Hugh Grant Quotes

My career has mostly been jobs I love or cases where I needed money.

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

I think at the age I'm at, it's really hard for a film career, and I'm at a point in my life where I thought it would be a good idea to be a part of a good show and to be able to finish school.

Doing something because it's quote-unquote a good career move doesn't really appeal to me.

Choose a field that will supply sufficient remuneration to provide adequately for your companion and your children. I bear testimony that these criteria are very important in choosing your life's work.

I don't want only a career.

I like being a mother, and I want to be involved in my work, so I have to make choices. If you're a film actress, your career is from 20 to 45, but you can still dream.

I always put dance stuff out because you have to work, man. You have to eat. You have to compromise sometimes to make it. I had to make sacrifices, and I had to raise my children.

I just loved films. I knew I wanted to work on film, not video.

You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have to think of taking one for the accountant time and again and that means studio pictures.

I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.'

I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

One of my goals and dreams is to work in film in the future.

I did 'Basic Instinct 2' because I had a baby about to be born, and the director said we could shoot before the due date.

I've had to consciously try not to do all television and try to do films.

Because I'm not ambitious it's not paramount for me to find myself in a high-paid job.

I want to work in sure shot films.

I was working in commercials and music videos, always with the goal of working in feature films.

I'm here in Hollywood to do film and television and make enough money to get my kids through college.

Sometimes, you have to stop your life or your career and say 'What is the best for my family, for me?'

I'm really excited about furthering my film career in Bollywood and Hollywood.

I had an acting career for a little while back in the '90s. I had gotten into that because I was interested in acting, but I was not really as centered as I needed to be to fully pursue that career, and I was doing some films I thought were not of the best quality.

As long as interesting work will find me, I will love to do more Bollywood films.

I'm not of the mind where, 'It doesn't matter what you care about; you've got to have a safe reliable job and do the 9 to 5.' I obviously don't subscribe to that. There's nothing wrong with that, though, if that's what you want to do.

'Jhalak' was a wonderful experience, but it was important for me to get back to films, since I am a director too.