“AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his family, friends, and staff better than anybody in the national press corps. Those contacts helped me break a few stories and get my career in Washington jump-started.” StoriesHouseWhiteCareersBreakBeatsPressesClintonContactWhite HouseStaffFamily Friends Author:Ron Fournier
“I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really looking to do is constantly defy expectations. I'm very curious to see if you can actually have a character actor and a movie star's career combined.” IfsThinkingWantCharacterActorsStarsCareersBeatsExpectationsMirrorsAdmireCuriousMovie StarCharacter Actors Author:David Oyelowo
“I didn't worry about my career ending, but there were days where I felt pretty beat up by it all and just pretty tired, because they didn't make it easy for me. And coming right off the last lawsuit, it was the last thing I wanted to get involved in. When it was over, we didn't really celebrate, we were just exhausted. I lost all interest in the record business and never wanted to do anything except hand in a record again.” HandsWantedLastsLostFeltEasyInterestCareersWorryRecordsInvolvedBeatsTiredCelebrateExhaustedGet InvolvedLawsuit Author:Tom Petty
“Be persistent. Establishing yourself in this field could easily take years. Rarely will any composer get that one "big break." More often, success is built on hundreds - or thousands - of very small breaks. When I decided that I was definitely going to pursue a career as a film composer, I decided I was going to beat my head against that particular wall until something broke.” YearsBigsFilmCareersBreakFieldsParticularWallBeatsBuiltDecidedPursueBrokeComposerPersistentFilm Composers Author:John Keltonic
“I think that's why I've lasted this long because I love everything I make fun of! I make fun of myself first! I mean, I started my career by calling my films "trash" - the local critics used to complain that I beat the critic to the typewriter.” ThinkingFirstsMeanLongFilmUsedFunCareersCallingBeatsCriticsComplainingLocalsTrashTypewriters Author:John Waters
“I never lost any of my titles. I moved up in weight a few times. At the end of my career, the guys that beat me didn't beat the Jeff Fenech that I know.” KnowsEndsGuyLostCareersBeatsWeightMovedTitles Author:Jeff Fenech
“Klitschko has had a good career. A lot of his fights have been out of the country as though he hasn't even been invited into the real heavyweight picture in the United States. He's a good fighter. You can't talk about him unless you can beat him and it doesn't seem that there's anyone around who can truly beat him.” Has BeensRealCountryStatesSeemsFightingUnitedCareersUnited StatesBeatsFighterInvitedGood FightHeavyweights Author:George Foreman