Industry Transition Quotes

I started making movies in 1977, and I didn't even think about the idea that I would ever be on a television show. Once I finished the 'Guiding Light,' I was like, 'I'm done with television!'

We need to diversify our economy, but I also think we still have a future in coal.

I was a musician for years before I started doing this stuff. Show business was the only thing I ever considered.

Years ago, I tried my hand at business and incurred huge loss, and my only way out was to do a movie with Mammootty.

Shah Rukh Khan started his career with television, and now he is a superstar. You can't generalise and say that TV actors can't make it to films.

I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.

I want to write, direct, produce, but in steps. I want to take steps. I don't want to just jump in because I sold a lot of records and just feel like I can jump into the movie world. Naw, I want to learn the movie world like I learned the music world.

I worked in finance for 14 years, and I loved it. But after the financial industry, I thought a lot about, 'Do I love what I'm doing?'

When I first came to Hollywood, I used to dream of doing films and escaping television.

There will be a time very shortly that I just might not be in front of the camera at all, and I might just be behind the scenes. I love doing television, though. I don't necessarily love being in front of the camera.

The 'Sports Illustrated' cover was the last thing I shot. That week, I told my agent, 'You know what, I really... I don't want to be a model anymore. I really want to do movies.' And I think he wanted to wring my neck at the moment.

I had business experience. I had made my living designing and building electronic equipment. Basic business was not new to me, but the music business was completely new to me. I knew nothing about distribution, or any of those things.

My family is in business since long. No one has been in the entertainment industry and in the public eye. So, it was a great deal for me to get into.

We feel like we're kind of movie guys working in TV. So we're looking forward to that day when we get to work in that medium.

I'd love to get into the hospitality industry, but I just don't have the time.

Very few people have made the transition from animation to live-action; I'm certainly not one.

The transition from soccer to fashion was an organic one.

I think my dream would be to move into film, purely because there's a definite beginning, middle and end to a project. I struggle a bit with such a big series that's going all the time.

It's like an athlete. He has a string of hot years, and then he fades into nothingness. The actor doesn't necessarily fade into nothingness. After his hot years, he fades into a different category.

I would love to turn producer someday but the time has to be right.

I went to school for clothing and textiles and thought this is what I was going to do. Then I started working in costumes and literally said, 'I don't know if I can take the actors.'

In '48 when I left Metro, I tried to go back to radio, but somehow just didn't do well at it.

We have people from places like Oracle, Microsoft, Intuit. Sama plays a huge role in why people leave lucrative careers to join a social enterprise.

I never intended to be a defense contractor in the first place.

I think that it's much easier for a recording artist to become an actor than for an actor to become a recording artist.