Quotes About Fulfillment

You have to capitalise on any success you have and keep doing what you do as well as you can. But how do you define success? In my book, it's to be playing those parts you saw your idols - Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Vanessa Redgrave - playing when they were the age you are now.

Well, my heart finally found a home when I married Connie Smith, and I was tired of feeling bad. And it was time to grow up and get on with life.

I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.

Once we decided not to get pregnant, I snapped back into work mode, and now I have just been really enjoying my career.

I think life is full of moments. And it's important to remember those moments. Take a mental snapshot if you can. For me, they are either when I feel truly happy or a standout moment in my career.

I had always wanted to be on SNL, it's not always great, but it's this leftover childhood dream.

It's nice when I get offered small parts. But I really think that 'SNL' is what my skill set is best designed for.

I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is.

Getting 'SNL' was pretty amazing, so just to be able to have an eight-year career there and be really happy with everything I did, it was pretty big.

Getting on 'SNL' wasn't just about getting cast. I had written all this stuff in my audition, and I wrote several things that got on the air. But to me, I've never been interested in being picked. So when I do get sent things, most of the time I do pass on them because it doesn't feel like it would be fulfilling.

I simply do the things that inspire me, be that snowboarding, designing clothing, or dancing.

When I started snowboarding, I was looking for success to bring me identity. I still love to win, but at the same time, I don't need the X-Games to show me who I am.

I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

So many people equate money and success with happiness, especially in the music industry.

'Stand and Deliver' has been the most successful thing I have done in my life. So many people have seen it. There was really no need for me to do anything else.

So many people live lives of silent mediocrity, convinced that what really matters to them is out of their reach. So they settle.

So many people ask me this, but I tell them I look forward to each day because I love what I do.

If you get it right, it's the most grand thing you could ever do. So many people let biopics slip through their fingers, but the opportunity to play Eazy-E could change my life.

I truly did feel that I owed it to my parents, my grandparents, to do whatever it was that I wanted, because if I wasn't happy, if I wasn't being true to myself, then I wasn't living fully. They had given up so much so that I could live at the level that so many people are just automatically born into.

The whole thing with so many people empathising with 'The Office' has made me aware of how people aren't doing jobs they love, aren't living a life they love. Which I find devastating.

So many people are focused on reaching the top of an imaginary ladder that they don't enjoy the climb.

It's overwhelming that so many people love what you do and appreciate and get it. It's very rewarding.

It feels completely amazing to finally be in the space where there are so many people taking me seriously as an actress.