Quotes About Career

I'd make a lousy cop. I'd just wear it too close to my skin and wouldn't survive. I'll stick to acting.

I had done one failed pilot. I remember, when it failed, I was like, 'Oh my God, how does someone survive this? That's it - that's the end of my career; it's over.'

I just survived a Disney career without singing. I don't want to, like, fall back in. I feel like I escaped, so if we could avoid it for as long as possible, that would be great.

I used to be a Def Jam artist. I was - I survived Def Jam.

I have survived ALS to continue my work as a musician and composer for 28 years due to the care I receive through insurance and Medicaid. Without these supports, my family can flatout not manage my care, and my life and career will be in serious jeopardy.

I feel like the reason I've survived in this business is because I love acting.

Stardom can be obtained only after surviving and giving good films for almost 20 years.

'Step Brothers' was like a reward for going through my whole career and somehow surviving.

I am that 'everyman' in that I have made every mistake you can make in your career and in your personal life. But I am a survivor.

When you're co-leading a band with someone whose career is bigger than your own, like with my wife Susan, it's different. You have to agree on things musically. It took months for it to come together.

You know how kids dream of being soccer players or actors? Well, my dream was to be a sushi chef.

There is something suspect, especially in America, about people who don't have ten-year plans for a career or at least a regular job.

After Cannes, my agent told me to get the next flight to LA. He was right. I had a part in 'Prime Suspect 3' by the end of the week.

My proudest moment was the number 'Reviewing the Situation.' I suspect that, because I gave my all to the role and because I was working with such a fine team of people, it inhibited my future career.

In my career I haven't been suspended much.

I might be the first fighter who has ever been suspended after retirement.

No, 'F/X 2' was a job. I enjoyed doing it but that was definitely a job. I wrote that, I didn't direct it but 'Candyman' and the earlier horror movies I made, I was completely into horror and suspense and always have been. It's informed everything I've done, even the way scenes are shot in 'Kinsey and 'Gods and Monsters.'

When interviewing for a job, tell the editor how you love to report. How your passion is gathering information. Do not mention how you want to be a writer, use the word 'prose,' or that deep down you have a sinking suspicion you are the next Norman Mailer.

I am suspicious of career engineers, people that plan it out every step of the way.

It was complicated at Madrid. I was suspicious. The lack of recognition for Makelele over there scared me. I was scared it would happen to me. But I should have gone there. Today, I don't regret the career that I have had, but if I could have changed one thing, it would be that: to go to Madrid.

I admit, I'm suspicious of any career planning that involves chasing the next 'big thing,' just because it's so hard to predict what the next big thing is going to be a couple of years - or even six months - out.

No writer can really sustain two huge - I hate the word 'franchises.'

I know many actresses who started big but were sent packing, as they couldn't sustain the momentum. I am in this for the long haul.

I have a growing resume, but it's because I'm very selective. There are a lot of actors in my position that are like me: they have an opportunity to make a lot of money early in their career, and they do that, and after that, there's nothing to sustain that. There's no art or interest in your craft from the people that want to see you.