I accomplished so many things, so early in my career.

I have always wanted a solo career, deep in the darkest pit of myself, but I didn’t dare admit it to myself even. It took me a long time to confront my fears.

I had in mind a long career.

Whether driven by ambition or circumstance, every career gets disrupted.

You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that they don’t think are really going to do much end up having a career. I...

The whole object of the players’ association is to try and make sure that any individual is able to capitalise on his ability, particularly in football, which is a very short career.

After I hurt the knee, football wasn’t nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did,...

Relationships, for me, have been elusive. And I would say mostly it’s been my fault. I was always more concentrated on my career. And yes, you do question people’s motives. Is it just because I’m...

My agents do not like my choice to work only in New York and Israel – it’s not a good career move.

The women that inspire me are the ones who have careers and children; why would I want to limit myself? I’ve always wanted to have children, and I would never give up that experience for...

Being instinctively lazy, I see no point in working longer hours just to get out of debt !

I always wanted to direct. I always saw myself as a director. I know that I’ve definitely found what I should be doing with my life. In my life, as far as my career goes,...

So, you’ve failed many times at many things. That’s okay! Learn, grow, and move forward. With the right attitude and mindset, you can learn a lot from failure. Pay attention and keep on striving! You’ve...

When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn’t know.

What would you do if you weren’t afraid?

The financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the profession.

The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.

I’ve carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

My advice is to make acting your second career choice.

My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it’s time to please myself.

Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think “Does this go toward or away from what I want?” Always choose what goes toward what you want.

Just make as much money as you can, but try your best not to rob or get robbed, it will sweep all that you have and leave your hands empty.

I do wish I’d had a better career. Who wouldn’t?

After all, people may really have in them some vocation which is not quite plain to themselves, may they not? They may seem idle and weak because they are growing. We should be very patient...

Without passion, a job is just what it is: a job

At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends.

The main purpose of education isn’t just to receive a certification that leads to a career, but to become a well-rounded person in so many aspects of life.

There’s no one actor in particular that I want to model my career after, except for the people who have been able to keep their career varied and who choose things that interest them. That...

I’ve been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.

You have tremendous gifts to give; God sent them with you when you came to this earth. And while you might forget them, or doubt they exist, God does not forget and He will show...

I have been unusually blessed in that I’ve been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please the public.

So the only things I was being allowed to audition for were small roles in comedies. It broke my heart. No one would see me for anything else. I knew, in order to open up...

My time in the World Rally Championship has been a useful stage in my career, but I can’t deny the fact that my hunger for F1 has recently become overwhelming.

You know, when you first come up, and you get called up to the big leagues, all you want to do is just, you just want to have a career, a nice career. You want...

But I think it is more difficult to do a career as a lieder singer, and there have been less lieder singers.

I had never thought of my career as going in the direction that it did, as far as fan response was concerned.

McGeorge Bundy was a brilliant man who’d had a meteoric academic career and was the youngest man ever to be dean of the Harvard faculty. But he was also arrogant and looked upon all sorts...

Earlier on in my career I felt that I had to hide behind a lot of different masks, and showboat ways of performing. Now, that’s a lie. The less I have to hide, the less...

So, through all that early professional career I would occasionally do a musical, a pantomime or a play with songs. The next stop would be a Shakespeare, or an Ibsen, or a play by a...

A C.E.O.’s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I’ve done that my whole career.

Treat yourself like a fat person with aches and pains and a suitcase full of excuses, and good luck–you’ll stay exactly where you are. Train like an athlete and, though you may not look like...

The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.

If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you’ll spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that...

I was very young, and I was on vacation with my family, and there was a retrospective of old films, and one of them was ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ with Claude Rains that was...

It might come a time to not follow your passion, so to speak, although it must be prioritized. It may be the case that your passion will serve as the medic, your peace of mind,...

It took a long time to get to the place in my career where I could pick and choose what I wanted to do.

The main character, Gene Moore, is shown how much of his identity is wrapped up in his career and potential in that career. When he comes home from war no longer able to see himself...

I definitely think that theatre is something I’ll keep coming back to in my career for as long as I can. I also think theatre’s something you have to be very fit to do. I...

I just feel that no matter what comes in a career – and mine has been all over the map – you must stay at the table, pick up the cards you’re dealt and play...

My kids are not that interested in my movie career, by the way. My son, in particular, never talks about it. He just wants me as his dad.