I have to put my career first.
I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get.
And I mean, I'm established. So I'm not worried about having a hit at this point in my career.
For one thing, there is no guarantee that I am even going to work again. I hope I will and will go on to have a long career.
I've had young women come to me and say that before they watched 'Voyager' it didn't really occur to them that they could be successful in a higher position in the field of science; girls going to MIT, girls pursuing astrophysics with a view to a career in NASA.
I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.
I couldn't have accomplished the things in my career if I didn't practice, and the worst part about that whole thing is when a kid comes up to me and says 'Allen, I don't like practice, either.' I've got to straighten that kid right then.
I think that if you can achieve a balance, then you appease a lot of yourself and your career and what it takes to maintain in this business for a while.
You go through stages in your career that you feel very good about yourself. Then you feel awful, like, 'Why didn't I choose something else?' But overall I'm pretty satisfied that I made the right choice when I decided to be an actor.
I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
I grew up with my career being thrust upon me. It took me a long time to believe that I could do more than that one aspect of our business.
If it hadn't been for the videocassette, I may not have had a career at all.
When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs for a few years, as a career, separate from my folksinging career, I used to write songs for pop singers.
Well, I liked it - that was the main thing. I liked it, but I didn't think of it in terms of a career. I didn't really know; I didn't really think about it. One thing just led to another until finally I quit my job as a salesman and found myself working as a photographer.
I hope to have a long career, and I don't want to be defined by things that aren't the music.
I was lucky to marry Paul. He was a great inspiration, his enthusiasm about wine and food helped to shape my tastes, and his encouragement saw me through discouraging moments. I never would have had my career without Paul Child.
I'm not feeling much pressure for the Olympics because I think I already have done many things in my career. I will try to enjoy my second Olympics.
It's a strange thing to be a so-called alternative cartoonist, because in the early part of my career, I was really tethered to the superhero world.
But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.
A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change in the limits people see.
I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bass career went bye-bye.
I started out my career as a screenwriter and quickly discovered that adhering to a script isn't always the best way to make a film. You have to take into consideration the nuances of the characters and what the actors bring to their roles.
Actually, the books were never a planned career path.
I hope to make acting my career for the rest of my life, if I can.
Well, the biggest rival I had in my career was me.
When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.
I just love where I am right now in my career. I love country music. I don't ever feel restricted by the genre. I've been able to have a solid career that we've built one step at a time and a family. I know that I'm in a good place.
In a way, my past gives me a little credibility. Not that anybody cares what I did nineteen years ago, but I did have a career, and a legitimate one, before I met my husband.
Once your career becomes about something other than the music, then that's what it is. I'll never make that mistake.
There's definitely some parallels between me and Joaquin Phoenix, I think. The line gets so blurry. My rap career wasn't a hoax, but it was absolutely intended to be a joke. The problem was that I really was on a quest to somehow be a Caucasian Ol' Dirty Bastard.
A large part of my career achievements are due to having the courage to ask for what I needed, whether in a professional or personal context.
Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make.
It's hard to know really how it's going to happen, but the career ebbs and flows and now there's a nicer feeling of interest than there has been at other times.
Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; if you're struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I've got to be worried about my career.
For someone who has been so important to my career, I have had absolutely no interaction with O.J. Simpson one-on-one in my whole life. I've tried many times. I have written him in prison, I've had other contact ... but he never responded, so I have never had a conversation with O.J. Simpson, never met the guy.
I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.
