Angelina Jolie Quotes

My life has always been compartmentalized into different aspects. I have my speed skating Olympic pursuits, I have my personal life and have my business life and have my entertainment - TV - Hollywood - whatever have you - always compartmentalizing every aspect of my life.

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.

I feel like it does get busier professionally, but personally, I think I choose how I spend my time more carefully, so it balances it out in that sense.

My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.

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

No-one gets a job at 16 and stays in it until 60 any more; we're connected to more people simultaneously than ever before, whether online or on our phones. We wear so many different hats within one day, one week, a lifetime.

Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced.

I wanted a family, but before I had a family, I was a career person. I've tried to marry those two things, and sometimes it is successful, and sometimes it is not.

Your life is not defined by the one place where you work.

I've led three lives: the acting part, wife and mother - which is a career - and international relations. I'm proud of my career, the first one, and I'm proud of the other two, too.

You can have more than one career, but you only have one family.

The person I am is who I am. My life is my career, my career is my life.

Life's a balancing act. You have multiple roles and goals, and you can do it all - just not all at once.

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

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

My career is my whole life, so if I'm not happy with that, it affects everything else.

I am all for career, whether pre- or post-marriage.

When I'm at home I'm 'Karren Peski Solido mother-of-two' when I'm at work I'm 'Karren Brady don't mess with me.'

I'm a mom. I'm a lawyer. I'm a lifelong Michigander.

Don't confuse having a career with having a life.

I have done many movies. Some simultaneously and others after taking a break.

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.

I plan on having a long career. I don't want to burn out.

I have drawn a clear line between my personal and professional life.

I'm a producer, I'm a mom, a friend.