Jill Ellis Quotes

I actually got a visa through a job that fell through, and it allowed me to move out here and start from scratch. There's more opportunity in America for girls like me, I guess.

I feel like I've been fortunate enough that I've gotten to meet and work with some really passionate people.

The 18 years on TNT has prepared me for a lot of opportunities, and coaching is one of them.

'Tyrannosaur's an arrival for me, but it's also the first step into a new career. I don't want to be moonlighting at this, like I have done with acting. Y'know, I think I've found my career at 37 years old.

I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.

Little opportunities should be improved.

I would like to see people dreaming of striking out on their own into some other country or their own, wherever they feel the action is, in the hope of an exciting and rewarding career.

The further I get away from coaching, the more I know I made the right decision. You almost forget how wonderful family life is.

I could stay in Germany and start my coaching career there. I did not want to.

Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would've existed.

People often think that losing your job is one of the worst things that can happen to someone. And, in some cases, that might be true. But for me, unemployment can be the time and the motivation to finally go after my goals.

I was scouted when I was, like, sixteen, and I hated it. I wasn't ready to work. When I turned 19, I decided to move to Paris to pursue modeling for myself there. It was kind of a way to get out of the house and discover something for myself, in a way.

I feel fortunate. I've really gotten to work with amazing talented people, and to learn from them, which is why I'm doing this. If I can work with the best director I'm going to do it.

A great education is a passport to a new life

I think nothing I've done has impacted my life as much as working on 'Treme,' because it was the first project that I worked on in the United States after being an actor in the Netherlands my whole life, basically.

I think this is the story of this country, that you get to come here and build a better future for yourself and for your neighbours than you could have anywhere else in the world.

It wasn't until Joe Maddon called me in 2006 when I thought about pursuing a coaching career.

I left home at 21 to go and play for Munich and was immediately able to perform at a high standard. It was totally surreal, and I had no idea where it might lead.

My career has totally changed. Burnley helped me get to where I am, and I'll never forget that.

I am immensely blessed to be in America. This country has given me so much since I came here from Turkey as a teenager, and I feel obliged to give back to the community. I spent the summer crisscrossing the nation, holding 50 basketball camps for kids in 30 states.

I'm proud that I've even had a career, but 'proud' isn't the first word I'd use. I feel lucky that I moved to Manchester when I was 12 because I don't think I could have done this in Ireland. And I feel lucky that the government took care of me from the age of 16 to when I signed my first record deal at 19.

I saw so many opportunities in the U.S. because I knew that I could make a living doing things I could never do in Romania.

I did modelling for five years, then I felt I wanted to do something different and challenging.

You can always go back, to coaching. You can't go back to spending time with your family.

I decided not to pursue coaching. Even though the people in coaching are some of my best friends and people I admire the most.