Sally Kellerman Quotes

But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work.

You can't write about stuff you don't know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.

I realized that acting was something I wasn't going to be lazy about. You feel good when you do it well. It is something that can grow in you.

For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm attracted to good story, writing and character and good people. That's what I'm always searching for and I don't think that's ever going to change.

Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of them. Part of that is willingness to do the kind of work that I wasn't willing to do. Get into a van and cover the country.

I think it's much richer and much more fun to be an artist than to be anything else. I can't think of a better life than acting.

The point of my job is to entertain and make it look easy, so I guess it's the parts you don't often see which make me feel proud. All the behind the scenes work, the fears and insecurities I have to face and overcome to improve myself as a person and performer, all of the people who believe in me and encourage me.

Any accolades that anybody puts toward this band really makes me feel good, because I have devoted such a big part of my life to this band, making it what I want it to be.

I'm not sure I'll find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, it's great - if you have the freedom to choose your projects and not just do anything and everything.

If you find an occupation you love and spend your entire life working at it, is that enough?

The best things in life are usually difficult.

This profession has fed me creatively and allowed me to have a home life and a private life.

Maybe I don't take myself quite as seriously as I used to, but the work has gotten better and more interesting, and I'm just having more fun. It's getting more and more fun with each role.

Architecture adds dimensions to my life that would be impossible to acquire if I retired. The beautiful thing about architecture is that every project is brand new. I am forced to renew myself with every project. Isn't that wonderful?

For the majority of my career, I've been surprised that I've been able to sustain any kind of a plan. I was always happy to have the job, and I was having a good time. I was growing. But I don't feel all that strongly about my work.

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

I love making money, but you can't live your life waiting to get rich in a job that no longer feeds you artistically.

It's good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.

My career has been successful, but it's been a grind of hard work.

Drawing was the only thing I was any good at in school, but I never dreamt I would, or even could, spend my life doing it.

I have a discipline that has served me very well in my career and in my personal life... and that's gotten stronger as I've gotten older. I've always felt if I don't just have a natural knack for it, I will just out-discipline the competition if I have to - work harder than anybody else.

Well, I'm just very blessed that I still love my work and I can still work, I still have an audience and I love what I do.

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.

I would like to look back on my career and be proud of what I've done.

You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing.