I don't think the failure of one film means the end of your career.
Any great, long career has at least one flameout in it.
After 1999, I thought that I needed a break. As a senior composer, I didn't like the trend of three music directors working on a single film. But after a few quiet years, I was back for good.
The glamourous aspect of my career began with 'Shaher ki ladki,' which is how I sort of restarted my career.
I thought that my movie career was finished. I was quite happy to dedicate myself 100% to the theater. Surprisingly enough, I've never gotten so many work offers. It's so exciting, this feeling of a new beginning after 40.
I found that a bit unfair. However, I did feel quite liberated when I left. I'm very grateful to the show - it revived a flagging career, but I'm glad to be away from it now.
There's a point where you think, 'What else will I do if I don't do music?' It becomes your identity when it never should have been. But food ignited a fire in me, and I came right back to music because it no longer felt like a job. It was a really powerful thing for me.
I feel like I'm getting the best parts of my career, in my 50s.
I was told I'd never work again, but once you come out, it's like someone turns on the lights, and your life will be different.
Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.
That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do.
There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.
My career was dwindling down and I got to be in Golden State for two years and show I still have it.
I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.
You look at a guy like Drew McIntyre, right? He was released and it actually helped him.
When my career hit rock-bottom in 2007 I decided to take a clean break.
Once I hit 45, there was a real downturn. But I got an incredibly provocative, delicious lead role in a television series called 'Saving Grace,' and I loved the character.
People usually start off on a high note in their careers and then wane off and then restart with a comeback.
I went through a phase where I was sick of acting, I didn't want to do it anymore, I was bored with it and then I tried directing a movie and I was like: "Shoot, get back over there!" It made me appreciate acting more.
You go where you think it's good for your work and your soul to go. I need to go someplace where I am reminded about why I wanted to act in the first place, and for me, that's the theater.
When my career slowed, I knew deep down it wasn't over.
Numb3rs' was a wonderful gift because I had not worked in six months. It was so fun to be on that set doing these crazy things.
It would have been a short career if I had not been traded to Boston. I was rejuvenated in Boston.
An actor is most vulnerable at the lowest point of his career.
Professionals use 'Strictly' as a relaunch of flagging careers. In my year Kara Tointon won. She had been talking about giving up acting in favour of interior design, but the glitter ball led to a role as Eliza Doolittle in the West End.
