"It hasn't been a totally smooth road, but in the whole span of things I feel like a very lucky person"
About this Quote
Then he swivels to scale: "in the whole span of things". That phrase is the quote's quiet engine. It reframes a life not as a tabloid timeline but as a long view, where bad stretches don't get to define the sum. It also telegraphs a kind of practiced gratitude, the sort that comes after being forced to take inventory. "I feel like a very lucky person" lands not as a victory lap but as an act of self-positioning: he's choosing a narrative of survival and perspective over one of damage and regret.
Culturally, it plays into a familiar redemption grammar in celebrity interviews, but with a key twist: it's not redemption-by-confession. It's redemption-by-recalibration. Furlong isn't trying to convince you he's flawless; he's trying to claim adulthood, to be seen as someone who can hold complexity without turning it into content. The intent is less to disclose than to regain authorship.
Quote Details
| Topic | Gratitude |
|---|---|
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Furlong, Edward. (2026, January 16). It hasn't been a totally smooth road, but in the whole span of things I feel like a very lucky person. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-hasnt-been-a-totally-smooth-road-but-in-the-132412/
Chicago Style
Furlong, Edward. "It hasn't been a totally smooth road, but in the whole span of things I feel like a very lucky person." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-hasnt-been-a-totally-smooth-road-but-in-the-132412/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"It hasn't been a totally smooth road, but in the whole span of things I feel like a very lucky person." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-hasnt-been-a-totally-smooth-road-but-in-the-132412/. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.









