Quotes About Career

I think the death knell for any musician is getting a job that you like and pays enough that you just stay there forever.

I enjoyed the Hee Haw people, but from 1980 on I didn't enjoy it and thought about leavin', and thought, hell, it's an easy job and pays wonderful. I kinda just prostituted myself for their money.

Acting kind of pays my bills more than music does.

Acting is a great gig. It pays well, I get to meet some nice people, and it allows me to play a lot of golf. I'm a real lucky guy.

Of course, fighting's first. That's what I do; that's what pays my bills, you know.

Often in my game as an actor, someone else pays for your travel and there's nothing like being able to lie flat on a flight home from L.A.

When your hobby becomes a full-time job that pays you and the people around you, it's not fun anymore.

When you are as big and strong as Strowman, WWE notices you and basically pays you to go to school. He was paid to train, has a guaranteed contract, and gets paid whether he wrestles or not. He couldn't survive in the actual wrestling business. He never had to pay his dues.

I was 19 or 20 when The Beatles were at their peak, and I was coming up to the peak of my career, too. I was also the first footballer to have long hair, and that's how I got my nickname 'the Fifth Beatle.'

During your career, you put yourself in peak physical condition, but then you bear the brunt of it for the rest of your life.

And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career.

The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.

I respect Hulk Hogan because his career lasted some 30 odd years. I think I lasted about 15, but during my peak years, I took the business to a height it never seen before.

'The Disaster Artist' book is the peak of my career in many ways, but there's something so rewarding about creating something from scratch.

I had lost my son 20 years back, when I was at the peak of my career. I couldn't really get time to even feel that loss. I used to be continuously busy with work and this would make me feel guilty: I didn't even have the time to mourn my son's death.

It's just kind of ironic with how I came into the NBA with all the expectations. You would've thought coming in the way I did that my career would last long. You'd think I'd have my more peak years in the beginning or middle. Mine just came a little later.

As a producer, I have the luxury of coming and going according to my convenience. As a director I cannot do that. I gave up my acting career at its peak for the same reason.

As with many pop acts, your shelf life isn't that great, we peaked with our first album.

The film itself, and my role as Moses, will always remain one of the creative peaks of my career.

I think now what you're seeing is guys that are in the peaks of their careers anywhere from 27 to 35 years old, seems to be when they play their best hockey.

I have been fortunate to be able to have a career playing comedy and drama. And it's awfully hard - it's like apples and pears to compare the two.

I am stricken with the peculiar curse of being a 21st-century woman who makes more than the man she's living with - first with a husband for 13 years and now with a new partner.

After doing One Fine Day and playing a pediatrician on ER, I'll never have kids. I'm going to have a vasectomy.

I want to be a child doctor. A pediatry... how do you call it, pediatrician? Do I like kids? No, not really.