s our intention.”

― Shaun Evans

“I’m just lucky to be working; I’m not trying to leave a legacy.”

― Shaun Evans

“It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can’t ask for much more.”

― Shawn Johnson

“When I think about it, I’ve been really lucky.”

― Shea Whigham

“I’m very lucky with my metabolism.”

― Shenae Grimes

“I feel lucky that I get the privilege of serving in the Senate.”

― Sherrod Brown

“I was lucky that my parents had supported and guided me with a positive framework.”

― Shiva Ayyadurai

“Having worked in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil film industries, I’ve been lucky to have travelled far and wide for shoots.”

― Shruti Haasan

“I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I’m lucky, make a million dollars.”

― Sia

“I’m lucky I have good metabolism and I’m very grateful for that.”

― Sienna Miller

“I’m lucky to be collaborating with a lot of great songwriters/producers – and it’s all about chemistry!”

― Sigrid

“I’m very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk.”

― Simon Beaufoy

“I actually didn’t finish NYU. I would have, but I was lucky enough to get my foot in the door before I graduated.”

― Simon Helberg

“I am lucky to be part of a ‘Kyunki.’ Not every actor gets a chance to be part of a successful television show.”

― Smriti Irani

“I am lucky to have found an artistic companion in Anurag; there is a sense of belonging.”

― Sobhita Dhulipala

“As a full-time model, exciting opportunities came my way, and I was lucky to be featured in the Kingfisher Calendar 2014. This helped me get noticed, and I bagged assignments to walk the ramp for well-known Indian designers.”

― Sobhita Dhulipala

“I’ve been very lucky that I’ve never had cellulite. My body was always firm.”

― Sofia Vergara

“Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.”

― Solon

“Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.”

― Solon

“I’m a really luck guy to play in the Premier League and have so many fans, so many supporters. This is a really lucky guy.”

― Son Heung-min

“I’m a very lucky guy to play for my country, and I’m very happy and lucky to have this country.”

― Son Heung-min

“We’re so lucky where we live, but we’re so out of touch. Everyone’s mindset is made to feel that refugees are a problem, but it’s more than that. They’re human beings, too. They were forced from their homes.”

― Sonny Bill Williams

“A young fella snuck out on to the field somehow, but when he was coming up to give me a hug, he got smoked by the guard. He was lucky the guy didn’t break his ribs.”

― Sonny Bill Williams

“I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.”

― Sophia Loren

“I always had a real love of children’s presenting, and I was lucky enough to do that and have an acting career alongside it.”

― Sophie Aldred

“I’m very lucky. I have a really supportive husband in Henry, and there’s my mum, too. I couldn’t have a career and manage the kids’ routines and household thing single-handedly. I’d just go crazy.”

― Sophie Kinsella

“Stephen Daldry would be a director that I would love to work with as well as Peter Jackson, Tim Burton, and I’m very lucky to have worked with Isabel Coixet, who is also one of my favourite directors.”

― Sophie Turner

“God’s dice always have a lucky roll.”

― Sophocles

“I feel lucky, and I have to thank my writers, directors, and producers for giving me great parts to play on screen.”

― Sridevi

“I have just been lucky to get challenging characters every time.”

― Sriti Jha

“My mum went above and beyond to make up for the fact I didn’t have two parents. I was very lucky.”

― Stacey Dooley

“For years, kids have been asking me what’s the greatest superpower. I always say luck. If you’re lucky, everything works. I’ve been lucky.”

― Stan Lee

“I’ve always enjoyed playing in Paris, ever since I was a junior and won the junior event there. Being Swiss, this is the Grand Slam that is closest to us – the one we watch first and visit first if we are lucky enough.”

― Stan Wawrinka

“I’m lucky that I was in retailing during the time that I call the golden age of retailing.”

― Stanley Marcus

“I’m a lucky guy. No question.”

― Stedman Graham

“I love the brands I’m signed to, and I’m lucky enough to have loyal, high-fashion clients that I work with every season. It’s a blast.”

― Stella Maxwell

“In many ways, I’m incredibly lucky to have been born with my impairment and that it’s visible. It means my path has been predictable.”

― Stella Young

“I am not only lucky to be an actor, but I am lucky to be one of the most privileged actors in the world because I can do all kinds of films and genres and everything.”

― Stellan Skarsgard

“I’m in such a privileged position to class football as my full-time job, to be captain of England, captain of Manchester City. I’m very lucky.”

― Steph Houghton

“I’ve been tremendously lucky. I went through things that turned out wrong, and I got myself out of them.”

― Stephane Hessel

“I’m lucky that most of the time I’m on location in amazing places. Most of the time, I don’t need holidays, I just stop working.”

― Stephanie Beacham

“As a child, I was lucky enough to spend each summer with my grandmother.”

― Stephanie Coontz

“Now, bipolar disorder, it goes on a spectrum. There’s very severe conditions of it and there are milder ones. I’m lucky enough that it’s reasonably mild in my case.”

― Stephen Fry

“Generally, we try not to write down to kids. We really just try to write a visual, character-driven cartoon that has a lot of slapstick and really appeals to us. I guess we are just lucky that other adults find that amusing, too.”

― Stephen Hillenburg

“With Pavement, we had no managers and never had a lawyer. We got lucky with not signing any bad deals.”

― Stephen Malkmus

“I’m lucky I get to work a lot.”

― Stephen Root

“I’m not so in a rush to direct just anything because I’m lucky that I can make a living so far as an actor and not have to worry about that as a director. And so I can be a little more choosy in things I direct.”

― Steve Buscemi

“Memphis is in a very lucky position on the map. Everything just gravitated to Memphis for years.”

― Steve Cropper

“At home, I’m lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to go to soccer.”

― Steve Earle

“I’m lucky to be in this business. I’m very grateful.”

― Steve Guttenberg

“When you’re starting out as an actor, there isn’t much food around. I was lucky to have a hit pretty early on. I didn’t starve too long.”

― Steve Guttenberg

“I’ve always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That’s how I got from there to here.”

― Steve Lacy

“I’ve been a lucky guy.”

― Steve Mariucci

“I just know how lucky I am.”

― Steve Scalise

“With drama, especially, it seems like the bigger the budgets and the edgier the characters, the more interesting they are. We’re very lucky because ‘Modern Family’ wouldn’t fit on cable: they’d want us to push it more and be edgier and turn it into something that it’s not.”

― Steven Levitan

“I was very lucky with ‘The Sopranos.’”

― Steven Van Zandt

“People think I’m smart because Flickr was successful. I’m lucky. Maybe I’m smart, too. But, I’m lucky.”

― Stewart Butterfield

“TV is an interesting business. You audition with a couple of little papers in your hand, and if you’re lucky, you get to say those lines in the show. Then, once in a while, you get to do more.”

― Susan Blommaert

“I start with characters, and then I start writing, and then, if I’m lucky, things start to happen.”

― Susan Choi

“Erica Kane was a spectacular role for any actress to play, and I felt so lucky to be the one who got to do it.”

― Susan Lucci

“I was very lucky both of my parents had really nice skin.”

― Susan Lucci

“Amy Adams is a lucky woman. Not only is she one of Hollywood’s most talented actresses, with five Oscar nominations under her fashionable belt, she actually smells sexy.”

― Susannah Cahalan

“I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones.”

― Suzy Parker

“Sheer luck. I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones.”

― Suzy Parker

“I didn’t believe that I’d ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor.”

― Sydney Pollack

“If I’m lucky, in my wildest dreams I can make a picture every three years.”

― Sydney Pollack

“He happens to be my father and an incredible musician. When he gets lucky, we let him into the studio for 20 minutes to hear a song which has been previously written for him.”

― Synyster Gates

“I don’t really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident.”

― Takeshi Kitano

“I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn’t gain too much weight.”

― Tamsin Egerton

“Everybody has ways in which they’ve been lucky in life, and everybody also has ways in which they’ve definitely rolled snake eyes.”

― Tana French

“I’ve been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl. I’ve been able to play roles that are really vast and varied and very three-dimensional. Fingers crossed that it remains the same.”

― Tara Lynne Barr

“They have horses in ‘Snow White?’ I am lucky nothing nasty happens to horses in ‘Snow White.’”

― Tarsem Singh

“Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.”

― Tatyana Ali

“I just feel so lucky that I’m able to do things that are enriching for me.”

― Tavi Gevinson

“Luck is believing you’re lucky.”

― Tennessee Williams

“I’ve been very lucky to have been able to act, write and direct and not have to choose just the one thing.”

― Terry Jones

“’Raging Bull’ was staggering to work on. I was well aware of how lucky I was to be in this extraordinary situation. That film is very unique. It stands on its own. It’s just burned into the screen.”

― Thelma Schoonmaker

“I’m not a big believer in fate, but, boy, I’ve had a lot of lucky breaks.”

― Thelma Schoonmaker

“We’ve made plenty of mistakes. But the ones that we’ve hit on, we’ve gotten lucky with some impact guys back, some best-case scenarios as far as how the guys have turned out.”

― Theo Epstein

“I don’t think facing one of your own active pitchers would be a good idea, unless I got super lucky and hit a ball through the middle or something. That would not be good. I’d pull every muscle in my body.”

― Theo Epstein

“I did some British TV and bits and bobs here and there. I’ve been lucky.”

― Theo James

“I’m really lucky! I’m just cognisant that I wanna move forward, and people will let me or not; who knows.”

― Thora Birch

“I heard ‘Get Lucky’; it’s just not my taste. It’s great what Daft Punk does and the sound quality is great, but that whole disco vibe is not really my thing.”

― Tiesto

“I’m lucky to have been able to represent different companies over my career.”

― Tiger Woods

“I always wanted to be an actor. I was one of those lucky kids – or cursed kids – who always knew what he wanted to do.”

― Tim Matheson

“The last movie I did, I was very lucky: I got to work with probably the best actor of our era, Billy Bob Thornton. He’s just incredible. I was like a sponge: I soaked up everything he had to say.”

― Tim McGraw

“I am one of the lucky ones, to work with comic giants.”

― Tituss Burgess

“I’m ridiculously lucky.”

― Tobias Lutke

“I like what I do, and a lot of these projects have really interesting material and interesting people to work with. I feel lucky.”

― Tobias Menzies

“I have been very lucky to get the managers in the world.”

― Toby Alderweireld

“When you’re lucky enough to pay your bills through acting, staying healthy and fit is part of the job.”

― Toby Kebbell

“I’ve been really lucky with critical reaction, overall, even if my films don’t often resemble each other.”

― Todd Haynes

“I feel extremely lucky to compete openly as who I am, not worry about ramifications.”

― Tom Daley

“A lot of the things I did – it’s not going to sound anything but egotistical – if I’m lucky and I did the right thing, they will be at Zara way before I can get them in the store, and I don’t like that.”

― Tom Ford

“Things are forgotten and then perhaps picked up again, if we’re lucky, it lasts… if not, then it’s in the lap of the gods. The important thing was to do some work that I liked and hopefully that some others might also like, whether for a minute, a week, a month, a year.”

― Tom Glazer

“Some films clearly seem to divide people. And I do think there’s something incredibly exciting about the commonality of us as human beings, which some films are lucky enough to tap into.”

― Tom Hooper

“I’m the son of highly functioning parents who I’m incredibly lucky to have.”

― Tom Hooper

“In the end, one has to feel lucky that things fell out O.K. I’ve felt that all the years I’ve been writing plays.”

― Tom Stoppard

“I’m not like some other writers: I have no actual urgent need or desire to add to what’s written. You write it; if you’re lucky, it’s performed, and that’s the end of the whole thing.”

― Tom Stoppard

“I have always let my motivation guide me, and that has served me well. Climbing has taught me how to thrive and created a life that I feel incredibly lucky to have.”

― Tommy Caldwell

“I feel very lucky to be able to call my hobby my job, yet it doesn’t feel like one.”

― Tommy Caldwell

“I have to say, I feel really lucky. I’ve had a lot of great characters to play.”

― Toni Collette

“It was lucky I came from City; I’d say their philosophy is quite similar. Barcelona are a lot more advanced because they are the ones who created it, but they have a history of members of staff at Manchester City who worked here.”

― Toni Duggan

“My heart is with the standards. That’s what I was raised on. I’m perfectly comfortable with pop. I feel lucky because I’m pretty versatile.”

― Toni Tennille

“I’m very lucky because less than one percent of boxers get out of the game financially secure.”

― Tony Bellew

“My day rotates around my family. I am very lucky.”

― Tony Benn

“When I was a kid, I loved to draw, and I was lucky because I had parents and teachers and grown-ups around who recognised and encouraged that.”

― Tony DiTerlizzi

“I’m very lucky to be doing what I’m doing, and the reason I’m doing everything is because of fans.”

― Tony Oller

“I’m lucky that I have such a hands on husband.”

― Tori Spelling

“I have my Lucky Charms in the morning, and I feel magical.”

― Tracy Morgan

“I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am – just working.”

― Tracy Morgan

“I’ve been lucky to do the job I do because I’ve travelled, and that’s probably the best perk of the job… well, that and the free lunches.”

― Travis Fimmel

“I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime.”

― Trey Anastasio

“We have it, we’re lucky enough that we’ve created a show where it’s not about… a family, or a kid, it’s about a town.”

― Trey Parker

“I’m so ludicrously lucky, it would be disgusting if I didn’t acknowledge it.”

― Troye Sivan

“I’m lucky enough to exist in 2018, where I have a record label that’s like, ‘Write whatever you want to write.’ I don’t have to hide anything.”

― Troye Sivan

“Thankfully, I found a doctor at Presbyterian Hospital in New York, Scott Hammer, who diagnosed my chronic fatigue as the Epstein-Barr virus, and the medication I took either helped jump-start my immune system or made the virus dormant. I was very lucky.”

― Tucker Halpern

“That’s where I got lucky; nobody else is doing what I do or really can do what I do.”

― Ty Dolla Sign

“I’ve been so honored and so lucky to work with some amazing people. I’ve collaborated on amazing sets and with amazing crews.”

― Tye Sheridan

“Whether or not I would be able to be an actor without the music I’m not sure, but I feel pretty lucky to do it.”

― Tyler Hilton

“We’ve been lucky. Even as a young, local-level band, we were able to rise out of the local scene without having any debt, without having signed the wrong deal with the wrong manager or the wrong booker or a small label.”

― Tyler Joseph

“I never played the ‘decoration,’ I always played the one who suffered. And then I got very lucky in my middle career, when I started playing the hero, which at that point was quite rare for women.”

― Tyne Daly

“I’m a very lucky guy.”

― Urijah Faber

“I guess I have been daring and lucky with my roles.”

― Urmila Matondkar

“I never had a business plan. I did, actually – I’m lying. My business plan was to get lucky, and I did; that was great. And then my second business plan was to get lucky again, and there, I faltered.”

― Val Kilmer

“I’m very lucky, I’m happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don’t have any regrets whatsoever.”

― Van Morrison

“I’ve been really lucky to work with a lot of theater directors in the film, like Stephen Daldry on ‘The Crown’ and Richard Eyre on ‘The Dresser.’”

― Vanessa Kirby

“Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.”

― Vanessa Paradis

“I’m super lucky because I come home and I don’t have to run errands and clean the house and do all that.”

― Vanessa Paradis

“I’m so lucky, I’ve been so successful, so much has come my way. I want to give back.”

― Vendela Kirsebom

“I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.”

― Vicki Lawrence

“I was lucky to have my allergist who diagnosed me with CIU.”

― Vicki Lawrence

“I feel lucky to be able to work with such great filmmakers on such wonderful stories.”

― Vicky Kaushal

“I love the game and I am so lucky to be able to do what I love.”

― Victoria Azarenka

“I’m living in Beverly Hills. I’m very, very lucky. I wake up every morning and I recognize that I’m blessed.”

― Victoria Beckham

“I’m very lucky to have a job that I love.”

― Victoria Beckham

“First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.”

― Victoria Beckham

“I do feel incredibly lucky to be making a living at things I love doing.”

― Victoria Coren Mitchell

“Sometimes in this game it’s as good to be lucky as it is to be good.”

― Vida Blue

“You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.”

― Viggo Mortensen

“I’ve been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.”

― Viggo Mortensen

“I’ve been lucky to work with people that I like most of the time. If I don’t like them, I’ll play head games with them to get their minds spinning.”

― Vince Vaughn

“I’ve been very lucky – I don’t come from a privileged upbringing.”

― Vincent Kompany

“Every club you sign for, they give you the same pitch – ‘We’ve got a big project, big ambitions. We want to achieve this and that. We want to kick on’ – and I just happen to be lucky that City was the one club that didn’t lie about it.”

― Vincent Kompany

“Over the past decade, I’ve been lucky to have witnessed and played a part in Manchester City’s rise as a club and a brand.”

― Vincent Kompany

“I was very lucky that while I was a chess player in a country where chess was not a big deal, I happened to be in the one city where there was a sprouting chess team: Chennai.”

― Viswanathan Anand

“All I can say is I am lucky I have never had any misunderstandings with my co-stars.”

― Vivek Oberoi

“A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I’m already 45.”

― Vivien Leigh

“I’m very lucky. The public happens to like me. Maybe they like me because I use every opportunity to talk about injustice.”

― Vivienne Westwood

“The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.”

― W. C. Fields

“I’m one of the lucky artists in Nashville that gets to – I know it sounds cliche – but just write from the heart.”

― Walker Hayes

“It wasn’t until after the reduction that in the lab work, the pathology, that they found that I had DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) in my left breast. I was very, very lucky because DCIS is basically stage-zero cancer. So I was very lucky.”

― Wanda Sykes

“I was unbelievably lucky.”

― Wendy Hiller

“I feel extremely lucky, extremely grateful, and a little bittersweet, too.”

― Wentworth Miller

“In the 1950s, the Biophysics Laboratory at the University of Geneva was lucky enough to receive each summer for several months the visit of Jean Weigle. He was the former professor of experimental physics at the University of Geneva.”

― Werner Arber

“Some critic complained about how many small films are released in New York… it annoyed me. Those small films that are lucky to get two weeks are often my favorite films of the year.”

― Whit Stillman

“I’m very lucky in that I was inspired by science fiction while I was a little kid, and I was interested in science and technology and was encouraged to pursue those interests.”

― Wil Wheaton

“I was lucky to have been a seven-year-old kid when I saw ‘Star Wars.’”

― Wil Wheaton

“No, that’s poker. To win, you’ve gotta get damned lucky.”

― Wilford Brimley

“We all got lucky doing Boy Meets World.”

― Will Friedle

“I was lucky that I had friends who have maintained a very regular attitude with me and haven’t changed how they interact with me.”

― Will Poulter

“If you’re lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character.”

― William Hurt

“I was very lucky when I was a kid – I travelled a lot and spent a lot of time in Africa, Asia and Europe. I also chant in Sanskrit.”

― William Hurt

“I was a lucky kid, and I grew up connected to a lot of people.”

― Winnie Harlow

“I’ve loved making movies. I feel like I’ve been so lucky because I’ve gotten to be in movies that are some of my favorites, regardless of my being in them – like ‘Heathers.’”

― Winona Ryder

“I just did what I found interesting. I was so lucky that I was able to do that, especially in the ’90s. I was really able to have a life to go back to.”

― Winona Ryder

“I’ve been lucky, but I have earned that luck.”

― Xabi Alonso

“I have been lucky enough to be at great clubs, from my hometown club to Liverpool to Real Madrid to Bayern Munich.”

― Xabi Alonso

“I’m open to sci-fi, but I was never a diehard fan. I have no idea why it keeps following me. I’m extremely lucky, I guess; it’s a lucrative venue.”

― Yancy Butler

“With Soapkills, we were lucky. We started at a time of transition where things were not ready, nothing was available.”

― Yasmine Hamdan

“Only in space did I realize how lucky I am to be Korean. Only in Korea could I have gone to space before turning 30 years old.”

― Yi So-Yeon

“I’m a lucky guy and I’m happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.”

― Yogi Berra

“I’m lucky. Usually you’re dead to get your own museum, but I’m still alive to see mine.”

― Yogi Berra

“My first husband met me as a career woman, and the second did, too. I was lucky.”

― Yoko Ono

“I feel lucky that I got to work with some of the big legends in town.”

― Yvonne Strahovski

“I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of ‘Chuck.’”

― Yvonne Strahovski

“I know I’ve been lucky. But it’s what you do with that luck afterwards that really defines whether you stick around.”

― Zac Efron

“I consider myself very lucky, essentially – I was put into a pop group even though my musical taste was very niche before.”

― Zayn Malik

“Being an actress in China, I’m actually a very lucky actress… Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more viewers overseas.”

― Zhou Xun

“I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.”

― Zinedine Zidane

“Everybody tries to score a great goal, and I am lucky I have netted a few.”

― Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“I’m not complaining about my life; every moment of it has been fantastic, and I’m so lucky.”

― Zoe Cassavetes

“I hold my parents in such high esteem for what they do, so that, in and of itself, is a very lucky position to be in.”

― Zoe Perry