Mira Sorvino Quotes

Doing something because it's quote-unquote a good career move doesn't really appeal to me.

I'll be totally honest in that I feel tremendously lucky that I am offered incredible jobs all the time to direct, but the problem that I have just personally is that there are only so many years in my life to dedicate to certain projects.

I'm not a party person or someone who likes to sit and drink in clubs all night, and never really have been. I have a good time through work.

Don't try to start a career in LA, unless money is all you're interested in.

I'm much more interested in working and getting on with my music.

I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time.

It's not about my career now. It's just about finding great work and having a good time.

I'm very happy doing what I'm doing; I don't think I'm prepared to devote my time to politics. When I am, I'd like to give it 100%. I'm not in the frame of mind, and I'm too greedy an actor to do that.

I do take lots of time off between projects, but when the right thing comes along, I don't like to turn it down, I've been doing this for a decade, and I remember what it was like when I started. You spend maybe five percent of your time actually doing it, and the rest of the time, you're trying to get that five percent.

As you grow up and get educated in the business, you go from, 'I want to do movies' to 'I want to work. In whatever.'

I'm naturally quite lazy, and I actually think I'm lax about my career. None of my work defines who I am.

I focus every day on my career.

I want to work and continue to work - that's all I've ever done.

I'm not very good at thinking, 'This is the thing I should do now to help my career.' I mean, I want to keep my career going, but that's not what draws me to a story.

For me, call me what you want, as long as I'm working.

When I began my career, I worked purely for the money.

I have never been choosy throughout my career.

I am a greedy actor: I want all the scripts to come to me. So I do all the good films which come my way, even if it means I'll rest a little less.

I guess I'm making up for my own lack of interest in my career by being so keenly interested in my husband's career.

I wanted to be an architect, and I ended up at my job in San Francisco, and if you would have asked me then, that was one of the greatest jobs that had happened to me in terms of my career.

I encountered producers who wanted to hang out after we worked, and when I refused, they wouldn't let me come back and work again... I would've have way more opportunities if I had succumbed. But it never felt right. I always felt like I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to compromise my morals.

I think being somewhat of a workaholic - and it's not healthy by any stretch - but I think you place your self-worth on your career, and as far as I was concerned, my career was crap.

My career choices aren't based on the popularity of my character; I have never intended to capitalise on my fan base.

I enjoy my work, and I take what appeals to me.

Everyone has different priorities, and for me, my work is very important.