“You know, I never paid much attention to who was the lead, who was the second banana, where was I -- was I the fifth banana? -- whatever. I had a zest for life. And I was rather impractical about my career. I was never career oriented. I was more life oriented. So I didn't really care about billing and stuff.”
Bo Svenson

“I did the best I could with the tools I had and the opportunities given me. My life was screwed up early by getting pregnant at 15 and married, then a baby at 16, then divorced at 17. But in spite of that start, I've done all right.”
Stella Stevens

You must choose between an operatic career and what is usually called "a normal life". You can't do justice to both.
Frank Puglia - Villeneuve

“- Amy Robbins: I'm a twentieth century woman. I have a career and a mind of my own. Be reasonable. How am I gonna make it in 1893?
- H.G. Wells: Is your career so important? It's your life we're talking about!
- Amy Robbins: My work is my life. As much as yours or any other man's.”
Mary Steenburgen - Amy Robbins
Malcom McDowell - H.G. Wells

“I was not, shall we say, a go-getter. I guess I was sort of a bum.”

Henry Fonda