I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg.
We want to start them thinking that they're responsible for their own career.
But I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked being versatile my whole career, it kept me working.
Although I was not aware of it at the time, the experience of growing up during the Great Depression was to have a profound impact on my intellectual and professional career.
When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.
When I was about 17 or 18, I finally admitted to myself that I wasn't going to change. I didn't know what the consequences would be, but I had the definite feeling that it was going to wreck my Disney career.
Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more spontaneous, more to do with the information that your soul carries.
I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.
I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity.
In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.
I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes.
If there's anything about the business that I love and that I'm extremely happy about, is that my career started at that time and that I met some of the greatest entertainers at that time and some are still here.
Wisconsin is very proud of the career and technical college system that we have back home.
Everybody told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place they said I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.
One thing about me, as far as my career is concerned, is that I'm very confident. I know I'm good.