Quotes About Career

I'm always cautious about where the next job is going to come from.

I have been extremely cautious in selecting my films.

I have never thought of which kind of movie will give me the big break. I have always been more cautious of the roles that I have played.

It never ceases to amaze me that I get to do this for a living.

I'm celebrating my 40th year in show business this year.

Well, I knew I wanted to be an actor, and I didn't necessarily need or want to be famous or a celebrity actor.

Being at Celtic gave me some of the best moments of my career. I absolutely loved it.

I used up every cent I earned as an actress.

Seems like everybody has seen 'Cooley High.' That's what put me on the map. Garrett Morris and I go way back, even before the movie. Great guy. We've done theater and stage plays together, Lincoln Center and all kinds of things.

By the time I started writing plays, Broadway was never an expectation, so it's never been central.

I went to the Actors Centre in Australia, but I never thought that I'd move to India, let alone be in Bollywood.

I didn't aspire to be the CEO of Deloitte, but I aspired to be a leader in Deloitte.

I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.

I don't think everyone wants to be a CEO.

But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age.

I know a lot of bands that will make their first record and get to a certain level, and then when the second record comes out, they can start where they left off as a headlining act playing in front of a certain number of people, or they can go back out and make a lot less money and open for people.

But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them.

At a certain point in your career - I mean, part of the answer is a personal answer, which is that at a certain point in your career, it becomes more satisfying to help entrepreneurs than to be one.

I found at a certain point in my acting career that I was just bored. I had too much energy. I had too many ideas.

As an actor, you have to maximize your time, because you don't know what's going to happen in your 50s and 60s and 70s. It's like the career of an athlete: For many people, it ends at a certain point.

Once you reach a certain point in your career, every fight is a new big fight, biggest fight of your life, biggest fight of your career.

It's such a tough business. And once people see you a certain way, it's really hard for them to change their minds about you.

I'm getting certified to become a teacher because I love it so much.

I always thought I would be the person who sat in the chair for 12 hours. Then I realized there are only three people who do that job.