Billie Whitelaw Quotes

I've just been lucky. I'd like to have more choices, and I'd like to have a leading part.

I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.

I don't believe that there is any particular book that influenced any 'career' I might have.

I have never had a plan when it comes to my career: America came to me with an opportunity.

Fifty career picks is a huge deal for me.

Even though I have been receiving offers left, right and centre, I have been a little choosy about my projects.

I know I won't be a manager, I don't want to do it, never.

You know, it looks like I have a varied resume or a varied career, that I've made interesting choices, when the truth of the matter is, in a way I've just kind of piece-mealed a career together, you know?

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

Each of my career decisions has been very much about doing what I wanted to achieve in the role and then finding another challenge.

So I was shampooing at 14. But I've always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. There's no question about it.

My career has had a lot of ups and downs, but basically it has been wonderful.

I don't believe in that kind of pragmatic career ladder stuff.

I'm taking it step by step and not thinking at all about a new contract.

My career has been my craziest adventure.

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.

I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.

I kind of have never thought about a career path, which is an unusual approach.

It took a long time to get to the place in my career where I could pick and choose what I wanted to do.

Careers are what they are, they don't make any sense at all when you look back. We're not in charge of them.

As far as post-'SNL' career, whatever kind of comes my way that looks interesting, I'll do it, you know?

I wasn't using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education.

I think it's been confusing for people because I haven't had a linear career.

If my career isn't going that well, I'd rather it flounder than desperately trying to show up on red carpets: 'I'm for hire! Remember me!'