I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice.
One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either.
There are performers who have built their whole career doing magic on TV and can't really perform live at all - don't really have jobs and skills.
Everybody told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place they said I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.
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.
