George Jones Quotes

If I had made it in cheerleading, I would have never been an actress.

I guess a younger me would like that I tried acting? Although I swore that I'd actually go to L.A. and try to make it in movies and I didn't do that. I did try, though. And I found that I didn't like it.

After all, didn't I blow a magnificent career?

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

Sometimes I think I should have stayed longer and I should have done more films.

There is no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster.

I ended up performing on a full time basis and I never got to Julliard at all.

I'm sure there have been missed opportunities, with films I've turned down that went on to be successful, but everyone in the industry has had that happen.

I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years.

I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought I'd regret it if I didn't act.

On some planet, I probably could have been a lawyer. On some planet, I could have been somebody in advertising.

If I'd been a better long-term planner, I'd still be in music, as a musician someplace. So I'll take it one step at a time.

I'd been out to a lot of people since 19. I wish to God it had happened then. I don't think I would have the same career - my ego might not have been satisfied in some areas - but I think I would have been a happier man.

I was 17 or 18 when 'The Twist' came along, and the rest is history. Sometimes I regret it. I would have gotten more into acting. I would have been more of a legitimate performer onstage like Liza Minnelli. But I got so caught up in the dance thing that I never got into theater.

We all feel wistfulness or regret about roads not taken.

I don't want to be one of those actors who sits and regrets her career choices later in life.

Like every father who wants his son to be either an engineer or a doctor, my father wanted me to become a doctor. I never did.

Originally, I thought of being a photographer and nearly went to art school, but I got a record deal instead.

It's really going to happen. I really won't ever go back to school. Not ever. I'll never be famous or leave anything worthwhile behind. I'll never go to college or have a job. I won't see my brother grow up. I won't travel, never earn money, never drive, never fall in love or leave home or get my own house. It's really, really true. A thought stabs up, growing from my toes and ripping through me, until it stifles everything else and becomes the only thing I'm thinking. It fills me up like a silent scream.

I was going to be a singer. If I hadn't been in my profession, I was going to be an Opera singer. That's from a young kid. I had all these records from all those famous Opera singers. I wanted to be an Opera singer - that was my whole thing and physical fitness got in the way, thank God.

When I look back on my life, I don't have regrets about what I didn't do. If I'd become a musician, it could have ruined my life.

You might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

I never made conscious choices. There were times in my life that I chose the first job that came along because I was broke. I think that there were maybe a handful of times that I had a choice. In recent years, Ive had more of a choice, and its been very nice to have that choice, but most of the time, you just hope that theres another job after this one.

It's exciting to look back at the work that I've done and not have a single regret about a job I've taken. I feel really proud of every film I've been a part of. Big or small role, I feel like it was the right choices.