The highlight of my career? That's easy, Elvis recording one of my songs.
I'm not trying to be evasive, but when I say yes and no, I say 'yes' because there are narrow-minded people that won't look past the logo and 'no' because 'American Idol' put me in front of millions of people and I would not have a career without 'Idol.
A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job you're a part of an elite, and that's the most important thing.
I surround myself with inspirational quotations. This easy-to-follow piece of advice has played a huge role in my being able to get past my own fears and insecurities throughout my entrepreneurial career.
Design is a career where you learn creative decision making.
I would love to be able to turn my recording career into something that is substantial, and where I can go and tour with an orchestra.
When you're at the beginning of your career, there are a lot of, "I don't care about this," jobs that you take because it's about building your resume and building connections. There are so many factors that don't have anything to do with choosing for the material.
I would not have a career without Facebook and Twitter. That's the truth.
A lot of people in Hollywood, and everywhere pretty much, operate on fear. No one wants to get fired, so everyone's scared to take a chance. There's money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
You can get famous for doing something stupid and empty, but you do something stupid and empty and you're already famous, you lose your career.
When I was coming up, if you were on a TV show, that meant something was wrong with your career. Now it means something's right with your career.
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career.
I did actually sit down with a blank sheet of paper once. I think the phone rang and that was the end of my literary career.
[I support] term limits for career politicians and the death penalty for career politicians.
My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do. I knew I was not going to be controlled. I knew there was a price for this, but I did not know there was as large a price as it turned out to be.
The two greatest role models in my professional career were Walt Disney and Dr. Deming. Dr. Deming was the Father of Total Quality Management and the person who redefined quality for the entire world.
Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career.
George Lindsay who played Goober thought Andy Griffith Show limited his career.
Don Knotts left [Andy Griffith Show] to pursue a movie career, so once he was gone I left too.
It was the era that I later analyzed, the "feminine mystique" era, [when] "career woman" was a dirty word. And so I didn't want a career anymore. [But] I had to do something. So I started freelancing for women's magazines.
The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.
I really worshipped Mama Cass a lot. Mama Cass, who was really fat and she didn't lose weight. Yeah, she went on diets but for the most part of her life and the better part of her career she was a big person.
I always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.
I've been fortunate in my career to have performed in revivals of great musicals and to have originated roles in musicals that have in turn been revived. And I'm not dead!
An enigma? That's not a bad persona to have. I should probably shut up and let the mystery continue! It's good for my career.
