Fran Kranz Quotes

I realized I didn't need to go to work every day. I could work for the pleasure and the challenge, not for the mortgage payment.

Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom.

I knew that I always wanted to work even after I got married.

I highly recommend getting your career established first and then having children.

I just love to work and spend time with my family. And that's the reason I don't look at the length of the role, but what it has to offer me.

I've never worked as much as I would've wanted to, and that's why I end up doing a lot of stage as well, because stage is a full course meal.

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.

If I don't work for a while, I don't work for a while.

I do not organize my private life with an eye to my career.

'Wings' offered me the rare opportunity to be a full-time dad and a working actor for eight years.

I've finally reached a stage in my career where I can do what I want.

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. I feel lucky because I have the luxury of working only one or two days a week.

The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons.

I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss.

In college, the guys aren't worrying about whether they'll be able to pursue their career dreams and still have kids.

I come into work late morning time and go at it until early evening, and I'm lucky that I'm at the point where I'm able to do that.

The biggest message I have for young women is, Don't start cutting off branches of your career tree unnecessarily early. Sometimes women say, I know I want to have a family or play in the local symphony, and they start pulling themselves out of their career path. You don't have to take yourself out of the running before you even start.

Every businessman, or every person who has a passion for his work, is torn for the time spent at work and the time spent with your family.

I haven't left modeling completely; I just took a step out, and I now have the rare luxury of picking and choosing how to spend my days.

I'm a practical actor and work keeps me occupied. It takes care of my bills, so there are many reasons for which I work.

I'm not of the mind where, 'It doesn't matter what you care about; you've got to have a safe reliable job and do the 9 to 5.' I obviously don't subscribe to that. There's nothing wrong with that, though, if that's what you want to do.

For my career, I wouldn't go racing if I didn't enjoy it. I still need to have my say, and not just get put with a team and get told to deal with it.

I have a hard time being career-minded, but I want to be able to survive as an actor and do work that I think is important and that says something.

The powers that technology and independent contracting give to workers enables them to take greater control of their careers to preserve work-life balance.

I don't want to take anything that's coming in for the sake of work. I want to choose carefully, as I have done since leaving 'EastEnders.'