Sam Wanamaker Quotes

I trained my whole career to fight. I loved my job - I prioritised by job over my family, over my children.

I really want to play interesting roles, but you want to work, so it's a balancing game.

If I didn't want to work for a couple of years, I wouldn't have to-it's a great feeling, to know I'm doing it because I want to do it.

I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective.

I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that I would have to sell real estate in New York City to look after my family, that would be fine with me.

I wouldn't give up my career for somebody. The most important thing to me is my work, and reaching people through my work. It's so important to me. It's my passion.

I think about how much I used to work and how much I used to make that the priority.

I've been very focused on my career outside of tennis.

You don't have to start with your dream job, and your idea of what the dream job might be will change during a working life that will have its share of ups and downs, setbacks and advances.

A woman is a full time job. You have to choose your profession.

I don't think I've necessarily been able to pick and choose in my career; I don't know how many people do. But I'll tell you what I've been able to do: I've been able to say no. It is the only thing you can hold on to sometimes, is that ability to say 'no.' And I think that in that way, you can create some kind of career.

I gave up planning when our children were born, when I had three children to feed and a roof to keep over our head and all of that. Early in my career, I said I would never do television at all; then I wound up doing nothing but television for 10 years when I did 'St. Elsewhere' and all those TV movies.

I have the kind of life where I can take my kids on trips with me. I can involve them in my work. I've always avoided politics because I didn't want to make commitments that would take me away from raising these children.

I gave up my whole life to my career.

I wanted to do something where I could hang my hat.

They say, 'We will give you money, but we want you to play this or that.' And I always thought, 'If I'm going to do that, I might as well go back and be a dishwasher.'

A man's prime interest in life must be his work.

My career choice is my career choice. Just stepping out of that zone, to be able to be a provider. I understand my position as a provider and my role as a dad also... Just being able to be comfortable with it.

You can maintain work-life balance even while pursuing careers.

Those who talk about the sacrifices that they make throughout a career, I do not understand too much. For me, the real sacrifice would be getting up early in the morning to work.

I don't think of careers from a functional perspective or from a subject matter perspective. I think of careers as, how do you like spending the time in your day? What makes you happiest? What are you most passionate about?

I've no idea if I want to do this for the rest of my life, so I want to try and work with the best people I can.

Had acting not taken off, I would've been glad to become a teacher.

I encourage others to choose a career they are passionate about and can do for the rest of their lives.

I'm concentrating on my career, which is my top priority. The rest will follow eventually.