2,702 Quotes About Careers

One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either.

I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice.

You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.

Sometimes it's hard to say no. Ultimately, if you stick to your guns, you have the career that you want. Don't get me wrong. I love a good payday and I'll do films for fun. But ultimately my main goal is to do good work. If it doesn't pay well, so be it.

I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson - character actresses who have something to say. I also said that I loved Madeline Kahn and Jessica Lange.

Knowledge is power. You can't begin a career, for that matter even a relationship, unless you know everything there is to know about it.

I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.

I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.

I don't want to be Tom Cruise. I'm not after some movie blockbuster career. That's not the kind of work I'm interested in. And frankly, it's not the kind of work I'm ever going to get.