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“I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it.”

“How could you not wanna be in Doctor Who at least once in your career?”

“If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history.”

Ifs Years Film Choices Natural Perfect Careers Couple Natural History

Author:Dominic Monaghan

“I have followed my heart my whole life - the crazy kid, a contrarian by nature, and I've been in trouble in points in my career.”

Heart Whole Kids Careers Trouble Crazy My Heart Whole Life

Author:Sarah Carter

“I always wanted to be a young mom, but generations of women have worked so hard so we can have a career and wait to have children. So I say carpe diem - take advantage of that.”

Children Hard Wanted Young Waiting Careers Generations Mom Advantage Carpe Diem Carpe

Author:Brittany Murphy

“I'm a working actress able to make choices based on characters rather than what I 'should' do for my career.”

Should Character Able Choices Careers Actresses

Author:Selma Blair

“Al Toon, who had his football career cut short because of multiple concussions, hopes his son follows in his footsteps.”

Careers Cutting Football Son Als Multiple Footsteps Concussions

Author:Dave Pasch

“I had some downtime with my career and I got complacent.”

Careers Complacent Downtime

Author:Jake Busey

“I do believe that belief is the most powerful thing we have in this world. So, if we believe in something enough. And we have faith, we can make it a reality. That is basically the basis of my entire career and my entire life.”

Ifs World Believe Enough Reality Belief Powerful Careers This World Bases Most Powerful Have Faith

Author:Corey Feldman

“I was told that my going to college wouldn't be good for my career. I think that's nonsense. It's good to empower yourself by cutting yourself off from this business every once in a while.”

Thinking Careers Cutting College Be Good Empowering Nonsense Going To College Empower Yourself Cutting Yourself

Author:Claire Danes

“Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day.”

Way Choices Situation Careers Growing Up Growing My Way Another Day Being Funny Careers Choices

Book:I Am the New Black

Source: I Am the New Black

“Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.”

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Author:Tracy Morgan

“We call it your area of destiny. We urge people to build their careers at that intersection of what they're uniquely good at ... and what you love to do.”

People Careers Destiny Areas Urges What You Love Intersections

Author:Suzy Welch

“When I was in high school, I would perform every year in those plays and there was something I really loved about it. But I was completely unaware that you could sort of get into an acting career.”

Years Play School Acting Careers High School

Author:Nick Offerman

“My dad was a businessman, and he would say, 'Work for free at the best company. Don't get paid a lot of money to work with the worst people.' And that's exactly how I see my career.”

People Company Careers Worst Dad Paid My Dad Lots Of Money Businessman Best Company

Author:Topher Grace

“People don't know how heavily involved I am in my own career. I'm on 15 to 25 conference calls every few days strategizing with my team. I think a lot of artists sit back and have it done for them. Sometimes as women in the industry - if you're sexy or like doing sexy things - some people subconsciously negate your brain. They think you're stupid.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Sometimes Done Artist My Own Brain Careers Know How Team Stupid Industry Involved Sexy Conferences You Re Stupid Conference Calls

Author:Nicki Minaj

“I like to think there are a lot of balls in the air, and the kids are not one that I choose to drop. They have been a priority and I have a career that allows for a little more flexibility at times and hours that are quite mom-friendly.”

Thinking Littles Has Beens Kids Hours Careers Air Mom Balls Priorities Friendly Flexibility

Author:Elisabeth Hasselbeck

“The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy.”

Bigs Jobs Actors House Careers Struggle Available Making Money Big Houses

Author:Richard Dreyfuss

“Suicide is the punctuation mark at the end of many artistic careers”

Ends Careers Mark Suicide Artistic Punctuation Punctuation Marks

Book:Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut

Source: Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut

“I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career.”

Thinking Artist Strong Vision Careers Wonderful Directors Tone

Author:Sarah Gadon

“Its either feast or famine, and thats the way its been for as long as I can remember. Ive spent my whole career thinking Ill never work again. Every actor lives with that insecurity. You just have to negotiate the rapids as they come.”

Thinking Way Long I Can Whole Remember Actors Careers Ill Insecurity Rapids Famine

Author:Amanda Donohoe

“If you build a career on being a beautiful young woman, that's going to be a short career. I have to establish I can act. I don't want to have to visit the plastic surgeon every two years.”

Ifs Want Years I Can Two Beautiful Young Careers Two Years Plastic Young Women Surgeons Plastic Surgeons

Author:Amanda Donohoe

“For me, I was able to make that statement of faith early on when my career began, so there weren't really a lot of surprises. People around me knew where my husband Ray and I stood as far as my faith went.”

People Able Careers Husband Surprise Statements My Husband Rays

Author:Jodi Benson

“I think God must have had something in mind for me that was not on my radar when I first started out in New York. Back then, doing animated voices meant your career was done - it was looked down upon.”

Thinking Mind Firsts Done Voice Careers New York Animated Radar

Author:Jodi Benson

“My life, in some ways, has been a half-measure. I didn't commit myself all the way to my marriage and family, because I would have given up more. And I didn't go all the way with just being completely selfish. I always wonder where my career would be if I was more selfish.”

Ifs Way Has Beens Would Be Given Half Wonder Careers Selfish Commit Just Being Given Up Marriage And Family Half Measures

Author:Alec Baldwin

“I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.”

Careers Teacher Wonderful Retiring

Author:Tim Gunn

“I think I signed some contract, early on in my career, that I will only kiss Steve Carell when I do a movie.”

Thinking Careers Kissing Contracts

Author:Gillian Jacobs

“You're always looking to have a unique experience as an actor, and definitely, being punched by a puppet ranks as a singular experience in my career.”

Actors Careers Unique Puppets Unique Experiences

Author:Gillian Jacobs

“It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.”

Long Parent Acting Company Careers Player Feet Land Stage India England Performing Courtesy Up And Down

Author:Felicity Kendal

“When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn't really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part.”

Kids School Easy Acting Careers Cry Grades Translate

Author:Albert Brooks

“I knew I wanted to pursue a career in the theater the minute I graduated from college having not pursued it! So I went back to school and got a degree in music and began working in musical theater.”

Wanted School Careers Minutes College Degrees Theater Musical Pursue Pursued Musical Theater

Author:Nancy Allen

“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.”

Thinking Want Said Actors Careers Audience Dangerous Critics Producers Silhouettes

Author:Patti LuPone

“I think Channel One was very integral in my career.”

Thinking Careers

Author:Maria Menounos

“Money has changed today's black athletes. Those who have the ability as African men to bring a change in a community that so desperately needs it are concentrating only on their own careers, some charities and how much money they can make.”

Men Needs Today Black Community Ability Careers Changed Charity Athlete Concentrating

Author:Jim Brown

“For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright guvnors?' It wasn't true to who I was.”

Firsts Talking Careers Months Six Six Months Alright

Author:Jack Whitehall

“My first job now is as a mother, everything else is secondary. My kids understand that I am an actress, and they are always so surprised to hear my voice on a cartoon character, or see my face on a video box. If it ever gets to be too much though, the career and the kids, I will simply set the career aside.”

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Author:Joan Cusack

“Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.”

Writing Two Important Bigs Wanted Young Acting Careers Wise Aspect Yeah

Author:Jonah Hill

“Fifty-four years of love and tenderness and crossness and devotion and unswerving loyalty. Without her I could have achieved a quarter of what I have achieved, not only in terms of success and career, but in terms of personal happiness.”

Years Term Careers Four Loyalty Devotion Fifty Quarters Four Years Tenderness Personal Happiness Years Of Love

Author:Noel Coward

“I'm naturally quite lazy, and I actually think I'm lax about my career. None of my work defines who I am.”

Thinking Careers Who I Am Lazy Lax

Author:Catherine Tate

“When the opportunity to choreograph came up, it was nothing more in my head but an opportunity. Then it suddenly became a career very quickly.”

Opportunity Careers

Author:Adam Shankman

“I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.”

Feels Kind Made Different School Past Film Careers Comedy Couple Drama Bunch Different Kinds My Past Film School

Author:Adam Shankman

“Hiding my migraines on the set may have been my toughest challenge as an actor. There were times when the pain from migraine headaches was so severe that I literally had to crawl across my dressing room floor. But I couldnt let anyone know. If they thought I might slow production, I figured that would end my career.”

Ifs Knows May Has Beens Ends Might Pain Actors Challenges Rooms Careers Productions Hiding Severe Dressings Headache Dressing Rooms Migraine

Author:Morgan Fairchild

“Your career and your passion don't always match up. Plenty of talented people don't have the careers they want. Plenty of untalented people make millions and make movies. There is a difference between determination and talent.”

People Want Passion Differences Careers Millions Talent Determination Plenty Untalented

Book:Yes Please

Source: Yes Please

“Whatever it is that gives you that confidence will vary from person to person, but I do believe that it is the key to succeeding at anything in life - career, relationships, anything.”

Giving Believe Persons Careers Keys Succeed Vary Anything In Life

Author:Molly Ringwald

“I had always been a fatalist about my career. What was to be was to be.”

Careers

Author:Randolph Scott

“I would be hard-pressed to look back at anything that I have done in my career and not say, "I would have done that a little different" because hindsight is 20/20.”

Looks Littles Different Hard Done Would Be Careers Hindsight

Author:Sam Huntington

“I wasn't academically successful. And maybe I've spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that.”

Trying Careers Successful

Author:Anna Wintour

“It's hard for a hit to be bad for your career.”

Hard Careers

Author:Alex Winter

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