Mya Quotes

I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer.

Not a great deal is known about the factors in childhood that doubtless underlie a person's choice of career - I'm talking now about a career to which one is passionately committed, in contradistinction to a career chosen merely as a means of earning a living.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

You've got to want it. I can give you a role. I can't give you a career.

But when it comes to my career, my job, something that I love so much and something that I'm passionate about, I can't let anything get in the way of that.

I like people who genuinely are looking for a project and not a job.

You have to constantly be doing something and not just wait for someone to call you with an opportunity, you have to develop your own projects.

Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.

You get given an opportunity, and that is the jumping board; from there you have to build your own path.

I do less waiting by the phone than anyone I know in the business. I don't wait for a job. I just go on to my own work.

I'm still as enamored and turned on by work as I was when I was young.

If there aren't roles you want to play, then you've kind of got to create them.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

You've got to make an effort on your own. Some people don't even try.

There are lots of people way more talented than me - but I work more, and I wanted it more. I never waited on anyone else.

The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you're an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level.

As a performer, you can't just sit around waiting for the phone to ring. You have to write and develop projects for yourself, because casting people aren't always going to see you the way you want to be seen. Write a one-person show, shoot a short film, do plays, whatever - activity breeds activity. No one's interested in a stay-at-home actress.

I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned.

If you want things done, you need to be able to find solutions.

I've always been self-motivated, but I can't take a ton of credit for any success I've had.

I keep my family involved in all business.

My family always helped me. I had people around me who always pushed me to be the best: my dad, my mum. My dad used to play and coach as well. But I wasn't born with shiny things.

I have a fairly hefty resume because I'm pretty aggressive about doing things that I think I need to do.

Especially with someone like me, my family know how much I push myself to the absolute limit.

If I ever want to get back into coaching I should be calling teams they shouldn't be calling me. That's when you know you really want to do it.