Chris Carter Quotes

I've worked so hard since I was 18 years old, and I'd hate for the memories to be boiled down to being a Melania Trump impersonator.

I think that if I was only known for who I was as a football player and only that, it just would have been a tragedy.

I don't want everyone to think I'm just the girl who acts.

I want to be known for my work, that's most important.

Some people have such strong memories of me as a young actor, that it's hard to see me as anything else.

I've spent various periods of my career being thought of as various things, various degrees of substance and ideas.

When people think of me initially, they remember me as 'Akeelah.' Sometimes it can be frustrating to be remembered at an age that you've outgrown.

This is what I do for a living. It's not who I am as a human being.

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.

I want people to know me through the movies I do. I want to be judged on that. If you start becoming famous for your personal life, that's when your career goes away.

I sacrifice in my love life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years. This is a really important time in my life. I can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy.

At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.

I'm not as interested in what you make as I am in what you're passionate about. What business are you really in?

I really want to be known for my work. That sounds like such a... cliche, and I've thought about how else I can say it to make it sound less hackneyed. But that's what it comes down to... I know people are interested in these things.

When work is not going well, it's useful to remember that our identities stretch beyond what is on the business card, that we were people long before we became workers - and will continue to be human once we have put our tools down forever.

I like to work. I believe that work helps us find our self worth.

I just want to be known for things other than my sexuality.

There's no pleasure in working if you don't do the things you want to do.

You don't need to be defined by your job.

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

I didn't feel that my identity was caught up in being a cartoonist, and that if it stopped I'd stop.

I now don't mind if people know about my modelling because I don't feel like it really matters. I feel like I have proved myself as an actress, to some degree.

If I'm 'the kid from 'Hereditary'' for the rest of my life, I'll be satisfied.

When I was a kid, I remember my parents would say, 'Baseball is what you do, but that's not who you are' - like that might be my job, but that's not the end-all, be-all. I feel like I might even be able to use it to help other people or open some doors or explore more opportunities.

I don't want to retire on the independent scene. I don't want my legacy to be remembered as that.