Quotes About Career

I definitely think it opened doors for me and what was so fantastic about 'Downton' being showed over in the States, was that it helped get me noticed.

I don't think I have had a big break, although joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 opened up new horizons.

Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.

'The Stand' came out in May of '94 and was seen by 60 million people a night for four nights, and then two months later, 'Forrest Gump' opened. So within a very short time, I went from being depressed about not getting any work to being in two of the most popular shows of the year.

I didn't have the money to travel until I got to the NFL, so it's definitely opened doors for me in that capacity.

McSteamy's been really good to me. He's opened a lot of doors.

When television emerged, it opened up many avenues for actors like me, but after a point, it also became very limiting.

I've opened throughout most of my career at Worcester. I understand there are guys in the team who have opened for a long time, more than me, with better records than me.

I feel very lucky. 'Bake Off' has opened more doors for me. I was so delighted to get the job.

College was a very necessary step along the way to my professional career. As I look back, I realize how much of an eye opener it was for me in terms of moving forward and developing as a basketball player.

Whenever I have a play or opening or anything going on in my career, my parents always come up and see it.

A lot of people when I walk into meetings are like, 'Come on, let's talk more about 'X-Men.' What's it like to be Havok?' It certainly has been opening a lot of doors.

Over the years, I managed to develop this comedy career, went from opening act to headliner at comedy clubs, to playing concert halls, and had an off-Broadway show with 'Sleepwalk With Me.'

When I got out of college, I moved to Seattle because it was the nearest big city and still didn't know if I wanted to be a composer, conductor, singer, actor. I just got day jobs and auditioned and took what came, and the theater doors were the ones opening the most.

That period between finishing the film and opening night is agonising. That's part of why actors go from job to job - so they don't have to live with the anxiety in the interim.

Everybody should work in their nation's capitol and see how politics actually work because it was the most eye opening experience of my life.

My idea of opening a restaurant was important. The whole point is that I couldn't have been totally dependent on acting for my income... even though I want to remain in the field of entertainment forever.

If I can really work in any sport, I wonder if the Golden Knights have an opening in their analytics department?

'TOWIE' is opening a lot of doors for me so why would I leave?

You're starting to see a lot of fighters, like, 'We want more money so we can be able to retire eventually,' instead of, we get to 30 years old, and we're like, 'Alright, I think Costco has openings.'

I think every credit you get and every film you have your name attached to makes things a little bit easier. It definitely opens doors up, but it's still a grind.

Modeling is an incredible job for a girl if she approaches it with her head on her shoulders. You travel, you speak to people, and it opens your mind to different things.

It's amazing what it opens up in women when you tell them you've just played a midwife.

If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.