Career Quotes

“I was a hired hand. I was a spokesman. I was not a policy maker.”

“Remington Steele was a great experience. It was a wonderful time in my life.”

“I didn't decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it.”

“I've been in and out of the business. I'm not a celebrity. I'm a working actor.”

“I was a magician. I did street magic.”

“I wanted to be a ballerina. I was a good dancer, but not a great dancer. It's a very difficult and competitive profession.”

“That movie ('Deliverance') was the best thing that ever happened to me. It put me on the map.”

“I'd lost the sight in my right eye in a car crash. I couldn't play professionally again.”

“I've always looked at my career as an athlete. I've been a runner since I was 15.”

“I'm not one to blow my own horn, but I believe I've had a few good years.”

“To have longevity in this business, you have to be a chameleon.”

“The greatest crime in Hollywood is to be a one-film wonder.”

“I was just a newsreader, I wasn't a journalist.”

“I'm a firm believer that you have to create your own opportunities.”

“Acting is a great job. I'm not complaining. But it's also a very strange job. You're never really in control.”

“For me, the most interesting thing is longevity and being able to write and have a career in music.”

“My whole career, I've had a family-type image.”

“After I won the Olympics, I had a long-term problem with my knee, and I had to take a year and a half off.”

“I was 11 when I started, and I'd been working for a year, and I was just like, 'God, I'm never going to be able to do this again. This is a one-shot deal for me.'”

“I've never made a film that I haven't wanted to make. I've been very lucky.”