I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession.
Parminder Nagra

I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future.
Maurice Ashley

I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession.
Simone Signoret

I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it.
Loni Anderson

I think a secure profession for young people is history teacher, because in the future, there will be so much more of it to teach.
Bill Muse

I think becoming an actor because it's a ridiculously insecure profession to go into. I feel very comfortable but very lucky. I think any time that you imagine that it's plain sailing for hereon in, then you're kidding yourself.
Hugh Dancy

I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that "spark" yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do.
Steve Kerr

I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get.
Andre Agassi

I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.
Charles Schumer

I was in a profession that received a lot of media.
Darrell Royal

I would not encourage everyone to take up this profession. Not everyone is suited for any particular field.
John Cameron

I wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did not really feel comfortable with the profession of journalism itself.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.
William Howard Taft

I'm always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is 80% permanently unemployed. So, to be working in any sense is to be privileged.
Derek Jacobi

I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.
Halle Berry

I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.
Cy Coleman

I've often wondered about people that come to the profession late in life. I've wanted to be an actor since the first grade. I watched a play being performed by the third grade class, and it was... magic.
William Christopher

If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
Olivier Martinez

If you didn't join for the girls, choose another profession.
Tom Conti

If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.
Uta Hagen