All my career, I've said this: Critics and producers think audiences want actors that only present the silhouette and hit the points in the silhouette. What I do is too dangerous.
As a driver, you always dream of winning a F1 race, and to win so early on in my career was very special.
As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances.
I've sort of made up my mind that I have to do my career and I have to be a mother. These are my two responsibilities; of course the baby comes first.
Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world.
Plus, I've always felt that, if the worst came to the worst in my career, I could always fall back to doing voices on the radio.
I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.
Independent films, for the most part, to me, are not so independent. They often feel like people auditioning for a big commercial career. They often do not have independent spirit to them.
Honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out.
I'm miserable: that's why I have such a bad back, because I'm endlessly stressing out about my career.
I've always been aware that the image you patiently construct for an entire career can be ruined in a minute. It scares you a bit, but that's the way things are.
In all my years of performing, no audience member has ever actually assaulted me. I consider this to be the singular triumph of my performing career.
I played basketball. I went to school and played basketball and was trying to pursue that as a career path and kind of just fell into acting.
I have no regrets about my career or retiring. Not once have I thought 'Gosh, I wish I was back on the court.
As a professional broadcaster, I can tell you that over the course of my career, there is an adage: don't ever apologize.
I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.
I wanted to stay on a career path of the likes of Natalie Portman. I didn't want to be pigeonholed into a certain genre. I sort of believe that slow and steady wins the race.
I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.
I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.
I've never looked at film-making as a career. I've looked on film-making as an adventure. When you come down the mountain, you get ready to climb again.
That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals.
