I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a 'career builder.' I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that's left me fairly open to all genres, really. But with 'Caprica,' the complex, dark and very smart script was the draw.
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Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA I've been really very fortunate with the men I've been involved with. They've always rea... GLORIA VANDERBILT I have to say I've been lucky in that way in that I've been able to go from different films ... AMY ADAMS Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I've never been cool, but I've felt cool. I've been ... MARC JACOBS I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK,... A.J. STYLES All directors make films in individual ways. But the classical kind of view of filmmaking is that yo... PAUL GREENGRASS I've enjoyed all the work I've done, and I feel quite lucky that I haven't been playing ... NATASHA LITTLE My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, ... RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH I've been to the studio several times, and it's not that I'm not happy with what I'v... EVAN PARKER Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and un... RAFAEL PALMEIRO I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL I'm not that ambitious chick. I'm not chasing a cover of a magazine or an award. I've ju... YVETTE NICOLE BROWN I've been really lucky; I've had the opportunity to play so many roles. I can't imagine ... BILLY CRUDUP I believe I deserve everything that could maybe happen. And I don't think that's a cocky thi... CHARLI XCX Because of all the various people who've come in and out and brought along ideas, I've been ... CHRIS SQUIRE I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking wit... JEFF BRIDGES I've been quite lucky in that I've managed to tick off a few of my dream roles, really. Beyo... DAVID TENNANT OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy! PATRICIA VELASQUEZ Tupac was a person who was all about love. I feel like that's me, too; that's who I've a... DEMETRIUS SHIPP, JR. I've had one very bad ankle injury but otherwise I've been incredibly lucky with my fitness.... GRAEME LE SAUX I obviously enjoy being wealthy. It's enabled me to have a career that I've chosen and not o... JAMIE JOHNSON I'm so excited about 'Shattered;' it's something I've really enjoyed working in,... CALLUM KEITH RENNIE I've never been a career builder. I didn't go to drama school and hardly went to any school ... BILLIE WHITELAW If you go all the way back, I've always written science-fiction, I've always written fantasy... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I've never had a haircut where I've gone to a hair cutting place and they gave me an incorre... CHANDLER RIGGS I mean, I'm new but I've always been very interested in film making process and I've bee... CHARLIZE THERON 'Pigeonholed' isn't the right word, because I feel like I've had a very wide range o... LANCE REDDICK I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy ... PAT OLIPHANT Ireland is such an amazing country, and I have this little dream in the back of my head that someday... ANNE HATHAWAY I've been the lull, and I've been the storm and also somewhere in between. But that's OK... KARAN JOHAR The game's been good to me and I hope I've been good to the game. I'm 50 years old and I... EVANDER HOLYFIELD I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's ... A.J. STYLES It's been a long career, and I've made some mistakes along the way. RUPERT MURDOCH I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that da... RICKY WILLIAMS I've never really had a TV career. I've been a soldier and a climber. BEAR GRYLLS I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with m... BARBARA CORCORAN I've always been in the theater. I've always gone to it. That's been my way to cope. Ear... AL PACINO I've had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that's OK with me. I don't feel that ... KEVIN COSTNER I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON I've never been a model, I was an actress for like a minute, but I've always been a writer. ... KARRINE STEFFANS I was very lucky with 'Soap' and 'Who's the Boss,' which was great fun, and then... KATHERINE HELMOND If you get to the point in your career where you're running with a gun - I've yet to run wit... DAVID COSTABILE I love bouncing between different genres. And comedy, obviously, is something I enjoy doing the most... DAVID KOECHNER I'm so lucky to have such a great family. I respect them so much professionally, and they've... JACK HUSTON I have been incredibly lucky all my life. I've had a family that has loved me and given me incre... JUSTIN TRUDEAU I've been doing extremely dangerous activities for a long time, but I've been lucky enough t... YUICHIRO MIURA So far in my career, I've achieved what I've achieved because I've believed that I could... CARMEN MARTON One should never live with regrets or with 'what if.' I've loved the good times, and I h... IVANA TRUMP I've been very hands-on with everything I've done since I had my children. And it's just... BRITNEY SPEARS I've never had a body issue; I've never had a self-confidence issue, and there's been ve... ZENDAYA It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind. EDMUND S. MUSKIE I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from the... ABIGAIL BRESLIN I've always felt that my life's been at the right place at the right time; I feel like there... OLLY MURS People sometimes forget all the films that we've done. They remember the likes of 'Malcolm X... SPIKE LEE Almost every script that I've gotten has been for sort of the generic Hollywood type. I haven... BEN BARNES I am a huge Prince fan. It's a very rare thing for him to have people open for him. It's bee... JILL SCOTT It's a fire, it's a passion to get out and to create and to innovate. And that I've alwa... KEVIN PLANK I recently read that it's the left brain that does all that calculating, and the right brain tha... JASON MRAZ There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for th... RYAN GIGGS There have been times when I've been asked to do things and I've thought, 'This is great... BILLY CAMPBELL I've never been a size zero, let me say that here and now. I've never been that sort of pers... ALEX KINGSTON I don't regret what I've been through. I've had ups and downs, super highs and some real... JENNIFER LOPEZ I've been in the States and fought before. When I'm in that changing room, I'll feel as ... LIAM SMITH When I see 'Sunshine,' I see a film that part of me is kind of very proud of and another par... ALEX GARLAND Since the 1980s, I've been known more for my TV work, I used to host 'Live at Jongleurs'... RICK WAKEMAN I've only ever chosen men who happen to spend a lot of time out of the country, who have jobs th... PATSY KENSIT My goal all along has just been to work and support myself. I've been really lucky to walk away ... ANNA KENDRICK I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here... ADAM ANT I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from arti... M. WARD I've done a lot of other shows in the U.S. that have been great, but I knew that 'Roadies... TANC SADE I've been incredibly lucky. I know what it's like to be an unemployed actor, to beat the bri... BEN SCHNETZER I've been struggling so long with my career that I haven't been in a position to invite a wo... COLIN EGGLESFIELD There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to th... TAMARA MELLON Ever since I've been 16, 15, that's all I've been doing: playing darts. ERIC BRISTOW I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smar... LARRY WALL I've gotten to work with some great people. I've been really lucky. COREY HAIM I live a very normal life. I have friends, and I've always gone to school. The part that's n... ASHLEY OLSEN I've found that there's a lot to invigorate in any country or destination - it's all abo... BOB BEAMON I'm really happy with everything that I've been fortunate enough to do and with the creative... ERIN WASSON
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