Percentage Quotes
Quotes on odds, statistics, and fair shares.
These percentage quotes use numbers to make a point, from a screenwriter calling director-actor rewrites a poor percentage play to the reminder that only a small Actor percentage ever works regularly.
Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter.
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You're spoilt as an actor if you are in that small percentage that works regularly.
We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does the screenwriting quote use percentages?
It describes rewriting scripts through directors and Actor input as a poor percentage play, meaning bad odds for the writer.
What statistic about prisons is mentioned?
One quote points out that the share of the U.S. population behind bars has grown twice as large since the mid-1980s.
Does any quote discuss acting career odds specifically?
Yes, it notes only a small percentage of actors ever work regularly, calling that group spoilt by comparison to the rest of the field.
What's the argument about government spending here?
It calls for reducing total Government Spending as a percentage of the overall economy.
Do these quotes treat percentages mostly as negative statistics?
Mostly, yes, each use of percentage here highlights unfavorable odds or a growing burden rather than a positive statistic.
Other lines turn statistical, citing the doubled prison population since 1985 and arguing for less Government Spending as a share of the Economy.
