I don't think the failure of one film means the end of your career.
Any great, long career has at least one flameout in it.
After 1999, I thought that I needed a break. As a senior composer, I didn't like the trend of three music directors working on a single film. But after a few quiet years, I was back for good.
The glamourous aspect of my career began with 'Shaher ki ladki,' which is how I sort of restarted my career.
I thought that my movie career was finished. I was quite happy to dedicate myself 100% to the theater. Surprisingly enough, I've never gotten so many work offers. It's so exciting, this feeling of a new beginning after 40.
I found that a bit unfair. However, I did feel quite liberated when I left. I'm very grateful to the show - it revived a flagging career, but I'm glad to be away from it now.
I feel like I'm getting the best parts of my career, in my 50s.
There's a point where you think, 'What else will I do if I don't do music?' It becomes your identity when it never should have been. But food ignited a fire in me, and I came right back to music because it no longer felt like a job. It was a really powerful thing for me.
I was told I'd never work again, but once you come out, it's like someone turns on the lights, and your life will be different.
Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.
That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do.
There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.
My career was dwindling down and I got to be in Golden State for two years and show I still have it.
You look at a guy like Drew McIntyre, right? He was released and it actually helped him.
I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.
When my career hit rock-bottom in 2007 I decided to take a clean break.
Once I hit 45, there was a real downturn. But I got an incredibly provocative, delicious lead role in a television series called 'Saving Grace,' and I loved the character.
People usually start off on a high note in their careers and then wane off and then restart with a comeback.
I went through a phase where I was sick of acting, I didn't want to do it anymore, I was bored with it and then I tried directing a movie and I was like: "Shoot, get back over there!" It made me appreciate acting more.
You go where you think it's good for your work and your soul to go. I need to go someplace where I am reminded about why I wanted to act in the first place, and for me, that's the theater.
When my career slowed, I knew deep down it wasn't over.
Numb3rs' was a wonderful gift because I had not worked in six months. It was so fun to be on that set doing these crazy things.
An actor is most vulnerable at the lowest point of his career.
Professionals use 'Strictly' as a relaunch of flagging careers. In my year Kara Tointon won. She had been talking about giving up acting in favour of interior design, but the glitter ball led to a role as Eliza Doolittle in the West End.
It would have been a short career if I had not been traded to Boston. I was rejuvenated in Boston.
