Quotes About Career

I don't pass judgment on anybody, but personally, I prefer a more natural look. I think it's helping my longevity in my career because I'm playing my age.

Nobody paid any attention career-wise to me in America until 'Bronson.' It gave me a calling card and passage into America, where I've always wanted to work.

For many of us, owning a home signaled a passage into adulthood that coincided with the start of a career and family.

At almost forty years old, I assumed my career on camera was over. And I was certainly given that message by all the TV managers and news directors who passed on me when I was trying to get a job back in the business.

I had a dream to be an attorney. I don't know if I ever would've passed the bar or not, but that was my dream.

I've passed on a lot of huge-money jobs. Money doesn't enter into the decision-making. If I do a big blockbuster, it's about how big an audience you'll get and where you can take them.

I passed up a lot of work 'cause a lot of movies that may be out there right now I passed em up because there may have been a lot of cussin' in 'em.

I've passed up on many a thing that could have made me a big artist or something. Like, I was offered a feature on a Christina Aguilera song and I turned it down. It just wasn't right. She's cool, but it just wasn't right.

I often joke with my husband and say to him, 'You know I have two theatre degrees, right? That's all I know how to do.' LOL! He went to Pepperdine Law School, has four degrees, and passed the California Bar first time around, so I always make sure he doesn't expect too much from me.

It's obvious that I want to reach Cerrone's win record, I know that's important for my career. Those milestones last forever, even if someone passes you later, they are forever.

My dad did a great job passing on what he learned from his career.

After passing out of the National School of Drama, I spent many years doing small-time roles in Bollywood.

I love talking about the game and passing on knowledge if I can but being a coach full time is another story.

Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career.

A one-star Army general with forty years of service can earn up to $143,000 per year in basic pay. A freshman congressman starts out at $174,000. If he becomes Speaker of the House, he can pull down $223,500.1

Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it's too late to become a musician afterwards.

Politicians only get to the top because they have no qualifications to detain them at the bottom.

Realist saboteurs do not, as a rule, enjoy long careers. Everyone gets caught eventually.

archetypal middleman; his career had coasted to that comfortable plateau above those who actually did productive work, but safely short of a position where he had to make any vital decisions.

Future-oriented people tend to be more successful professionally and academically, to eat well, to exercise regularly, and to schedule preventive doctor's exams.

You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.

Passion does not translate easily into good income.

Ik ben vijftien. Ik heb al honderden boeken gelezen. Ik voel me zwaar van al die boeken, een heerlijke zwaarte. Ik zal mijn leven lang blijven lezen. Ik zal er mijn beroep van maken. Ik word leraar. Een leraar van een bijzondere soort die nooit lesgeeft, die geen leerlingen heeft, maar boeken schrijft over wat hij gelezen heeft, met als doel anderen het verlangen en de behoefte te geven om hem na te volgen.

I was extremely honoured and privileged to have had the opportunity to visit Oxford University. It was a great experience to share personal anecdotes from my career and my journey and to indulge in a fun interactive session with the students there.