Karen Carpenter Quotes

The key is that I'm trying to keep growing and trying to keep learning and deepen my connection in every way, in my life, in my work. That's what I do when I look at a role.

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one's work.

Know who you are, because that's how you will be cast at first. Then you can be Meryl Streep further down the road.

No matter what your profession is, it's good to scare yourself a little from time to time! It's crucial to keep challenging yourself and to learn from people who are more accomplished than you are.

When I was working on my career, I was very aware of what I had done, what I wanted to do next. I'm having a good time just reading things that might be interesting to do.

I think that growth happens and that learning happens in anybody's life regardless of what profession you're in.

I'm excited about developing as a Diva and finding where my place is in this company.

I worked extremely hard and dedicated my life to pro wrestling but the more I grow in ways not related to work, my work grows.

I always wanted to do good work, the best that I was able to, to really discover myself, getting better with each role, and find newer ways to do the same thing.

Maintain a good balance. A personal life adds dimensions to your professional life and vice versa. It helps nurture creativity through a deeper understanding of yourself.

A job leads to a job, just like anything else, and it became apparent that this was probably what I was going to keep doing.

Continuous personal and professional development is your key to the future.

Life and career kind of catches up with you.

Driving by my ambitions, desire higher positions, to see eternally and my mission, to be more than just a rap musician.

The most formative time of our lives are the years between birth and age 21, when we explore who we are and learn from those who surround us.

If you do your job properly you usually learn a lot from any role you do.

I lived my twenties on the road, in all different countries experiencing this momentum of a career which was taking off in its own way.

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

I'm realizing for the first time, your life goes on while you're trying to pursue this career. I saw my career as everything. But you have this life, too. Living your life fully, you come to know yourself better. You'll find the place for it.

David Moyes was one who, at a certain crossroads in my career, he was there. And since then, I've kicked on. That's why he played such a big role in my career.

Romantic relationships are the least interesting thing for me to write about. I'm 45, and that's not the most interesting thing in my life anymore.

I go by intuition. Work-wise, that means asking myself if a role will push me outside my comfort zone, challenge me to learn something new.

All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions, you're not growing.

I love to learn, and Victoria's Secret has given me more opportunities than I ever thought possible. I like doing things that scare me - I've learned never to doubt myself.