Career Quotes

"I feel lucky that I got to work with some of the big legends in town."

"My faith has really been the biggest asset of my career. It has grounded me and let me focus on what's important."

"Before 'Insecure,' I was a wedding emcee - a host for weddings. That's a world that a lot of people are not familiar with."

"I had to chose between chess and cricket."

"Playing in a band, selling records through mail order, and selling clothes - these are all things I love doing."

"I'm flying all around the world, and it's hard to be settled."

"I don't want to be 50 years old and rapping, man. I'm pretty sure nobody wants to do that."

"The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working."

"I get what it feels like to watch some of your peers pass you in a field that you're in."

"I didn't want to be an actress. I wasn't trying to be in film or an art gallery for me."

"I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing."

"I can't run my career based on someone else's ideology."

"There were a lot of offers before 'Vicky Donor,' but I wanted to wait for the right opportunity."

"You can't tag me as a regional actress."

"I have not decided if I want to be a teacher or an actor, because I like both of them."

"I kind of just skyrocketed out of graduate school."

"For the things that I've been involved in, most of it has really been - it's been a mixture of action and then drama."

"My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia."

"I might have had my highs and lows in cinema and television but in theatre the response has always been positive."

"For a producer, I've been behind the scenes my whole career."

"The only time a friend has ever helped me in the industry was how I got my first job - that was through Mike Figgis."

"I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!"

"I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people."

"I am hoping for a long career."

"It's incredible to be going from the Shondaland universe to 'Big Bang' creator Chuck Lorre."