One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place. – Brian O’Driscoll
The captain thing was really an honor, and it was really flattering for me. It was really something that I didn’t expect, and I would say that was the highlight of my career so far, being elected captain by my peers. – Benjamin Watson
I was such a nerd, a complete geek, but then I was lucky enough to have a fancy career, where I can be like ‘See, I’m not a nerd. Look, I’m in ‘Vogue.’ – Brooke Shields
I’ve had a career that is kind of under the radar, but it sure is varied, and I’ve been so blessed to be able to get paid to do something I love to do. – Bill Paxton
I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals. – Adam Shankman
For an individual, playback singing is not enough to sustain a career, and it is not really a main source of income. – Armaan Malik
I realised quite early on that, although I wasn’t trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual, sociopathic intellectuals. – Benedict Cumberbatch
As far as post-‘SNL’ career, whatever kind of comes my way that looks interesting, I’ll do it, you know? – Bill Hader
People say, ‘Well, whose career do you follow? Where do you see your career going? What movie do you want to do next?’ And I can’t tell you what type of movie I would go and do next. I would have to read the script and feel for a character. And if I feel in my gut for a character, I know that that’s somebody I have to play. – Blake Lively
One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years. – Al Yankovic
So I built my entire career in the United States and that’s why it feels like I’m an American actor. – Anthony LaPaglia
I’ve been so fortunate in my career and my own life just to have all these opportunities, and the talk show has always been one of my favorite formats. – Bonnie Hunt
The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation. – Auberon Herbert
To make a career as an Irish actor, generally it’s the case that you move to London. When you make that move, you do tend to stand out. – Aidan Turner
I have an uncle who lived to 101, and my father died at 95, so I have a second career ahead of me. – Alan Gerry
When I graduated I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn’t want a conventional career. – Charlie Trotter
I had known that I’d wanted to be an actor from a very early age, but I had always known that I wanted to have a dual career. I wanted to be an actor, and I also at that time wanted to be a rock star. – Billy Burke
When you want a raise, you’re not only going in saying: ‘I want more money.’ You’re going in and saying: ‘Here’s what I want out of my career. Here’s what I accomplished. Here’s what I said I was going to do. Here’s what I’ve done. Not only do I deserve more money, but I want to get to here on my career.’ – Brian Krzanich
I feel completely fearless when I’m on stage. And also totally fearful. There’s the fear that I’m not making a very smart career move sometimes, but there’s the stronger belief that these things need to be said. – Andy Kindler
Getting ‘SNL’ was pretty amazing, so just to be able to have an eight-year career there and be really happy with everything I did, it was pretty big. – Bill Hader
Actors are always nervous about not only hurting each other, but maybe perhaps hitting each other’s face and ending one’s career. – Bryce Dallas Howard
