I really don't have a career plan. I like being challenged and thrown around. But it's only acting.
Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.
It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point.
Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez was a major part of my early career.
Part of the early Who career was all about knocking people's confidences out.
So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.
Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts.
I hate striking out, but at the same time, I'm much better at letting them go rather than, earlier in my career, worrying about it so much before the next at-bat against the guy. You grow as you play, and every year, I work to cut them down.
I don't pass judgment on anybody, but personally, I prefer a more natural look. I think it's helping my longevity in my career because I'm playing my age.
My agent hates my directing career!
As far as feeling freedom in my career now versus five years ago... I think if I feel any more free it's simply because of the experiences that I've had, and the wisdom I've accumulated from that time.
I think Channel One was very integral in my career.
When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset.
I think no athlete wants to end his career on an injury.
I still say one of the greatest moments in my whole NBA career was getting drafted.
I don't want to be Tom Cruise. I'm not after some movie blockbuster career. That's not the kind of work I'm interested in. And frankly, it's not the kind of work I'm ever going to get.
My own career reflects a strange dichotomy between the world we've long known and the world that will become.
At a certain point in my career, I was probably having a difficult time 'holding space.' So you get a character that has to be commanding in order for him to resonate and make sense.
I feel like I'm only in the beginning of my career. I've only made five albums. It's not a lot.
I don't think I could have ever had a career as a pianist because I never ever wanted to play the notes the way they were written, I was too sloppy to learn them quite right.
I wasn't always a novelist. I began my writing career as a journalist, working on an afternoon newspaper in Sydney, Australia, doing the crime beat and court reporting. Having grown up in a small country town, I felt as though I had nothing to write about.
All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly.
The most enjoyable part of my career is singing live.
If you were looking at where you would like your career to go, then you would have to cherry pick The Stones. People love coming to see them. They are it, they are the most definitive rock n roll band ever.
As soon as I finished 'The Finkler Question,' I was in despair. I'd changed my English publisher because they'd been lukewarm about it and not offered enough money. The American publisher didn't like it. The Canadian publisher didn't like it... I'd been bleeding readers since my first novel, and I could see my own career going down.
I don't go to New York. I don't go to parties. I just do my business and study nature. My career is 28 years in an obscure art school, with limited staff and no perks. All I am is a teacher.
I'm not a career woman.
I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?
I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.
To be named as one of the finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2010 on Friday was a special moment for me. As a player, it's something that you dream about. It's an honor that you have to earn based on your career and the respect from your peers around you.
I've made a life and career as a professional musician.
It took a long time to get to the place in my career where I could pick and choose what I wanted to do.
My entire career writing novels was wrapped up around Harry Bosch. This character was too important to me to just hand off.
I think a lot of people saw 'Fight Club' and thought, 'Right, here's our next Che Guevara, here's our next Fidel Castro, here's someone who's going to wave the flag.' And I was like, 'No, it's just a book. And if I beat that drum, if I play that song one more time, I won't have a career.'
Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.
I often say my naivete early on in my career worked in my favor.
