Quotes About Career

Man, it was a great ride back in the day. Obviously, I started out in WCW, and I was a good mechanic back in the day. Got fired from that gig, made a turn for ECW.

If it wasn't for Boz, my life would've changed. Meeting the Porcaro brothers and getting that Boz Scaggs gig were two life-changing events for me. It all fell into place after that.

I always say being a writer is the best gig around. I love it.

I don't say that I have a job. I have a gig, or a piece, or a film, or a show, but it's never a job.

My first professional gig was on a show called 'Nikita,' and I played Al Qaeda No. 2. At that time I had to take those roles because I just wanted to get my foot in the door.

Basically, I live to do gigs.

I've never relied on one job and usually have a few different gigs going.

I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.

No one I know has a job anymore. They've got gigs.

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

Idris Elba saved my butt in a point in my career that he can do whatever he wants, and I will back his decision no matter what. He got me one of my first pretty big studio gigs, and we had never worked together... It was a time in my life where I really needed it. So whatever Idris wants to do, I'm down with.

When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are.

I probably wouldn't be doing comedy, if it wasn't for the fact that I was doing stand-up and getting a few gigs, while I was also applying for law internships and getting absolutely nothing.

I came second in 'The Voice of Finland' in 2012 and my career really exploded at home. I had 300 gigs a year.

I'm a workin' girl.

After 'Crocodile Dundee,' I turned down lots of stuff, most of it where I'd play the girlfriend of some funny man.

My career is my girlfriend.

I have girlfriends in this business who talk about their personal lives, and it works for them, and I love it. But not for me.

I never went to school wanting to play cute characters or girly characters.

It is up to the people and boxing fans to give me the respect I deserve once I have finished my career. I personally do not think about my legacy.

While we share the same set of values, we can - and do - have different business interests. Dad has been there to give me career advice along the way, but he has always let me call the play.

The UFC has been nothing but great to me. I can't complain; they give me what I want.

I get a lot of advice from my dad about how I should be as a human being, but as an actor, I think he'll give me advice once I'm doing a film for him.

I started playing golf when I was just out of college and starting my career with KPMG. I took a few lessons, and my husband has always loved to give me pointers - for better and for worse! I realized that you could really enhance relationships by being on the course with clients. In fact, my very first golf game was with some clients.