Career Quotes

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.

You know I'm proud of all of them but I think that I am most proud of all my businesses and just being a business woman and being able to do that as well as you know hold my career as an actress.

I did it for a living, made a career out of it, but now I've turned it into somewhat of a hobby.

Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts.

I drank beer, and I had a career year.

I was very blessed in always knowing what I wanted to do, and by the grace of God I've been able to succeed in my chosen career.

There's not many firsts in my career, as I have been a part of many tournaments and fortunate enough to win many.

The Four Seasons was making me popular in Britain, but EMI America had no interest in making that happen in the States, so I just had a classical career there.

I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five years in Las Vegas have been amazing.

I remember getting this scrapbook that this girl made, that I actually gave to my mom to hold onto because she has a 'Twilight' shrine in their house in Florida. It was just this scrapbook of me, starting with 'Twilight,' and the whole progression of me and my career throughout that, and other stuff that I had done in between.

I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.

A career in the theatre demands so much commitment.

The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.

My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing.

The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

I've enjoyed all the parts of my career.

General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as throughout his great war career.

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.

These girls come; they last one season; they're completely used up and dried out and sent back home. That's not how to make a life. I want a girl to come in knowing full well what she's getting into and being able to deal and make decisions that will create a career.

So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more.

Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything.

It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before.

I gave up my childhood for a career.

Becoming an actress takes a lot longer than being a star. I don't want to be a star. I want to be an actress. I want to build a career.

Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn't let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I've decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies.

At the start of my career, when I used to toss and turn at night, I was fighting that feeling and wanting to go to sleep. Now I know that's normal, so I'll just get up and watch TV or something. I know it's just my subconscious mind getting ready for a game.

I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.