Quotes About Career

I think if actors are successful at one thing, they paint themselves into a corner sometimes, and what's the fun in that?

I made a lot of big threes throughout my career, but it was the 3-point shot that allowed me to maneuver inside the paint, post-up, mid-range game and so forth.

My dad painted cars for a living, and my mom graduated from college when I was a college freshman myself.

I paint landscapes, figuratives. I painted all my life. In fact, I started as a commercial artist.

Until 1954, I'd only ever thought of being a painter, but I earned my money when and where I could. You could say I drifted into writing.

When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.

I never really considered acting as a career. I kind of fell into it. Originally, I wanted to be a painter.

My father was in the ad business, and he wanted to be a painter.

If I hadn't gone into the theater, I would be a painter.

I worked as an interior designer. I worked as a furniture salesman. I worked as a financial adviser. I worked as a painter and decorator - that wasn't for very long. I was a baker for about four-and-a-half years.

I think a lot of times we think of music as being different from other art forms. You would never ask a sculptor or painter, 'Go paint this because you'll get paid more,' you know what I mean?

I was going to be a painter. I went to art school - but every 16-year-old wants to be a painter.

My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.

It's helpful for me to get ideas - the physical action of painting. Sometimes it frees up your writer brain. It's nice for me now that the writing has become a serious career that painting can become more like a hobby.

I feel lucky that I've been able to make a living from painting any idea that comes into my head.

I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.

I'd always loved writing, in the same way that I'd loved painting. I wouldn't have seen it as a career.

I paint. I have been painting since I was kid. If I hadn't gone into radio when I did, I probably would have come out of the Army, gone into the art business, and probably would have flopped because I'm not that great.

It's hard to live just by selling paintings.

I have played 20 years of international cricket for Pakistan and not the PCB.

I've been offered roles in Indian films, but I wanted my debut film to be from Pakistan. A lot of people think that I've made my music career from India, but that's not true. I made it big in Pakistan, and then I went across the border.

There are cricket-loving people here, much like in Pakistan. Overall, I've enjoyed a lot playing in India in my cricketing career.

I had four great years at Palace but just felt it was the right time to start a new chapter of my career.

I have a lot of successful musician pals, and as I get older, I find that I'm lucky to be a writer. I have great anonymity compared to musicians who sell the same number of records as I do books.