Adam Green

Hollywood is a roulette wheel. Each project dictates what's going to happen for you next, and it doesn't really matter that your project is critically acclaimed or won awards or has fans worldwide. It's a matter of how many movie tickets and DVDs and on-demand movies that you sell.

American Director

Samuel Goldwyn

The independents who were our fiercest competitors all succumbed to the one-hit-makes-you-a-genius philosophy. It is a mistake to think you have the magic touch. Show business is roulette. If you start to play for stakes you can't afford, there's no way you can survive.

American Producer

Ajith Kumar

Filmmaking, I often like to say, is like Russian roulette. You never know what you'll get. The only thing you can do is find solace in the fact that, irrespective of the film's response, you work hard to make the money you do.

Indian Actor

Andrea Bocelli

My life experience has taught me nothing happens by chance. Even the idea of the ball in a roulette game: it's not chance it ends up in a certain place. It's forces that are at play.

Italian Musician

Kyle Lafferty

It was every day on the horses and every single race. I was betting on anything; horses, dogs, virtual racing, roulette.

Steven Wright

In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.

American Comedian

Tracy Morgan

If I gamble, I'll play roulette. My wife and I will play roulette, and that's about it. I'm not a heavy gambler.

American Actor

Ryan Reynolds

I just love bikes. It's not the safest passion to have, but I guess it's better than Russian roulette.

Canadian Actor

Chazz Palminteri

I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers.

Roger Kahn

American Writer

Roulette is often associated with gambling and casinos; it's a common betting game.

Casino Game

Roulette is a game of chance, not skill. The outcome is entirely random.

Luck-Based

When playing roulette, people bet on either a color (red or black) or a number.

Color & Number Bets

Here, a roulette is a specific craft instrument, not related to gambling.

Specialized Tool

Roulettes are used in art for texture or pattern creation on hard surfaces.

Artistic Imprint

The word 'roulette' in this context fits within technical and artistic niches.

Technical Usage

Russian Roulette is a metaphor for extremely risky or dangerous behaviors.

High Risk

The phrase 'Russian Roulette' often implies a dire situation, not an actual game.

Not a Real Game

The term has been used in songs or movies to depict a reckless situation or act.

Pop Culture

 and they'll start to merge, and we can imagine something like the dead-zonification of the global, coastal ocean. Then you sure won't want to eat fish that were raised in it, because it would be a kind of gastronomic Russian roulette. Sometimes you have a toxic bloom;

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 yeah it's playing Russian roulette now might as well have had a gun and spun the barrel and you know pointed at my head life sentence I'm not getting out so