Isaac Hanson Quotes

I feel blessed - I am a woman who has been able to work in the entertainment business for five decades. I don't want to age, but I would never take back a year for the wisdom I've gained in that time.

I been in this game a long time.

I've only been doing this fifty-four years. With a little experience, I might get better.

It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.

But I've consistently worked for 10 years.

To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you.

I never knew that I'd still be doing this so many years later.

A quarter century of running a restaurant - that's a long time to do one thing.

I've been in the game since I was 17.

To be able to play a couple of decades, I never thought I'd play that long.

It took me a lifetime.

Most people are fortunate enough to stay two, three years in this game. I've been in it for seven years, and I feel like now, I'm just beginning.

I've done it 30 years. I don't know what there is to gain by doing it 40. But I think there is something about doing it over that length of time that says something. That's seven U.S. presidents and five presidents of McDonald's.

I must be doing something right. I've been around for a long time.

I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.

With a recent birthday, I've been acting now for twenty years.

I think I've been around for a while. But I still have to pay my dues.

The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.'

I imagine I'll continue on doing it for many years to come.

I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.

I have never planned anything. I have been doing this job for over 50 years. I have been paid to work with some wonderful people and it has been a huge gift, to me.

Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you.

My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college.

I've been writing about growing old for some time, really from the beginning of my career. It's something I'm apparently hung up about and now that I am old, hopefully I speak about it with some authority.