Sally Kellerman Quotes

My dad thought I'd end up in the poorhouse or in doughnut shops with a bag full of reviews.

I haven't had an orthodox career.

I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second chance myself, I would certainly try to repeat my present career.

I've had such an odd career.

I know from experience that careers do not always arise from a deep sense of destiny.

Well, I think I've had a fairly meandering career.

I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom.

I'm never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.

I had a lot of jobs before I got into music. When I was 15, I was a copy boy for the 'Evening Chronicle' in Newcastle. Then I was a journalist. I value those experiences - I got to see how the world works.

Even with limited success as an actor, you usually have a more interesting life than in many other professions, so it's not an unreasonable choice.

They do say that the profession gets increasingly difficult, but my career seems to have been inside out.

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

It hasn't been very normal in my career, but that first year in pro ball was the craziest year ever.

I was on 'Gilmore Girls' for seven years and had a couple decent years after that. Then, two years of almost nothing. I had jobs here and there, but I got very, very scared.

I live in reality, and I know at any moment I could stop getting the phone calls and nobody wants to hear me sing or tell jokes anymore.

In the course of my career, which has been an incredible rollercoaster ride, I look at the journey and think it's been immense.

Extreme pain to extreme pleasure has been the story of my entire life.

Life is a boundless privilege, and when you pay for your ticket, and get into the car, you have no guess what good company you shall find there.

I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life.

My dad was also a teacher until he was 34. I think there is a basis in reality. But I'd only done two jobs before I was an actor. I worked in a petrol station and I worked in a supermarket.

Some days are good; some days are not so good. Some days are really exciting. Some days are just tedious. You just have to get up out of bed.

Travelling is like a novel: it's what happens that counts.

Life keeps being a beautiful and frustrating experience.

I couldn't have children, I tried to for years. I've never been pregnant in my life. When I was a girl and fooling around I was scared to death I'd get pregnant, and then when I got married and wanted to have children I couldn't have any. But I don't miss it. I did for awhile, but I realize that I am everybody's mother.

I believe that all that we go through here must have some value.