I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.
I like to make decisions based on things I'm interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career.
Do you know how many times my career has been close to rock bottom? Each time, I was like, 'Girl, figure it out. Reinvent yourself.'
I do work half time as a historian of medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, and I started my career with work in the 19th century.
I was the suburban kid of Scottish parents, and the idea of an acting career was so beyond my experience. I didn't even know there were drama schools until a friend told me.
Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success, and in some ways it's better to have failure at the beginning of your career, or your life.
I was very strongly influenced by women's magazines and I really believed tha a woman could not be married and raise a family and have a successful career all at the same time.
I have proudly spent several periods in government, but I'm not a career politician. I come from a family of 'citizen soldiers.'
My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.
When I get into relationships, I'm an all-or-nothing person. I just completely give in to the person. It becomes my first priority in life; family, friends and career follow.
Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.
The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.
I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs.
For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have turned it into a lucrative business.
I got a chance to work with Stallone and De Niro - pretty much sums it up for me. You can tell where you're going in your career by the company you keep.
I think it's no secret that I've tried to take chances in my career and also in my life, and I believe to not live in fear.
I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.
I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of anonymity and do interesting work then you can hope for a degree of career longevity.
I'm not sought after. I never get enough work. It's the history of my career. There just isn't anything to turn down, let me put it that way.
My younger sister retired a few years ago after a 30-year career teaching history and social studies at an inner-city high school.
