Quotes about "Contemporary Issues"

I did a lot of commercial and theater work when I got out of school and was living in Dallas, and I moved to Chicago to go through the Second City Conservatory Program. ”

It's scary to not know when your next job is coming, and that is a daily fear when you are trying to act full-time. ”

Sometimes you feel all alone. You come out of a meeting, and something sexist has been said to you: That movie will never be made with that female lead. And you think, 'How am I ever gonna get another job?' When you hear other women having the same experiences, it makes you feel like, 'Well, I'm gonna keep going, and we're gonna fight this system.' ”

I've been really lucky to play sort of a diverse array of characters over my relatively short career, although it feels really long. ”

My mother was a stay-at-home mom until I was about 11, when she got a job - and it was like a light came on inside her. It's not wrong to be passionate about your career. When you love what you do, you bring that stimulation back to your family. ”

It's not easy to reach the summit of your career by the age of 24 - and for the years after to be a humiliating scrabble downhill. ”

As an actor, it's my job to make everything interesting and exciting and new. If I'm not doing my job well, then I'm stealing. ”

The first job where I actually made money was on 'Guiding Light,' the soap opera. And I played a maid. My name was Ginger, and I had a Brooklyn accent - a really bad one, if I remember correctly. ”

I felt like my career started late, and I think it was because of my height - and maybe some of my confidence issues. ”

It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters. ”