Song Joong-ki Quotes

If I'm still acting at 46, I'll be surprised.

My career seems to have worked out OK, especially since I turned 40. I've always had a character part, mind you - I've never played the princess. But if you're used to doing that, it must be soul-destroying to hit 40 and suddenly find there's nothing for you to do.

I never think about the next movie. I always think about the situation I'm in now, but you do think about an arc someone can go. I love Johnny Depp, I love 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' but I never wanted to play the same character over and over again.

Do you want to have a career that goes beyond, you know, 11 minutes in a 22-minute television show every week? Some people don't. That's fine.

I'm very much looking forward to my 30-40 years of acting, and, as I get older, I'm really looking forward to some of the roles that are out there to play.

I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.

The whole time I've been an actor, from early in Houston, my goal has been to work - to keep doing it. I feel at my most satisfied as a human being when I'm working on a role.

I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.

For me, as an actor, just to keep acting and to keep being able to work and to do different roles and challenging roles, that's something I'd love to do.

I'm never going to retire.

I start laughing every time because the media talks to me like I'm finishing my career and I only have one year left and time is running out.

Acting will always be my first passion, it's what I live to do and I hope to be lucky enough to do it the rest of my life.

A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.

In figure skating, your body can only last for so long. I can't be 50 and trying to skate but I can be 50 and be in fashion, so I have to look to my future and what I want to achieve.

I don't have any plans of slowing down. I love being an actor.

I'm conscious that there's only a limited amount that I'll get done before I get shuffled into retirement, but I certainly have no desire to retire.

I want to extend my career for as long as I can.

I want to be like a Christy Turlington, still doing my craft and still killing it. I want longevity and to be able to do this for a really long time.

I've always thought one of the tricks of being an actor for a long time is keeping yourself interested once you've figured out how to pay the rent.

I wasn't some sort of ingenue. I always saw myself as a lifer in this industry, and working as an actor on 'Wonder Years' was a first act.

I've always said I'm gonna work the road as hard as I can 'til I'm 50, then I might slow down a little bit.

I want longevity in this career.

I'm an actress who likes to work as much as possible, so I'm very grateful for all these opportunities.

I'm a working actor, and I want to stay a working actor, and I want everybody happy.

I have said I will not have a 30-year run like my father for a variety of reasons.