Lucy Lawless Quotes

I had to take false steps and go through hard times to come out to where I am now. I can't imagine living without acting. It's not easy, and I don't disrespect anyone who steps out of it after a certain point. Having a family and a house is cool. It's not a betrayal. But if you're going to be an actor, it has to be more than a passing interest.

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.

Most people I know that have work that is very meaningful to them pay the price of having to work all the time.

Filmmaking can give you everything, but at the same time, it can take everything from you.

When I'm doing a movie, I'm not doing anything else. It's all about the movie. I don't have a wife. I don't have a kid. Nothing can get in my way... I've made a choice, so far, to go on this road alone. Because this is my time. This is my time to make movies.

I have to be fully committed to do a project nowadays, because if I say yes to something, it means the whole family are going to have to move for the job. It's a lot of upheaval. So, it has to be really worth it. Otherwise, I'd just as well not bother.

All the sacrifices my mom and family had made had been worth it.

I've made a lot of sacrifices to play for Roma and Argentina, but I don't seem to get thanked for it.

I have always maintained that my concentration is only on my career and on nothing else.

As a director, obviously you should challenge yourself. It's important, because it's this thing that takes you away from your family for years. You have to really love the thing you're doing. It's very important.

I had to quit everything. I had to give it all for music.

If I'm going to be away from my family then I want to make the practice count more.

I will play for my country until my legs won't allow it or the national coach doesn't call me.

You have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.

Make some sacrifice for your art and you will be repaid, but ask of art to sacrifice herself for you and a bitter disappointment may come to you.

Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father.

Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.

I knew that I was going to dedicate my life to music and that was it.

We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make sacrifices that come along with making that decision.

I once asked a distinguished artist what place he gave to labor in art. "Labor," he in effect said, "is the beginning, the middle, and the end of art." Turning then to another--"And you," I inquired, "what do you consider as the great force in art?" "Love," he replied. In their two answers I found but one truth.

Everything I went through," he said. "For you. It was worth it.

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.