Tyra Banks Quotes

I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.

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 wish my career on anyone.

It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage.

If you get your foot in the door doing one kind of part, that's the kind of role they call you for. I can't say I resent it - then I would resent my whole career.

I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen,' but now things have changed a lot.

When I think of my career and why I leaned in, it comes down to basic survival.

I have a lot of friends that are actors, and I'm blessed to even have a job.

The reality of a long-term career is that there are ups and downs.

Young people encounter great challenges at the beginning of their careers.

I enjoy my job. And I love the city of Chicago, and this organization - it gave me the start to my whole career.

My success on the road is predicated on my success in Hollywood.

I just go from one movie to the next and try not to get fired.

A guy like me, it's probably pretty hard for somebody to pinpoint what position to have me do, where to put me all the time.

I had a couple rough patches early in my career. I think I might have made some bad choices here and there.

I got 'slotted' and started getting offers similar to the role I had in 'Maryada.'

My dad used to cut out newspaper ads and post them to me in the hope I'd get a proper job.

I just want to be at the best place possible to ensure that I really kick on in my career, that I constantly have challenges, because in football, you don't have long. It's easy to become complacent when game time comes so easily, and you're doing so well.

I wouldn't say I'm satisfied with my career.

I never imagined I would have the opportunities that I've had at NBC. For me, the opportunities have been endless, which I really appreciate.

I was a business major at the University of Richmond, and after I graduated, I took a job at a corporate ad agency. I had comedic dreams, but I also had a realistic look at what I had to do when I left school: maybe I'm funny, but maybe I'm one of a hundred thousand funny people, you know?

It was definitely a very appealing prospect to be in a company, especially as an art student: we had it hammered into us that the odds of us finding a job, especially fresh out of school, was very slim, and we could expect to work as a bartender for the next three years after we graduate.

I think, in the past, you could buy a flat and live comfortably on theatre and touring theatre, but you can't do that anymore, which means that you have to have a certain amount of celebrity and profile to, therefore, get TV and film work.

I was always about working. I like working. I don't like being unemployed. I love acting.

I'm really lucky to be in the TV industry and to have a regular yearly contract. That gives me security.