Career Quotes
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The most incredible thing about my career is that I had one.
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African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perry's career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently.
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It was so quick for me on 'SNL.' It's not something I consider to be, like, one of the big spaces in my career.
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Being athletic has really become a big part of my career.
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I found in my whole career the best thing that can happen to you is that you hear what people want.
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Whether I ever become WWE champion in my career, I'm proud of what I've done.
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I'm looking forward to playing some really despicable characters at some point in my career so I can branch out and stretch those acting muscles. But I wouldn't want to do that on a regular basis.
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In senior year at college, Paula Vogel was my playwriting teacher; she is the first person to introduce me to the notion that a woman could actually forge a career in the theatre. Up until then, the possibility seemed remote and inaccessible, as I had very few role models who directly touched my life.
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No one's going to put in the effort you are for your career.
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If I had gotten the parts in 'Scream' or 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' I would not have been very good in them, and I would've squandered whatever success I had gotten because I wasn't ready for that sort of thing. So I feel grateful for all of the years that I have behind me trying to get traction and a career.
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I was just grateful for the fact that I was able to repay my parents for their sacrifices throughout my career.
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Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.
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I've twice been on the point of giving up my performing career to train for the priesthood.
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I always felt that the music sells by itself. The music has always been the successful aspect on my career, and that means that, to me, I can always still stay very focused on music.
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I believe that I've grown in my acting career because I've become more confident. I've become less worried about what people think. When I go into a meeting - 'audition', I have a different sense of self when I walk into the room. I'm here to give you my interpretation of your lines. This is my stage; I'm not waiting to be hired by you to be on your stage. We all might die tomorrow, so I'm going to have to live in my gift, today, and give you the best performance in this room, right now, in case this is the last time you get to see me!
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My parents never looked at my acting as a career. They saw it as a way to help provide for the household.
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I want people to say, 'He evolved throughout his whole career.' I wanna be able to have the most number one records ever. The most Top 10 records ever.
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Music for me, it's pretty annoying, because I've never had a successful solo career and it bugs me.
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In my early career as a documentarian, I suppose I was trying to make films which - where it was all about making a big cinematic statement, and I think with 'Marley,' I slightly changed my direction and adopted a more mellow approach.
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I've been very, very, very, very fortunate, and I'm very grateful for my career and that, at 60, I won an Emmy.
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I'm hungry. Always have been, my whole career.
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I could never plan to have a career that went this well... you know, there were times when it didn't: when it went into the toilet, or ducked, or was difficult to get moving.
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It never hurt Lenny Bruce's career to get arrested for swearing. It did back in the time, but he broke those doors down by doing the stuff that he believed in.
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In essence, I owe my career to Garry Marshall. There was no known reason for him to hire me for 'Pretty Woman.'
