Careers Quotes - Page 20

• I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Had Enough, Kind, Film

  "Francis Ford Coppola: The Rt Interview". Interview with Tim Ryan, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. October 15, 2010.

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• It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Birthday, Somewhere Else, Ironic

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• I have seen that the American Dream is a reality - and I would love to feel the British Dream is also a reality. To enable that, we have to bring back some common sense and encourage family values, a proper sense of justice and make people believe they have a decent chance to build a business or career for themselves. I see this moment as a fantastic opportunity to restore this, because I believe Britain Has Talent.

  Simon Cowell

  Dream, Believe, Opportunity

  "Cowell speaks out on British election". www.express.co.uk. May 5, 2010.

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• Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.

  Bryan Cranston

  Perseverance, Art, Successful

  "Bryan Cranston: 'I had to take my character from Mr Chips to Scarface'". Interview with Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2012.

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• There's already a marriage clock, a career clock, a biological clock. Sometimes being a woman feels like standing in the lobby of a hotel, looking at the dials depicting every time zone in the world behind the front desk - except they all apply to you, and all at once.

  Sloane Crosley

  Time Zones, World, Sometimes

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• The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman.

  Penelope Cruz

  Women, Pretty Woman, Trying

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' for example, Woody Allen is one of the greatest American directors, and we really had a very good working relationship. We understand each other really well. He gave me one of the best opportunities somebody has ever given me in my career.

  Penelope Cruz

  Opportunity, Directors, Example

  "Penelope Cruz Interview BROKEN EMBRACES". Interview with Sara Wayland, collider.com. December 5, 2009.

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• I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.

  Ice Cube

  Past, Half, Proud

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• 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

  Trying, Realised

  "You don't have to be posh to be an actor (but it certainly helps)" by Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2014.

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• Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Fun, Eye, Awards

  "EMMYS: Benedict Cumberbatch On 'Sherlock'". Interview with Michael Ausiello, deadline.com. June 23, 2012.

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• Actually, the books were never a planned career path.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Book, Path, Career Path

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• Part of the early Who career was all about knocking people's confidences out.

  Roger Daltrey

  People, Knocking

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• Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things.

  Claire Danes

  Defining, Influential, Prepared

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• However, I'm at a very comfortable place in my career and celebrity, in that I don't have to audition as extensively as I used to for roles but yet I'm not immediately recognizable.

  Claire Danes

  Auditions, Roles, Used

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• I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.

  Richard Dawkins

  School, Average, Special

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• I've been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don't mind auditioning if something that requires that, but I haven't had to in awhile, which is a nice place to be 'cause I've been on quite a lot of auditions in my life.

  Mos Def

  Nice, Mind, Acting

  "FEATURE: Mos Def, Quiet As Kept 2.0". XXL Magazine Interview, www.xxlmag.com. June 15, 2009.

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• 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.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Race, Mind, Action

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• What led me to be an actor is that I have a strange something in me that can drastically change the way I appear to the world. Growing up, I couldn't understand why people would always have different ideas of me - but because of that I became aware of how you can manipulate your own ability to change. And then I learned to make a career of it.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Growing Up, Ideas, People

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• I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

  Gail Devers

  Country, Disappointment, Blessed

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• I just really love doing what I do. I know every career is fleeting and there will be time periods when I don't get the opportunities that I'm getting right now, so I am taking advantage of them.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Opportunity, Fleeting, Periods

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• The last thing I'd learn, well into my career, was how to get on, how to say hello, how to get in with the audience.

  Phyllis Diller

  Lasts, Hello, Wells

  Phyllis Diller (2006). “Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse: My Life in Comedy”, p.118, Penguin

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• A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Men, Two, Giving

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.836, Delphi Classics

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• I really worshipped Mama Cass a lot. Mama Cass, who was really fat and she didn't lose weight. Yeah, she went on diets but for the most part of her life and the better part of her career she was a big person.

  Beth Ditto

  Weight, Mama, Yeah

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• I'm constantly thinking about what I'll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean, longevity is key, and I hope that it lasts, but you just don't know, because it's not in your hands, you don't make the decision.

  Beth Ditto

  Mean, Thinking, Keys

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• I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me.

  Placido Domingo

  Expecting, Conducting, Prove

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