Quotes About Career

No comedian grows up thinking, 'I hope one day to have a show on CNN.'

As an actor I can't think of what my daughter will think when she grows up. I will never do certain kinds of roles that I have in my mind. And for that I'm sure my daughters are going to be proud of me.

Going to college and finding a good job no longer guarantee economic safety.

I'd rather give up most of my wealth to have the guarantee that I can carry on working for the rest of my life.

I remember talking to an architect and he said 'I am making so much money I don't know what to do' - I am in a business where you don't have an idea from one end of the year to the next how what you are going to earn and it is not like a salary that you can guarantee.

Being in the Bullet Club is definitely a huge opportunity and guarantees more eyes on my work.

You can't always expect to work with a director who guarantees success.

I had to put in my time all through my 20s. Then I came to CNN in 2008 as a freelancer with no guarantees.

I would rather be a security guard than a rock star.

In college, playing the two guard, I found a way to get drafted.

It's not an easy thing to be in this league 10 years. Especially with me being a second-round pick, the 46th pick, and an undersized guard, to carve a lane for myself and have a career, for my family to realize that and appreciate that, it meant a lot to me.

Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows.

I haven't been in a million things. And most of them have been really small, or guest parts.

I've been looking to do TV for a while. I've always done guest starring stuff. I've done a couple of multi-episode arcs, and I've always loved the experience.

The average actor might only be able to book six to eight guest star jobs a year - that would be high. So when you start doing the math, you can't live on that in Los Angeles.

'Guest Iin London' didn't work, but it got me more work; it helped me grow as an actor.

When I started my career as an actor, I had no guidance from anyone.

I only learned what an engineer was from a college guidance counselor. When she described it, a light clicked on in my head, and I said, 'Yes, that's what I want to do.'

I have my golden retriever now, Pontiac. He's a career-change guide dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Beyonce is my role model. You know how people say, 'What would Jesus do?' I always say, 'What would Beyonce do? In her career, what decisions would she make?' And I really think it helps me guide my career and be really nice to every fan and every person that I work with.

We've done enough - and made enough mistakes - to pretty well know how to guide our careers ourselves.

I would try to guide my children in a different way to have a career. Something besides being an actress, singer or model. I'm definitely going to push my kids in the other direction.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I trust the team around me to guide my career in the right direction, I just do the fighting.