Quotes About Career

It wasn't a decision to become a writer. I wanted to become a writer of crime fiction. I was very specific.

I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do. I never wanted to look at character I've done and cringe.

I sort of cringe when I hear myself say the word 'work.' Getting to do something you love to do never really feels like work.

I love what I do, and to be able to see a show that is inspired by my life's work is exciting because it exposes people to what a crisis manager does.

I feel like, to have a career as an artist, you don't need to meet the same criteria as you do to win a singing competition. They're two very different animals.

I'm almost 60. I've been doing this for a while. In order to do this for that long, you have to make decisions based on lots and lots of different criteria, you know. I mean, the criteria has to shift, especially if you're an actress.

If I hadn't chosen acting, I would be a food critic.

I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.

If I weren't an actor, I'd either be a teacher or a critic.

I think it's critical that you feel you're working for a person who is committed to advancing your career.

It's absolutely critical that we not only provide support from cradle to career in the education system but also the wraparound services.

I've been very lucky as an actor. I have worked all the time. Some shows I do, they get cancelled. Some, they're critically acclaimed, and then they get cancelled. And some, I'm in the last season of this or that. But I can't complain about my career.

I'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place.

I'm going to get criticized my whole career.

I'm a people's actor, not a critics' actor, and I always have been.

I'm not worried about what the critics say, or how they feel I should go with my career.

I spent seven years in clubs in England, Australia, etc. Not all comedians cross over to sell out in a theatre.

I did what every other actor did: there were agents all the way up the Charing Cross Road and up St. Martin's Lane, and I would go out each day and do the agents - walk into these buildings, along their corridors, bang on these doors and say, 'Anything today?'

Acting never crossed my mind for a moment when I was growing up.

Retirement has never, ever crossed my mind. And I honestly can't imagine when or why it would. If you're doing the thing you love, why on earth would you want to stop doing it?

There have been a lot of crossover with celebrities and politics but to me, I don't think I would go into politics.

The Heisman is often a career award. Chris Weinke, Michael Vick, Eric Crouch and Drew Brees have all had a more than one great year.

My school career was absolutely crucial to me. As an endurance athlete, some of the most important years are maybe when you are 16, 17, and 18. For me, getting that right was very important, and my school allowed me to do that.

The crucial thing for me is that I stick to my job.