Quotes About Career

When I came into movies or acted in 'Njandukalude Natil Oridavela' and 'Mayaanadhi,' little did I expect such a huge response from the crowd. All I expected was to work with good filmmakers.

I don't think anyone expected me to get the BAFTA. The bookies didn't have me down. It's definitely made a huge difference in my career, but I don't dwell on it.

Having a family has made a huge difference in the roles I take, so doing a show in L.A. is a huge factor.

I'm a huge fan of Brad Pitt. He could have done rom-coms his entire career, but he took it in a different direction.

You know, I'm not a huge fan of the concept of 'passion' when it comes to careers. Instead of trying to answer the daunting question of 'What's your passion?' it's better simply to watch what you do when you've got time of your own and nobody's looking.

Like everyone, I was a huge fan of David Boies, and from what I knew about him, I thought he might 'get' me. So I sent him an email. I said I want to practice law but that I didn't want to stop writing and I asked if there was any way I could practice law for him.

I'm a huge fan of Leonardo DiCaprio's career. I love the path that he's taken. He seems to be very conscious of exactly what kind of project he wants for the following part of his career.

I have always loved the Bay Area. I spent a lot of time in the Bay Area. I started my career there. That's a huge part of the excitement for me.

A huge part of my life is my job, and that's the highest compliment you can pay to any job.

In many ways 'Emmerdale' is a huge part of my life but in many ways it's not. I've always had so many interests elsewhere - family and friends and other interests away from that.

I didn't have any more children because I couldn't have continued working - and I was the main breadwinner. But although we are small in number, family life has always been hugely important to me.

If we'd had a Svengali manager and done what we would have been told, maybe we would have had a bigger, more hugely successful career.

It has been a huge honour and I am hugely grateful to the managers for the caps that I have had.

Before I got into television, I was working in New York. I interviewed a few people there, wrote a few articles for a fashion magazine out there called Paper' - which I hugely admired.

Mark Hughes played until he was nearly 40 at a decent level, and I think I can do the same.

At City I went back there on the basis of playing for manager Mark Hughes.

It wasn't until I did 'Hugo' where I sort of started to think that this could be something that I do for a long time - not necessarily the rest of my life, but we'll see.

I want to do good work. The first failure affected me. That is why I did 'Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum.'

This is what I do for a living. It's not who I am as a human being.

I know that the greatest of actresses has about 20 good years of acting in her and that she will go on living for 30 or 40 years as a human being. So, the conclusion I have come to is that I can't make acting my whole life.

I would love to direct an 'Apes' movie. It would be in the spirit of where I'm going with my career - avatars played by actors to say something about the human condition.

My children are grown... my husband is an international human rights lawyer and all of his work is outside of Canada. So, I have bags, will travel.

I have dedicated my career to advocating for a more equitable, humane criminal justice system.

My parents have always told me to try and stay humble as you can, and I think that's been a big help to my career.