Quotes About Career

I know conventional wisdom has always been to go to Europe, and I did that early on, and I tried it, but I realised pretty quickly if I wasn't playing, nothing else mattered - I wasn't going to be happy.

I started a French degree at university, but packed it in when I realised I really wanted to be an actor.

Until I was 21, I wasn't going into the media. I was a professional show jumper; I was going to have a farm... Then my father died, and it changed my life. I realised I had to have a go at being a journalist to see if I could cut the mustard.

I have great respect for actors like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman who went to school the entire time they were acting. All I did was one small little independent film, and I realised I couldn't balance both lives.

One of the brilliant things I realised after I'd left school is that there are so many ways you can learn. I do this best on the job.

I realised you could become fat and bald as a director and still remain employable.

What I've realised is that I'm happiest when I'm at work, as I am always preparing myself for when the opportunity arises.

Acting was not on my radar ever, but after shooting my first film, I have realised that this is my calling.

I have realised what my pitch is, and I'm in this industry for the pure reason that I love acting.

I went to drama school but soon realised I was terrible at acting, so I ditched drama school for art school.

I realised that I really liked to be on stage, and that I wanted to pursue it.

All of us play different roles in our chosen career. I play the role of an actor. But I realised I am also an actor apart from various roles I play in my personal life.

Through the auditions and the process of 'Sonali Cable,' I realised that I want to be an actor.

I got involved in the Surrey Country youth theatre which led me to go to drama school where I realised that this was going to have to be my career, and I was really lucky to get big breaks early on.

It was during 'Khoon Bhari Maang' that I realised that I can only become an actor and nothing else.

There wasn't any one particular moment where I realised, you know what, I'm going to be a musician. The decision more came from a lack of options.

I remember sitting on a bench in New York and sobbing and realising that my ambition to be a singer was making me selfish - I was a mother with two children, and I needed a backup plan.

I've always had a passion for acting, without really realising that that's what I should be doing.

One of the things I noticed in my career that gave me a lot of happiness early on was realising we don't have any control.

More girls are taking up sport and realising it's a legitimate option for them to forge a career.

I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.

The only realistic offer came from Nebraska University who offered me a scholarship to be a physical education director. What will a 24-year-old do with that? Retire and study?

I've always had this in some ways pessimistic and in some ways realistic idea that I'm the lowest rung on the ladder.

I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever.