Quotes About Career

As a journeyman singer, I have to go to where the work is.

I'm a journeyman actor, and I don't ever want to forget that. With romantic-lead dreams.

I've done comedy, and I've done drama. I've sort of been a journeyman in my career so far.

I do a job and am lucky enough to do a job that I love, but it is a hard one. I'm not saying it is as hard as working in a coal mine, but it is still difficult in a different way. Sometimes you have to go through very strong emotional journeys and then come back to yourself. And that can be difficult to control.

When Joy Division started, I was scared to death of having to get a normal day job.

I'm a risk-taker. Most of my career has not been a joyful experience, but it has been challenging. I like the dangers.

And working on 'Grantchester' is a joy. Ive been in the business for 35 years and Ive never been on a film set that is so joyous and life-affirming.

We've been following Judge Alito's career over the last 15 years, while he's been on the Court of Appeals.

People should judge me for what I've done in 25 years. I'm not a rookie in F1.

I feel like my entire career and life, I've been judged by people who did not really know me. I definitely think that they probably were right to assume what they had assumed about me, because there was such little to go on out there.

At the end of the day, my career is not going to be judged by one or two or three moments in time. It'll be judged by the longevity of it.

I don't have a career, I have a life. I don't have an exterior judgment on what would be good or bad for me.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I know that my career is up for public judgment, but I also know that in football, things change.

Remember Judy Garland? She retired 40 times.

In England, I've had a more balanced career directing and acting. It can be quite difficult to juggle the two careers.

I don't feel like I necessarily juggle. I just feel like I'm focusing on being a singer/actor. That's what I am, and it's what I do.

Why are we only considered successful if we can juggle family with a demanding career?

I have a dual role as founder of AERIN and Image and Style Director of Estee Lauder. So work is a bit of a juggling act.

I have the luxury of balancing and juggling films in different languages.

What a great situation to be in, juggling two shows, with films in between.

I don't think, 'Oh gosh, I won't be quite there and I won't be as successful as I want to be unless I'm juggling a couple of kids, a marriage and a career.'

It's really hard juggling, trying to carve out a time to have a family and be a mom and have a career, especially a creative career.

I'm very lucky because I don't half get some juicy jobs. But I can't tell you the number I've turned down in the past 20 years because I wanted to be at home, looking after my son. There was never any question about that. Alfie and I are dead close. I can't bear it when he's away.

It's easy to diet or get off a diet when you've got a juicy role to play.