Farrah Fawcett Quotes

'Breaking Bad' has definitely opened many, many doors for me.

People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite.

It's because of 'ER' that I've gotten the opportunity to get the work.

Since 'School of Rock' opened, for the first time in my career, ever, really, I've had a lot of projects offered to me. It's extraordinary. Normally, I've initiated them all myself.

The commercial success that came with Anjali Menon's 'Bangalore Days' helped me in getting my work noticed.

Winning an Oscar attracts the attention of directors and other actors and creates a boost in salary, particularly for someone like Halle Berry. For an established star like Denzel Washington, the benefits are less tangible.

Certainly after '21' I was getting the opportunity to make a lot of money.

'Soul Plane' put me in a position to succeed. I'm glad I had the opportunity to be the lead man.

Arrested Development opened a lot of doors for me.

'The Girlfriend Experience' was definitely the break-out. When it came out, I started getting other opportunities.

I never saw 'Titanic' as a springboard for bigger films or bigger pay cheques. I knew it could have been that, but I knew it would have destroyed me.

Winning an Oscar is an honor, but, between you and me, it does not makes things easier.

When I did 'Percy Jackson,' people told me, 'Oh, you're going to be so famous... you're not going to be able to walk down the street... it's going to be huge,' and it wasn't - although it was big for my career.

Breaking Bad' gave me a career. It gave me more work than I could possibly imagine - I started filming it when I was 14 years old, and I finished when I was turning 21.

I was lucky enough to be on a show like 'Breaking Bad' for 5 seasons; it changes how you look at other projects that come up.

Before that film, I was nobody. Each job I got, I was so excited. Each paycheck I got, I thought, 'Wow, I'm getting paid to act.' But 'The Matrix' gave me so many opportunities. Everything I've done since then has been because of that experience. It gave me so much.

Years ago, when I started having this little bit of success as an actor, I got a job on 'VH1's Best Week Ever.' I went back to my mall in New Jersey, which is what I do when I go visit my parents, and I was at a Wetzel's Pretzels. The manager was like, 'I love the show! It's awesome!' and gave me a free pretzel. I was so excited!

My experience on 'Grey's Anatomy' is something that I will treasure for the rest of my life.

I thought my first few jobs would just be off, off, off, off, off broadway. And by chance and how the world works, I ended up on a TV show instead.

Fifty career picks is a huge deal for me.

'Shameless' was the first project I've ever booked, and I'm really happy for it!

When you perform in your first film, it adds a lot to your career graph. The journey becomes easy.

Most of us got jobs right after 'The Larry Sanders Show' because of 'The Larry Sanders Show.' I know that for a fact for myself.

In order to put it into perspective, as an actor, it's super hard to get on a TV show. If you get on one, it's super hard for that show to be reasonably successful. All of that, on paper, seems pretty special. It's the sum of the parts, really. To roll the dice and come up with this particular show is pretty fortunate. I'm very happy about Silicon Valley series. It's changed everything for me.

No, I don't think 'The Wire' screwed up my career at all. It's the only reason people have heard of me. It's only been a huge, huge, very fortunate bonus.