If I can make a career for myself after Potter, and it goes well, and is varied and with longevity, then that puts to bed the 'child actors argument'.
I'm a huge fan of Brad Pitt. He could have done rom-coms his entire career, but he took it in a different direction.
Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson.
I've played a baseball player a few times, but in my career I've been blessed to have played a wide range of characters.
I really want my career to be as an actor-writer-director-producer, you know? I don't know what will be stronger than the other.
There were times in my career when I would try to write songs like Bob Dylan... Artists get hooked up in that. To be a follower, you lose.
You can't manufacture a career as an actor because you aren't in control of what projects come to you, unless you are No. 1, two, three or four in the world.
If you are succesfull for 20 years, you can't expect to stay on the same level all through that period. A career has its ups and downs and in-betweens.
I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.
The stand up, everything was accidental. I never grew up and was the class clown and had to get the attention. It was - it really is, I have a career despite myself.
I'm even able to have kind of a little bit of a second career in dog rescue. Doesn't pay anything, but it's become a real passion for me.
There hasn't been one moment in my career where I felt I didn't have any control over the creative aspects of my records.
I don't believe that there is any particular book that influenced any 'career' I might have.
You know, I had a couple hundred jumps in my career, and I made most of them, but the ones they show over and over are the ones when I crashed.
Last year, the surgery was a tough decision, but I had to make a decision based on my career. It was a decision to get healthy, and start over with a new team at 100 percent.
I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.
That was my one big Hollywood hit, but, in a way, it hurt my picture career. After that, I was typecast as a lion, and there just weren't many parts for lions.
I think all phases of one's career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not.
Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career.
I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.
