Professional Roots Quotes

It's important to remember that Britain was the first country to industrialize, so I think there's a strong argument to say this is where my profession was founded.

Great as my dad was - I would never have gotten my first job announcing if I didn't have the last name Buck - it's my mom, Carole, who has made the biggest difference. She was on Broadway back in the 1960s. She understands entertainment, has incredible instincts.

I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.

I'm a mathematician and always have been, as far as I can remember. I don't remember when I first got involved with mathematics, but I think of myself always as a mathematician first.

I've been DJing since before I could read the labels on the records.

I have always loved the Bay Area. I spent a lot of time in the Bay Area. I started my career there. That's a huge part of the excitement for me.

I like to refer to my years with the Angels as the foundation of my career.

I came out of independent film, that's my roots.

Long before my days at ESPN, the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' or the 'New York Daily News' before that, I was a student at Thomas A. Edison Vocational and Technical High.

Everyone who was here [Sheraton Universal Hotel] when I won still works here, so the two biggest moments in my career are intersecting. It's so cool that I can say "hi" to everybody.

While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant.

I grew up in the industry, so this whole entertainment thing is my world. If I had to leave it, maybe I'd be a race-car driver. That'd be awesome.

Television is where I cut my teeth.

I am not going to disconnect from Bollywood or sacrifice my career in the industry for international projects. Everything began here, and I respect that.

It's always good to be back in New York, where everything started in my career.

Ninety per cent of the crew that work with me are there since my childhood and which is why I do not want to work too much outside - because the people I work with are as important for me as my role.

I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.

I was a musician first of all.

I never had a desire to leave mainstream Hollywood. And still don't think that I've left mainstream Hollywood.

A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life.

At a certain moment, when I started doing my own shows, I felt it would be really interesting to know what is the history of my profession. I realized that there was no book, which was kind of a shock.

My professional and personal roots in Alabama are deep and lasting.

I grew up in Connecticut, going in and out of New York City, and I worked in the city in the '90s. I was freelancing for the Associated Press, and I fell in love with New York.

The debut film came much easier to me than it would have if I was an outsider.

My father was a lawyer and to my best knowledge nobody in my family before had interest in science.