Quotes About Career

Sometimes I just think we get caught up in the entertainment aspect of this business and people kind of forget that this is the way we feed our families and this is our livelihoods.

This has been my life for many years; one role feeds the other.

Is it really selling out if it feeds your family?

Acting is something I feel good about doing, I'm lucky enough to love my job as well.

I've turned down several assistant jobs in the NBA that I just didn't feel good about. I would love it at UNLV.

You don't get better as you get older in your career. It's not natural to have your best years late in your career. So I'm trying to do whatever I can to keep my body feeling good for as long as I can.

Every filmmaker has a family to feed. They have children whose college fees need to be paid.

I'd like to be on the next 'Six Feet Under,' whatever that is.

I'm one of the luckiest people in the world that I was able to do what I fell in love with and be able to make a living doing it.

I guess I fell into cooking.

I started as a director and just fell upon acting.

I kind of fell into acting. I was very lucky.

I can't speak for anyone else, but in my case, I sort of fell into acting.

I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.

I fell in love with science and decided to continue for my Ph.D., and from there on, I was a scientist.

I fell into acting by going to a callback for J.C. Penney with my two older brothers when I was 4 1/2 years old. The casting director saw me and asked to bring me in the room with them. The three of us ended up booking the commercial!

Women have to work harder to be in the same position as a fella because they often have to balance work with running a family.

I want to abolish tags like 'comeback' and 'retirement' that are used to define every married female actor. What is the big deal? In Hollywood, every top actor takes a break, has children, and gets back to work.

Being feminine in the way you dress doesn't have to compromise who you are as a woman or your career.

I've been writing about misogyny for 20 years and trying to understand what femininity means for my entire career.

I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame.

I spent seven seasons on 'Mad Men,' playing what became considered a very feminist character.

I would love to drive a MotoGP but I'm not sure Ferrari agrees.

Do I love the road? Honestly? No - but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blues, like it's some kind of fever. The blues is my job. It's what I do.