“I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do.” ChildrenAgeWantedYoungActorsParentActingCareersPathFieldsMinesUnderstoodIndianSupportiveYoung Age Author:Archie Panjabi
“I think I gave indications early on that mine wasn't just going to be a commercial, er, career. If that were the case, then the first record would have been 10 versions of 'Loser.' I always thought it would be interesting if there was no such thing as gold and platinum records, or record deals, and people were just making music. What would the music sound like?” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsHas BeensWould BeSoundInterestingDealsCareersCasesRecordsMinesGoldVersionsLoserIndicationPlatinum Author:Beck
“A student of mine is an actor, he used to go into these interviews and sometimes not get the part. He was "taken out". Someone would use power in a way that would cause him not to succeed” WaySometimesUseSuccessUsedActorsCausesCareersTakenStudentsMinesBuddhismSucceedInterviews Author:Frederick Lenz
“For once in my career, I won't have to hold anybody's hand and they won't have to hold mine. I'm surrounded by veterans. We had a great battle last Thursday at HealthPoint. It was something I never had before - three, four, really great players all in one pickup game.” HandsLastsThreeGamesCareersFourPlayerMinesBattleBasketballReally GreatVeteranThursdayPickupsGreat Battle Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“God has been my number one inspiration. I also look up to Will Smith and Jamie Fox who are also personal friends of mine. They give me great career advice. I would also include Chris Stokes, as a filmmaker and music producer. I've been working with him since I was eight.” GivingLooksHas BeensInspirationNumbersCareersAdviceMinesGive MeEightProducersFilmmakerLook UpFoxesJamieCareer AdviceStokeMusic Producer Author:Marques Houston
“I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.” PlayWholePainCareersMinesNormalAthleteKnees Author:Willie McCovey
“As someone who has spent a lot of her career as an investigative reporter, I'll confess that a frustration of mine has always been that so much investigative journalism involves a dissection of events in the past.” PastCareersEventsMinesJournalismFrustrationReportersDissectionInvestigative Journalism Author:Jill Abramson
“If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!” IfsCareersFiguresMinesBarbara Author:Tom T. Hall
“The all American work ethic, destructive enough by itself, also packs a gender double standard that strip-mines the natural resources of both parents. It has taught us that as their earnings and success increase, men become "more manly," while women become "less feminine." This perverse cultural dynamic gives fathers an incentive to stay away from their families and kill themselves at work, while coercing mothers to limit their career commitment, which in turn limits their wages and shortchanges their families.” MenGivingEnoughMotherTurnsFatherParentWomenNaturalCareersMinesTaughtLimitsStandardsEthicsCommitmentResourcesIncreaseGenderDestructiveFemininePacksEarningWagesWork EthicIncentivesNatural ResourcesManlyTaught UsDouble Standard Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin
“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
“A career like mine as an actor has a lot of ups and downs. Sometimes you wonder if you're not wasting your time trying to carve out a space for yourself in this crazy entertainment industry.” IfsTryingSometimesActorsSpaceWonderCareersCrazyMinesIndustryEntertainmentUps & DownsEntertainment IndustryWasting Your Time Author:Chris Carmack