George Takei Quotes

Everything shifted for me after 'Rush.' It wasn't as financially successful as other things I'd done, but it gave me more movement, more options, more doors opening, more meetings. All of a sudden, it's, 'Oh, wow! You're an actor!'

The interesting roles have only come since I got into my 30s. But I didn't know that was going to happen.

The entire industry saw 'Pink' and it helped me get more work.

Warren Beatty took an interest in my career at one point.

It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.

Getting fired by this guy Carter is the best thing that ever happened to you.

I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on.

I took a semester off to film 'Scream Queens,' which was a great decision because it was an incredibly wild experience that did a lot for me as far as my career.

Around 1999, CNBC offered me a full-time post, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.

'House' has opened a lot of doors for me. I've met a whole bunch of people and got a whole new bunch of contacts. I've got the golden ticket.

I just look back, and I say, you know, Christopher Guest just raised my whole career to another level.

I'm delighted with how my career unfolded.

I almost sabotaged my career. 'The Fast and the Furious' didn't let me, and I'm grateful now. That franchise gave me the opportunity.

Shonda and 'Grey's' have given me the opportunity to become a director, and that's something that I hadn't really envisioned for myself, other than directing for theater. Now I've got this resume of television credits that I can carry forward into the next opportunity.

It's considered a coup to become a lead on a kind of cutting-edge television series. I mean, that's a plus for your feature film career and for your career in general. There are no walls anymore between the two.

After four seasons with Tottenham, where I had grown as much as possible, I needed new challenges for the sake of improving.

I felt that by the late '90s, I'd gone as far as I could with the keyboard.

I want to see my career evolve into limitlessness.

I am not at a level where I will be flooded with offers. Hopefully, things will change after 'Pink.' It is one film after 'Shaitan' where I am hoping things will change for me.

It has been most rewarding to work in St. Louis, California, and New York and watch the people there grow and be promoted and go off to other opportunities and positions of responsibility.

Winning Le Mans didn't change my career, but it definitely gave me a boost.

After having a child, my career just skyrocketed. You have all that weight to kill off - you're working 10 times harder.

I didn't think I'd be getting a contract at 34. That wasn't in my mind.

I've been very fortunate in the work I've been getting.

When I walked through the gate, Universal quit building actors. All of a sudden, I was doing leading roles. I knew I was a tyro, but they told me to shut up and act.