I started out as a musician. Although I always wanted to have a dual career, I fell into the TV and movie business more strongly and more quickly.
People find it confusing I'm in a band, even though music was my main thing before acting.
If I hadn't made it as a footballer I would have been an electrician. I studied to be an electrician even though I was progressing at football because you never know at that stage if you are going to be there for sure.
If I just said, 'I'm a helicopter pilot and a federal prosecutor' they might think I've served my country, I'm experienced. If I say, 'And I'm a mom,' they think I get it. 'She's a working mom. That's tough.'
While I'm an athlete and while I'm fighting actively, I don't intend to pursue a career in politics. What happens after that, we'll see. But I don't have an intention to do both at the same time.
I left science, then I went into art, but I approach things very analytically. I choose to pursue both art and architecture as completely separate fields rather than merging them.
I've lost count of the times I've been asked what I do for a living. When I say rugby people say: 'Yes, but what's your other job?'
The unfortunate part of being an actor-politician is that people feel an actor will not take her political commitments seriously.
I'd been playing the piano since I was 6 and wanted to be a composer, but I also wanted to be an actor. I decided to just pursue both and see which won out.
I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time.
I feel like music and acting are so much my love, and they're so much equal in my eyes. I couldn't really choose between the two.
In England, I've had a more balanced career directing and acting. It can be quite difficult to juggle the two careers.
I always had a real love of children's presenting, and I was lucky enough to do that and have an acting career alongside it.
I have never made statements like, 'I'm quitting TV' or 'I'm quitting Bollywood.' I have always wanted to strike a balance between the two.
Music was my first love. It was originally what I wanted to do, and then just equally, I fell in love with acting. I want to do both for the rest of my life. I don't ever want to have to choose.
