Established Career Quotes

Ireland is such an amazing country, and I have this little dream in the back of my head that someday I'll end up living there. When I've established myself in America and I don't need to live near the action, so to speak, and if you're good, the work will come to you. I feel very Irish; maybe that's why I've been so lucky with my career.

At my age, I dare say I've kind of established myself, and I don't have to chase a paycheck.

No one becomes an expert in a new career overnight, even if you are coming from another career where you were established and experienced.

At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore.

At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic.

I've been around longer than most of my fans have been alive.

I had a 20-year career. I have two children. The advantage of writing later in my life is that I already had a whole mature realm of accomplishments and responsibilities, an identity outside of being a writer.

With my career in general, I feel like I'm finally getting to do the roles that I've always wanted to do. It's a slow build; you can't ever get the roles that you want in the beginning of your career because you don't have the buzz or the heat, or whatever the hell it is you need for the agents and the studios to be happy.

I'm not a kid trying to make an impression in the business. I do have 600 films out there that are playing constantly.

You have such a huge career ... behind you.