Famous Quotes & Sayings

Channing Tatum

I was terrified to do 'G.I. Joe.' I had no idea how to do one of those movies. I was kind of scared. You know, if one of those doesn't work, it's a huge hit on your career. People are like, 'Well he couldn't make a $170 million movie work. I don't want him in my film.

Billie Burke

There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career.

Billy Bob Thornton

I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career.

Billy Bob Thornton

When I was coming up in the '80s television, if you were on television that meant either you were a young actor just coming up like I was, or you were an older actor whose career was over and you had to go on television.

Damon Jones

When I got to the league, I learned and looked up to guys who had long-lasting careers because they didn't partake in alcohol. I'd say it's very rare (for an NBA player), but I'm already high on life and I enjoy living, so I don't need any extra additives.

Chris Cornell

I've had a long career and I want to continue to have a long career. The way to do that is not to go away.

Arthur Ashe

This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

When you build a career, you should never imitate anybody.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I never wanted to be a career politician. I always am interested just to take on challenges that everyone says are impossible to do and to take it on.

Benjamin Bratt

I have no particular career agenda.

Ben E. King

If there's anything about the business that I love and that I'm extremely happy about, is that my career started at that time and that I met some of the greatest entertainers at that time and some are still here.

Carl Sandburg

I couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This was all misty.

Caprice Bourret

My whole career - I have been really lucky.

Cameron Diaz

Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.

Burt Reynolds

There are three stages of an actor's career. Young, old, and "You look good".

Carrot Top

Some people don't realize that I've had a career pre-commercials.

Alan Dershowitz

I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was wrong.

Alain de Botton

Choosing a spouse and a choosing career: the two great decisions for which society refuses to set up institutional guidance.

Stephen Parker

Motivating more young people to take an interest in understanding and learning science at school is important not only because science careers are exciting and rewarding, but also because young people need to know about how science and technology is changing our world -- their world!. Science in School is just one of the initiatives being supported by the Commission to take this forward.

Eddie Vedder

You know, punk bands now sell with one record - their first or second record - sell 10 times the amount of records than the Ramones did throughout their career with 20-something records. That's why I go over to Johnny Ramone's house and do yard work three times a week, just to absolve some of the guilt.

Elena Anaya

It's difficult to plan this kind of career. You just need to wait and be picky and try not to commit to just one thing. I'll have to see what's next, see what happens, and see what the future brings.

Dionne Warwick

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.

Dionne Warwick

People have been so supportive of this career for so long, and they are still enjoying the music that I bring to them.

Dick Trickle

I did it for a living, made a career out of it, but now I've turned it into somewhat of a hobby.

Abdul Kalam

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

John Schneider

When you boil it down, most movies are message movies. And I think careers are made in message movies.

LaToya London

Comparing in the past years, Tamyra Gray and everyone else that didn't win but their careers are doing well.

Edward Norton

If there's a criteria that really gets me interested in a work besides any type of personal interaction with the theme, it's if I feel like this is the right piece of work for that director at that moment in their career.

Brit Hume

There have been two Geraldo Riveras through his long career. One of them was a reporter who has done some remarkable work. The other was a television show host who did what it took to get an audience.

Brian Leetch

I just wore a cage my whole career coming up, and didn't feel a reason not to have some type of protection.

Brett Favre

I accomplished so many things, so early in my career.

Brett Favre

It's been a wonderful career, I couldn't ask for anything more.

Brandon Lee

All I can tell you is that you cannot make choices in your own career, either career choices or choices when you're actually working as an actor, based on trying to downplay or live up to a comparison with somebody else. You just can't do that. You have to do your own work based on your own gut, your own instincts, and your own life.