There is many different paths of a career. I bounce around and do a lot of different things. It suited me that hopefully I am prepared to do different kinds of styles, genres, or whatever you want to call it.
I'm still in the first baby steps of my career, so I've got so much to learn and so much to figure out.
I was quite convinced that I didn't want to be a lawyer. But I felt that law school would be a useful way to understand public policy and to understand business in this environment.
One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.
Something I can't stress enough is the massive importance of work experience. It's the only way to find out what work is really like when you're figuring out what path to take and to get an understanding of what it takes to achieve your career ambitions.
I'm not sure where my career is going here in Cincinnati.
I love acting, but being an actor for hire only serves so much, and then you want to fill your well up again and be charged by something else.
I was thrust, excitingly, via 'Elizabeth' and 'Shakespeare in Love,' into a position one can only dream of, but it was startling, too. I was offered a multitude of roles riding horses in flouncy shirts, and I just thought, 'Hang on, I've just done that. What next?'
I just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.
All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions, you're not growing.
When I was seven, I had been very vocal about wanting to be an actor. And my mom decided that we would try it out for a couple weeks and come to L.A. from Sacramento.
When I left university with a history degree, I had no idea what I wanted to do, and I was terrified of accidentally ending up in the wrong career.
I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work.
In my long career I have experienced a lot, but never changed.
Literally, I think I've quit acting three or four times, only for a few days. Maybe for a few weeks.
When I left university, I didn't want to jump into anything right away. Music certainly wasn't a burning ambition.
My career has been my craziest adventure.
Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't ever believe that I was good enough to be come one.
I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.
It is very important that our young people have constructive early work experiences. But it is equally important that their jobs are safe and complement their education, rather than complete it.
I was a struggling army wife going to community college who didn't know what to do with my life.
People are looking around. They are looking to do something with their time and money. The question is, what?
The big problem is that a lot of Americans, whether they are underrepresented minorities or from rural areas, do not know about career opportunities in the tech industry because they may not have had role models who are part of this field or learned about STEM in school.
When I started with 'Cocktail,' I was trying to figure out if this was something I wanted to do.
My parents have always done what they've loved, and they've had many different careers.
