Jake Arrieta Quotes

I start laughing every time because the media talks to me like I'm finishing my career and I only have one year left and time is running out.

There's so much more I want to do. I refuse to get to 50 and wait at home for the phone to ring. In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan.

In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

I don't think you really have to retire from what you do.

Whether I'm 70 or 30 in the world, it really doesn't matter.

I know I'm not a hotly in-demand movie star, but I'm good at my job. And I want to keep working for the next 40 years.

For me, I'm smart enough and have been around the business long enough to know you don't really retire.

I always knew that the only thing I wanted to do was act, but it took me a long time to say it out loud to anyone, let alone myself. I am surprised by how dogged I have been in wanting to make a living as a respected actress.

I love what's happened to me, but when I was a kid, I wanted to be the president of the United States.

I am positive - determined to move forward with my life, bring up my babies, and do the best job I can as a mother, entertainer, and person.

Obviously my career's important to me and I'm really, really passionate about trying to keep it.

Most people don't hold a job for 45 years. They pass on or want to retire. I don't want to retire. My real goal is to do 50 years on 'Sesame Street,' and I only got 4-and-a-half years to go.

Work used to be the No. 1 important thing to me. Everything revolved around it, and to have a new perspective and have something else, my family, not just being a mom but being a part of an incredible family of my own, it makes me have a different perspective on life that I think is richer.

I'm in a 'I can do whatever' phase. I'm taking this '106 & Park' opportunity into full force. I'm really focused on doing my best with it. This is my 'Fresh Prince' moment. I want to be the black Ryan Seacrest of film, TV, and more.

There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.

I'm conscious that there's only a limited amount that I'll get done before I get shuffled into retirement, but I certainly have no desire to retire.

I want to extend my career for as long as I can.

I really don't believe in retiring as long as you can breathe.

Saying, 'I'm going to hang up my hat today, and I'm retiring,' it's not a concept for me, and it never has been. I figure, when I'm 81, I'll play 81-year-old parts, hopefully.

If I am still fighting at 35 I will be disappointed.

I've come to realize I'm a professional, no matter if I'm 38, no matter if I'm 19 or 20. I'm a professional.

I don't care what age I am. If I continue to train and feel good and enjoy the locker room and this organization wants me and I feel I can do it, I'm going to do it, no matter what my age.

It was a hard decision to leave Norwich, and you have to take into account a lot of things - could I make the step up? Do I want to have another season of really showing what I can do?

I know that nothing can be taken for granted, and there is still a lot of hard work ahead of me. However, I am looking forward to the challenge of trying to prove to the England manager that I am worthy of a place in his team, and hopefully continuing to progress my career in the right direction.