“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.” FirstsTalkingCareersMonthsSixSix MonthsAlright 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.” IfsFirstsCharacterKidsJobsFacesMotherVoiceCareersToo MuchBoxesActressesVideoCartoonCartoon Character Author:Joan Cusack
“My children come first and the career comes in around that.” FirstsChildrenCareersMy Children Author:Diana Ross
“I just always wanted to be a baseball announcer. I'm a huge Mets fan, and I wanted to be the next Bob Murphy. As far as careers go, that was the first career that I really thought about. Well, before that, I wanted to be a Mello Yello truck driver.” FirstsWellsWantedNextCareersFansHugeMetsBaseballDriversBobTruckMurphyAnnouncersTruck DriverMets Fans Author:Logan Marshall-Green
“The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.” ThinkingYearsFirstsSelfCareersSixSingingConsciousWeightHarderCommentSelf Conscious Author:Kenny Rogers
“Obviously as a kid, for probably anybody who chose animation voiceover as a career in their adult life, Mel Blanc was the touchstone for everybody. He kind of invented the job and was the first voice actor to get onscreen credit.” FirstsKindKidsJobsActorsVoiceCareersAdultsCreditAnimationTouchstonesMel Blanc Author:Tom Kenny
“You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.” YearsFirstsCareersCoupleStuckRest Of Your LifeYou Like It Author:Rahul Dravid
“I think sometimes you get given a good pile of goodwill, and it's whether you use it up in the first six months or spread it out over a career.” ThinkingFirstsSometimesUseGivenCareersMonthsSixSpreadSix MonthsGoodwill Author:Ricky Gervais
“Other people want a career or success because they think that will help them find their personal life somewhere. I've done it the other way around. What I have is what everybody else is looking for. I know I've got it made. I know I'm a very lucky man. That came first. Then the music and the career just kind of took care of themselves.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenWayWantFirstsKindMadeDoneHelpingCareCareersLuckyPersonal LifeLucky Man Author:John Fogerty
“I highly recommend getting your career established first and then having children.” FirstsChildrenCareersHaving Children Author:Arizona Muse
“Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.” FirstsIdeasJobsCareersSeeingInflationSalaryYoungstersCulmination Author:Bill Vaughan
“I found a new me. When I first came over to America, it was like, 'How can I be rich? How can I build my movie career? How can I become the most muscular man?' It was all about me, and then there was this turn, and I found it was really great to do this.” MenFirstsAmericaTurnsFoundCareersRichReally GreatNew Me Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Now I rewrite more and more severely, and I take great pleasure in cutting thousands of words out of first drafts; I think that's a pleasure worth learning as early as possible in one's career, not least because realizing that one can do it helps one relax into writing the first draft in which it's better to have too much material for later shaping than not enough.” ThinkingWritingFirstsEnoughHelpingCan DoRealizingPleasureCareersToo MuchCuttingMaterialsRelax Author:Ramsey Campbell
“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
“It's great to see the World Rowing Championships returning to U.S. soil for the first time in 25 years. I am even more excited that it will be taking place in my home state of Florida. Regardless of where my rowing career takes me, I am sure to be in attendance in Sarasota in 2017.” WorldYearsFirstsStatesHomeCareersFirst TimeExcitedSoilTake MeChampionshipFloridaRowingAttendanceHome State Author:Stephen Young
“In the first two years of my career, there were a lot of restraints on what I could do. I couldn't wear certain colors of lipstick, like bright pink, dark pink or red; [my lips] had to be natural. Eventually, I stopped communicating with certain people at the label, and did exactly what I wanted to do. And that was to cut my hair, dye it black, change my clothes, change my sound. Really to just express myself.” PeopleYearsFirstsTwoWantedCertainSoundBlackNaturalDarkCareersCuttingColorHairClothesRedLipsCommunicateLabelsTwo YearsRestraintLipstickHair Dye Author:Rihanna
“After Princess Diaries, I was labeled a good girl, and for the first eight years of my career I had to fight to get any other kind of role. But I like fighting for a job, actually. Once you get it, you feel like you've emerged victorious from the scrap and you're like, "OK, this one's mine. Did it. Done."” FeelsYearsFirstsKindDoneJobsGirlFightingCareersRolesMinesLike YouEightPrincessDiariesScrapGood GirlPrincess Diaries Author:Anne Hathaway
“I don't know if I'm all that famous. When I first started my idea of what a career in fashion would look like is very different to the reality now.” IfsKnowsFirstsLooksIdeasDifferentRealityCareersFashion Author:Karen Walker
“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
“First of all the criteria that I have that goes into any career decision is whether or not I have the life experience, emotional resources to play the part truthfully or the imagination. Second, would be the director.” FirstsPlayWould BeImaginationDecisionCareersEmotionalDirectorsResourcesLife ExperienceCriteria Author:Nicolas Cage
“I've had much more down in my life than I've had up. And much more struggle. First of all, when I went into the film school everybody said, "What are you doing? This is a complete dead-end for a career."” FirstsSaidEndsSchoolFilmCareersStruggleDead EndsFilm School Author:George Lucas
“In the Afghan people, I found the most resilient, welcoming people who, for the first time in my career, never judged me over my right to tell this story - as a woman or a foreigner. A people who cherish their culture and history and the films that have captured that culture.” PeopleFirstsStoriesFilmCultureFoundCareersFirst TimeWelcomeCherishJudgedForeignersCapturedResilientAfghan Author:Pietra Brettkelly
“It was a real honor for me to get to be the first woman astronaut. I think it's really important that young girls that are growing up today can see that women can be astronauts too. There have actually been a lot of women, who are astronauts, that that's a career that's open to them.” ThinkingFirstsImportantRealTodayYoungGirlCareersGrowing UpGrowingHonorAstronaut Author:Sally Ride
“From the first days of my career as an entrepreneur, I have always used my own and my team's lack of experience to our advantage. In fact, at our first venture, Student magazine, we used our newcomer status to secure great interviews and generate publicity - people were excited about our new project and wanted to get involved. Our inexperience fed our restless enthusiasm for trying new things, which became part of our core mission.” PeopleTryingFirstsFactsWantedUsedMy OwnCareersTeamStudentsInvolvedProjectsAdvantageEntrepreneurExcitedMissionsCoreMagazinesEnthusiasmSecureInterviewsFedsNew ThingsVentureRestlessGet InvolvedPublicityInexperienceTrying New ThingsNew ProjectsNewcomers Author:Richard Branson
“The first thing [in career and motherhood] is a great husband. That I found many years ago and I am lucky in that way.” WayYearsFirstsFoundCareersLuckyHusbandYears AgoMotherhoodGreat Husband Author:Meryl Streep
“One of the highlights of my career was playing first class rugby for my province, which was Wellington. Another highlight was playing first class rugby with my brothers. Not many brothers get to do that. I can't explain what it felt like to be out there, playing with them. It was a great feeling.” FirstsI CanFeelingsFeltClassCareersBrotherMy BrotherRugbyProvincesHighlightsFirst ClassGreat FeelingsWellington Author:Filo Tiatia
“It's playing with the idea of what musicians wear when they play live, especially focusing on the evolution of what a musician wears when they first start their career, when they are young and wild, to how they dress when they become famous and more polished.” FirstsIdeasPlayYoungCareersEvolutionMusicianDressesPolished Author:Renzo Rosso
“When I first came up, the whole AIDS epidemic was starting, and the gay community that I experienced from the beginning of my career was mostly - and overwhelmingly - concerned with staying alive. And, also, I felt really aware of the preciousness of life and time. The gay community and people who were HIV-positive were treated so badly, and I was very disturbed by things. But I also saw a lot of love and connection in the gay community at that time.” PeopleFirstsWholeFeltCommunityCareersSawsAliveGayConcernedConnectionsStartingAidsTreatedStayingDisturbedHivEpidemicsStaying AliveLife And TimeGay CommunityHiv PositiveAids Epidemic Author:Madonna Ciccone
“The best thing about having my very first audition lead me to an Oscar nomination means that I don't have to struggle the rest of my career to be nominated for an Oscar, to prove that I'm a great actress, because I've already done it. Now I can do things that just make me happy.” FirstsMeanI CanDoneCan DoCareersStruggleProveActressesBest ThingsOscarsAuditionsMake Me HappyLeading MeNominations Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“I had a great first year and Mr. MacDonald was my biggest supporter. He gave me the encouragement I needed that first year to get my career started on a positive note.” YearsFirstsCareersNeededEncouragementNotesSupporter Author:Jim Evans
“Miles Davis was a part of my life from 1947 on. I was born in 1941 and I first heard him in 1947 on a 78 rpm. And then I followed his career, starting with his first solo album in 1951. He was an icon and inspiration and a mentor to me.” FirstsInspirationBornCareersHeardStartingAlbumsMilesMentorSoloIcons Author:Chick Corea
“The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say -- or their beliefs -- or sex.” PeopleGivingFirstsWholeWantedBeliefSexCareersSacrificeGiving Up Author:John Osborne
“I just don't believe in love at first sight any more, even though I've based my whole career on the concept.” FirstsBelieveWholeCareersConceptsSightDon't BelieveLove At First SightBelieve In LoveDon't Believe In Love Author:Hugh Grant
“I took part in a theatre festival in Massachusetts two summers after I graduated from college. Then I was in Los Angeles thinking: "I'm going to go to New York." I'd decided that I would not have a chance of a film career, so I was about to make the move. I bought a plane ticket and found a place to live in New York, packed my bags and of course the universe "told me" that I was not meant to go. Suddenly, a week before I was supposed to leave, I had three job offers and one of them was my first movie.” ThinkingFirstsTwoJobsFilmMovingUniverseThreeCoursesFoundChanceCareersWeekNew YorkCollegeOffersSummerDecidedTheatrePlanesBagsLos AngelesTicketsFestivalsPlaces To LiveMassachusetts Author:Chris Pine
“If you're 22 years old and you can't believe you're even in the position to have a career making music, the first thing you're going to think is: Maintain. Don't lose it. And that's precisely what causes you to lose everything.” IfsThinkingYearsFirstsBelieveCausesLosesCareersPosition Author:Danger Mouse
“Early in my career, a critic said that I needed to "explain" the irony in my work, suggesting that I needed to add text next to the images to help people understand what I was trying to say. At first I was dismayed that I wasn't making work with a clear enough message. That's when I realized that that was the exact opposite of what I wanted to do - that I wasn't responsible for a misinterpretation of my work, that there should be some ambiguity to it. They either got it, or they didn't.” PeopleShouldTryingFirstsSaidEnoughHelpingWantedNextCareersClearNeededMessagesOppositesResponsibleAddCriticsI RealizedIronyAmbiguitySuggestingDismayedMisinterpretation Author:Cindy Sherman
“An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format fiction tends to require a bunch of experience of human life that takes time to acquire. So your average mid-career novelist is in their forties to fifties!” FirstsHumansLongImportantFictionCareersNovelWrittenSellsNotesAverageBunchFactorsHuman LifeNovelistsAcquireFortyTake TimeFormat Author:Charles Stross
“My career has been: first you have to prove yourself, then there's the sophomore record, then there's this thing and that thing, and you always want to be understood.” WantFirstsHas BeensCareersRecordsProveUnderstoodSophomoreProving Yourself Author:Fiona Apple
“I came in on this movie after there had been a director and I came in after Tom Courtenay had talked to Ron Harwood about making a movie. So, you know Tom and Albert Finney had been friends since the beginning of their career as they became stars around the same time - Tom always reminds me that Albert was first with Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and then Tom with The Long Distance Runner.” KnowsFirstsLongNightStarsCareersMorningDirectorsDistanceSundayTomsRunnersSaturdaySaturday NightLong DistanceSunday MorningDistance Runner Author:Dustin Hoffman
“You know, unfortunately divorce it happens in Kansas as much as it does in Hollywood. And, you know, women having to start over at 40, you know, for the first time in their life having to find a career and being a single parent and having to date. You know, all of those things happen everywhere in the world. It's not just Los Angeles. So I would defend the fact that there are, you know, there are other reasons to watch than just to get a laugh.” KnowsWorldFirstsDoeReasonFactsHappensParentCareersWatchesLaughingFirst TimeHollywoodDivorceThings HappenLos AngelesStarting OverKansasSingle ParentBeing A Single Parent Author:Debra Messing
“I've always made some legendary comebacks since 1998 when it first started. So that's kind of just been my MO for my whole career.” FirstsKindMadeWholeCareersComebackLegendary Author:Serena Williams
“I would not recommend poetry as a career. In the first place, it's impossible in this time and place - in this culture - to make poetry a career. The writing of poetry is one thing. It's an obsession, the scratching of a divine itch, and has nothing to do with money. You can, however, make a career out of being a poet by teaching, traveling around, and giving lectures. It's a thin living at best.” GivingWritingFirstsCultureCareersImpossibleOne ThingTeachingDivinePoetObsessionPoetry IsLectures Author:Maxine Kumin
“I got my career start by first creating my own free, independent lifestyle in my own house out in the country. There I taught myself to make and later design furniture. I have continued to go my own way, always consciously needing to feel that I am moving forward.” WayFeelsFirstsCountryMovingHouseMy OwnCareersDesignTaughtCreatingIndependentLifestyleMoving ForwardFurniture Author:David Trubridge