Joel Coen Quotes

You're hot for two seconds, and you're struggling to get work again. If it were easy, I don't think that's a good place for an artist to work from.

You know, I'm just grateful to be in this business and to be able to stay in it.

It's really difficult to maintain a credible career as you jump from age group to age group and suddenly you're not the flavor of the month anymore; you're not in demand.

For some reason, it seems like pop writers, it's like they just get worse or something over time. And then you're really jealous of movie directors whose careers seem to grow and they'll be 70 years old and still doing these incredible jobs. I'm going to reverse that, I hope.

It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many years. That, to me, is a successful actor.

For me, the most interesting thing is longevity and sustaining a career, because that's what's truly difficult.

I guess after you've been doing something for 20 plus years, you have to work to stay interested.

I've been able to reinvent myself and to keep an audience going at whatever age. This is terrific. I mean, how many actors get that chance?

It's just the story of my career, really. I will have good weeks; I'll have bad weeks. It's just a roller-coaster.

Every film I've done, I've tried to pick ones where I can learn.

I don't know what it's like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs, but for a singer, you've got to continue to grow or else you're just like last night's cornbread...stale and dry.

There's not a rocket scientist, not a doctor, not an accountant that 30 years in goes, "Oh, now I'm getting it. Now I can't wait to get back out there because I'm better than ever."

It's hard work if you want a proper and a lasting career.

I will continue to do TV so long as I get to prove my acting prowess.

I just want to be at the best place possible to ensure that I really kick on in my career, that I constantly have challenges, because in football, you don't have long. It's easy to become complacent when game time comes so easily, and you're doing so well.

I won't have to do any major changes to continue my career a long way, hopefully. Just hopefully stay healthy and be able to help a team out as I go through and still play at a pretty high level.

At the end of the day, my career is not going to be judged by one or two or three moments in time. It'll be judged by the longevity of it.

Everyone used to tell me, 'Just so you know, Divas only last five years around here.' I said, 'What? I want to be here forever!'

Learning is fine, but you also have to win - you only have one career.

There's no reason why anyone's job should become untouchable for the rest of their life.

I plan on having a long career. I don't want to burn out.

This is a very short-lived career. I have to do what's best for myself. I have to do what's best for my career and being on top for as long as possible.

I want to do amazing roles fit for my age in 30 years. I'm sure I'll be less popular and have less offers then, but I think I'll be able to do act well for my age at the time.

Unlike office workers who improve their profession with repeated daily practice, entertainers don't have any work manual or daily workload. But, I personally set my daily workload, trying hard to invest a set amount of time to improve myself, like other professionals.

I am AEW born and bred. I will be AEW until I die. This is my company. This is where I started. This is the company that I'll end in.