I've often been told that if music doesn't work out I could be a comedian.
Plan B. You've always got to have a Plan B.
In a pinch, I could always get work in pictures as a makeup artist.
Plus, I've always felt that, if the worst came to the worst in my career, I could always fall back to doing voices on the radio.
This whole acting thing was always just for me and was always an absolute shot in the dark. If it didn't pan out, I had my hammer and tool belt, banging nails again tomorrow if I had to.
I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that.
There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.
Great teams always have a Plan B. Look at Barcelona. Their Plan B is to stick to Plan A
There is always a plan B.
So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer.
I thought I'd become a welder if my racing career ended.
A backup plan means somewhere in my head, I think I might fail and that word is not in my vocabulary. Plus I'm too talented to fail.
My mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn't work out.
When I went into a start-up in tech, I knew I could always go back to a law firm.
I've put myself in this position where I haven't set myself up with a Plan B. I don't have a safety net; it's all in.
Don't depend on acting as your sole source of income. Work nights, so you can have your days off to attend auditions. Have something to fall back on. That's what my mother taught me, and it's critical in Hollywood.
I would see musicians performing at weddings and bar mitzvahs, and I knew that at the very worst I could do that.
If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.
I was always interested in midwifery; it was my plan B.
I like the freedom of research. Plus, if I fail in science, I know I can always survive because I have an M.D. This has been my insurance policy.
If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.
The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to plan A because if you have a plan B you will inevitably fall back on it.
What's plan b?' 'We all die now.' 'What's plan c?
Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop... Sometimes after some bad auditions I think, you know what - time to open that scone shop! Let's start baking.
