“I only became a celebrity because I had a kid. Before I was pregnant nobody cared. I joke to my agent that having a baby made my career.” MadeKidsCareersBabyJokesAgentsPregnantHaving A BabyNobody CaresWere Pregnant Author:Busy Philipps
“With my career in general, I feel like I'm finally getting to do the roles that I've always wanted to do. It's a slow build; you can't ever get the roles that you want in the beginning of your career because you don't have the buzz or the heat, or whatever the hell it is you need for the agents and the studios to be happy.” WantNeedsFeelsWantedCareersRolesHellStudiosAgentsHeatBuzz Author:Channing Tatum
“There was one person who greatly and directly benefited my career--my agent Virginia Kidd. From 1968 to the late nineties she represented all my work, in every field except poetry. I could send her an utterly indescribable story, and she'd sell it to Playboy or the Harvard Law Review or Weird Tales or The New Yorker--she knew where to take it. She never told me what to write or not write, she never told me, That won't sell, and she never meddled with my prose.” WritingPersonsStoriesLawCareersFieldsLateSellsTalesAgentsProseReviewsHarvardVirginiaNew YorkersPlayboyIndescribable Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“I never had a plan, except to write. I love what I do, and have from the beginning. Loving what you do makes it a lot easier to work, every day, to face the tough spots and heel in for the long haul. Nothing against plans; they work for some people. But for me, if I'd been planning, worrying about numbers, trying to micro-manage my career, I wouldn't have focused on the writing. If you don't write, you're not read. If you're not read, you don't sell. So that's my Master Plan, I guess. Write the books, let the agent agent, the editor edit, the publisher publish.” PeopleIfsWritingTryingLongBookFacesNumbersCareersWorryPlansMastersEasierToughSellsFocusedPlanningManageSpotsAgentsEditorsHeelsPublishersPublishEditsHaulLong HaulLoving What You Do Author:Nora Roberts
“I want to be a free agent. I think everybody in the NBA dreams to be a free agent at least one time in their career. It's like you have an evaluation period. It's like if I'm in the gym and I have all the coaches, all the owners, all the GMs come into the gym and just evaluate everything I do. So yes, I want that experience.” IfsThinkingWantDreamCareersLike YouPeriodsCoachesAgentsOwnersNbaGymOne TimeEvaluateEvaluationFree Agents Author:Carmelo Anthony
“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.” FirstsWellsWholeBigsPartyCareersHollywoodAgentsUpset Author:Salma Hayek
“I have always wanted to do daytime television, but past handlers and agents had steered me away from it because they would say to me, "Darius, you have already passed that mark in your career. You have done prime time and feature films and continue to go upward," and I go, "Are you kidding me?".” DoneWantedPastFilmCareersTelevisionMarkAgentsFeaturesPrimeDaytimePrime TimeDarius Author:Darius McCrary