In a way, I was spoon-fed, if you will, a career. It was fully manufactured by a studio that believed that they could put me on their posters and turn me into their bottle of Coca-Cola, their product.
I can now shed the child-actor thing, like the fat, and start a new career, because no one sees me as Dudley.
If my career isn't going that well, I'd rather it flounder than desperately trying to show up on red carpets: 'I'm for hire! Remember me!'
I've pitched too many innings and pitched too many years - one game doesn't make or break my career.
I have a confession: I'm not a man of simplicity. I spent my entire early career making complex stuff. Lots of complex stuff.
Anytime you put your name on a ticket with nothing else attached to it, that's the true testament to where you are in your career - how many tickets are sold.
I went through a really low period about 13 years ago, when all aspects of my career and everything went completely wrong.
I've kind of had to make a career of playing villains. In order to stay employed, I had to figure out how to play bad guys.
The ego wants to rule, but the heart will quietly prevail." -Jennifer Ritchie Payette, co-author, "Modular Career Design
I am never honored. My career is hilarious to me. I am either under the radar or over the radar.
I don't deliberately go into comedy or go into indies, but I do deliberately try to keep changing tact, because I think that is the key to longevity in a career.
We've been following Judge Alito's career over the last 15 years, while he's been on the Court of Appeals.
I wanted to be a vet when I was little, so it never really dawned on me that acting was my career, it sort of chose me more than I chose it.
When I came into baseball, I had one goal for my career - the Hall of Fame.
For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright guvnors?' It wasn't true to who I was.
I look at what I've gone through in my career and I really shouldn't be talking to you now. I should be dead ten times over.
The conventions of an almighty agency tapping you for greatness and signing you up and telling you this is going to be the next big thing; that has not been my career.
Hearts was the pinnacle of my career. After I left, it really was downhill. Hearts is the club I always associate myself with, and I'm proud to have played for them.
To nurture your career, it makes sense to cultivate your strengths. To nurture your moral core, it is necessary to confront your weaknesses.
I grew up in the Midwest; you don't know any screenwriters. It didn't seem like a realistic career possibility.
I've been lucky enough to do theatre, film, and television for a career. Unless I get offered a job as an astronaut, I won't stray too far from it.
