Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
My whole career is just terror, from beginning to end. That's kind of my thing. A lot of happy accidents happened.
As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'you don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.'
I'm sure some people have an absolute grasp of where they are in their careers. I just don't think about it that much.
For the amount of talent I had - and I couldn't dance, act, or tell a joke - I enjoyed a tremendous career.
When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other people.
I remember going to my school careers advisor and asked about jobs that required scuba divers. It was a phase.
There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along.
Make your skin as thick as you are able to, for your career. Keep it as thin as you can tolerate, for your art.
I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.
You get in trouble, you have to evaluate: Is it worth getting into trouble again? It's a lot easier to make that decision when you have a career at stake.
When you think of Hollywood, you think of the land of opportunity. I always want to have the opportunity to do things conducive to my career.
Everything I thought about acting and having a movie career has changed from what I thought when I started.
After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.
I'm still working on my career, still trying to learn from other artistes and develop my skills and my style.
Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.
I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted.
If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.
You never get over losses. I've never gotten over one loss I've had in my career. They always stick with me.
In the beginning of my career, all I did was drama, and I couldn't get arrested doing comedy; nobody would hire me!
If you look at my career, I kind of got progressively better and better and better. I came closer to the top.
