Career Quotes

I went through a lot of heartbreak the first half of my career, maybe even longer, cuz deep down I needed that validation that I thought the awards could bring.

People wait until late in their career to give back. But why wait when there is so much to be done?

Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

One has to be fully committed to one’s career. Otherwise, there’s no point.

I’ve always taken things very seriously, since I was very young, and that’s reflected in my career.

I had once thought I would become a doctor but gave up on the thought soon enough. I took up the racquet instead. Later, when I saw my sister studying so much to become a doctor, I was like, ‘Thank God I am a shuttler!’

I don’t want to be an action star, an action star’s life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.

If anyone can figure out how to balance my celebrity and my dual careers in music and film, it’s me. I don’t feel frightened; I feel challenged.

I come from a family of working professionals: my dad is a chartered accountant, and my mom is a professor.

Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics the greatest number have begun their career, by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants.