Annastacia Palaszczuk Quotes

I've seen a lot and experienced so many different cultures, and that's helped me a lot in my career and helped me mature as a person.

I have a very broad range of life experiences.

I had the opportunity at Duke to start doing things in the community, and it's something I continue to do even 20 years later.

Service is an opportunity for young women to really empower themselves.

Everything that I've experienced, work or personal is all connected so I'm proud of the whole thing.

I was very engaged in my communities throughout college, but I never thought of it as political.

I don't think you can say that one aspect of my life built my perspective. It is a combination of my faith, my family, the people I've met at Connecticut and understanding that basketball is a platform for something bigger than the game, helping people, touching people's lives.

I've done everything. I've been ring crew, I've been driver for a blind promoter, I've been a valet, I've been a referee, I've been a ring announcer, I've been a corporate officer, play-by-play man, blah, blah, blah. No one has been on my journey.

I just love Ottawa because I was able to develop a lot of things, my own character as a man.

Spending my 20s in Detroit has been incredible for me.

I had been a Girl Scout from the time I was 8 to the time I was 18 years old. I had belonged to my church organization and youth groups. But, you never really found a way that you could make a change.

Constantly getting knocked down and picking myself back up, the relationships I've been able to form with all the different people in the different cities, I wouldn't trade it for anything.

What I went through in personal life had a big impression on my professional choices.

Service learning connects classroom studies to real-world issues, with hands-on activities and problem solving. Youth can study biology and ecology by testing the water in their own community; or learn about statistics, calculating the food supply and usage at the local food bank.

I realized why I can cook for different environments. Because of everything I've gone through growing up. Why can I cook for a Hollywood event without blinking an eye? Because I cooked at the Beverly Hilton and because I moved to Villa Park. Why can I cook for kids on Hollywood Boulevard at night? Because I went through it.

I spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.

Two of the best roles I've ever had have happened in my late 40s.

It was one of the best experiences in my life to work with Director Prem.

My mother was an administrator at a nursing home, and my first job was working at a nursing home as an activities assistant. She wanted me to do it because it forces you out of your shell, and it's about giving back. That's something that I learned from my mother at a very young age.

For me, college was a big learning experience on and off the court, just growing as a person, becoming more mature.

I was thrust into an adult world very quickly, and that can make anyone somewhat socially maladjusted to dealing with people your own age. But I wouldn't trade any of it.

Working and modelling in New York was definitely a life changing experience for me.

I never expect someone to work with me forever. I want to give you the experience needed so that when it is time to pursue what you want to in life you are ready.

ADCOLOR is an incredible organization that not only empowers people from all backgrounds to rise up but also to give back.

I'd say to anyone trying to break into the business, 'Don't just be interested in movies. Be interested in life. Be a person. Be in touch.'