Sometimes in your career, you are at the right place at the right moment. But you have to be aware that eventually you may no longer be the right person for that position. So build your succession and foster for it while you are still at the peak of you career.
I got into comedy at exactly the right moment.
I've often thought of successful entrepreneurs as individuals who have just the right expertise - at just the right moment - to solve the emerging problems of their time.
It's a whole series of accidents that makes a show into a hit. A show can be fantastic and still not be a hit. You just have to hit the Zeitgeist at the right moment, and there are so many factors that you're not in control of.
Beowulf is not a superhero. He has a talent, very much like Clint Eastwood in 'Unforgiven.' He's very good at staying calm in the right moment, but he does bad things. It's very much about having talent in a tight spot.
I have to do a better job of picking the spots where I want to attack and picking the right moment when I need to attack.
I think I came at the right moment at 'SNL.' There was a space for me, and I was good at it.
I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.
For me, the great joy is to watch an audience watching what I've made. To hear not a peep from the audience at the right moment, and then to hear the laughs and the cheers.
Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.
