In college, I won the Irene Ryan; it's kind of like a collegiate Tony, which got my career going. I was honored. I won a fellowship to the Kennedy Center, and that's where I got my agent.
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Related I don't have a college degree, and my father didn't have a college degree, so when my son, Z... ROBIN WILLIAMS I started out in the Apollo Theater. That's where I got my start. I won Amateur Night four weeks... FAT JOE I already have a Tony for my Broadway concert in '73. It's one of the most precious things I... BETTE MIDLER I got so excited about it. I was like, 'Yes! I won a Grammy!' And then my manager was like, ... BEBE REXHA My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist... JON SECADA My problem is that my imagination won't turn off. I wake up so excited I can't eat breakfast... STEVEN SPIELBERG My guitar, it was new when I got it, but it has a hole like Willie's where it's just worn ou... DIERKS BENTLEY I've always had that attitude about my career: it's something that I do, but it's not my... BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I a... KATE WINSLET I could be winning the decathlon in high school, which I've won twice, yet, if my dad is in the ... FRANCESCO QUINN In my life, I got a haircut junior year of college that was a real wash-'n-go type of situation.... JESSICA ST. CLAIR Athens is a great place for me. It is my second home. It's where I won my first world championsh... MAURICE GREENE My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conf... TATE DONOVAN I actually got hurt in a steel factory in 1985 and so that changed my life. I went to a junior colle... JOHN CORBETT My dad was one of the reasons I got into rock and roll, because I was learning the ropes of his busi... BILLY IDOL I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a br... FIONA APPLE Am I ever going to be able to play football again? What's going on with my career? I was just th... ROB GRONKOWSKI I won't miss Grissom. It was a complete life for me that's reached its end, and it's rea... WILLIAM PETERSEN I like to think that faith has been a part of my life since I was a lot younger. It's definitely... NICK GOEPPER My favorite moments? Where it's all going swimmingly, the sun's out and I've got a fire ... BEAR GRYLLS My biological dad was Armenian. My last name is Lopez, and I have a darker complexion, which throws ... SETH ROLLINS It's such a private thing. It's a huge decision. It's not like you wake up one day and s... CANDIS CAYNE When I was a little boy, Marvin Hagler was my idol. He got no respect for most of his career. His fi... JAMES FREY I think a lot of people saw 'Fight Club' and thought, 'Right, here's our next Che Gu... CHUCK PALAHNIUK In my career, there's many things I've won and many things I've achieved, but for me, my... DAVID BECKHAM I went to state in track, won the girls' city championship, and did well in volleyball. I was a ... VIVICA A. FOX It's quite funny in that I once won Rear of the Year at my school! I was about 17 in the sixth f... JESSICA ENNIS After 'The Wonder Years,' I ended up having a voiceover career, which was something I never ... DANIEL STERN I've been supporting Planned Parenthood all my life. I've even used it myself, back when I h... MARILYN MINTER My little boy, West, and my wife, they're my rock and that's the thing that keeps driving me... RANDY HOUSER There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn'... J. COLE That's a powerful lucky rabbit's foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I... HATTIE MCDANIEL I like writing a lot more than I used to. I used to find it scary but now I've got used to it on... VICTORIA WOOD I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back... FRED ALLEN I've never had to fight for a role. Call it my ego or my self-respect, but I won't pick up t... SONAKSHI SINHA What got me motivated was my dad's idea that I go to Morehouse College in Atlanta. It's an a... JEH JOHNSON Passion has always been important to me. That won't change. What changes in a woman's perspe... JODY WATLEY I got it into my head that I was going to be starring in movies that I wrote, so that's what I d... LARRY BISHOP In 1980 I sent a play, 'Jitney,' to the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, won a Jerome... AUGUST WILSON I've always been dabbling in suits, but like a lot of people in the neighborhoods I grew up in, ... JIDENNA I sat behind Thurman Thomas for my first couple of years, then my first year starting I won the Heis... BARRY SANDERS If I ever have a son, I would call him Frankie, and it's a family name - it's my dad and my ... FRANK LAMPARD My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold med... BETTY CUTHBERT To me, I'm sort of like Dorothy in 'The Wiz.' It kind of parallels my life. It's a s... KENNY LEON I got to continue my collegiate hockey career and we played against a lot of the Ivy League schools ... ANDREW MARTIN I have my way of dealing with lows in my career: I just go on a holiday. Coping with a failure of a ... ALIA BHATT I don't like the NFL, where I think it's a problem: some guy scores a touchdown, now he'... D. B. SWEENEY When I first moved to Los Angeles, I had a really bad run. I would sleep in my car during the day ou... CAMILLE GUATY My dad's got a brilliant eye for scripts 'cos he's a literary agent. He and my agent rea... DANIEL RADCLIFFE Like Winston Churchill said, 'Never give up,' and I won't give up. It's a miracle th... CRISTINA SARALEGUI I won't say there's a good Richard and a bad Richard, but I've got a switch, and when it... RICHARD SEYMOUR I got this Jesus tattoo on my wrist when I was 18 because I know that it's always going to be a ... KATY PERRY When it was announced I had won the Tony Award, I was in Bangkok doing a movie with Judi Dench. I re... ROGER REES I've always won, and I'm going to continue to win. And that's the way it is. DONALD TRUMP I never actually sought out an agent or a publishing house. A friend of mine named David Simmer got ... JOSH MALERMAN I just like observing people - it's something I've done ever since I was a kid, and I got re... ELLEN DEGENERES See, for some reason, I feel like it's a victory if I wake up one minute before the alarm. It... RONDA ROUSEY I have to say that when I first started singing, I didn't think it was a very noble profession. ... LESLEY GORE Don't compare your career to anyone else's. It's tough when you're in a business tha... DANIELLE BROOKS I won't be skating for the rest of my life, that's for sure. ELVIS STOJKO My college degree is from a great university in 1944. I got my master's at Harvard graduate scho... PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY If I'm watching my favorite boxer, and he's just won the heavyweight championship of the wor... NIKKI SIXX If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, ... RACHEL ZOE I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between peo... HAMILTON JORDAN It's no coincidence that 'Night at the Museum' completely blew the lid off my career. I ... SHAWN LEVY It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new... AL PACINO I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a r... VERONICA LAKE My life just got taken over by my cooking. If you don't have any discipline, which I don't, ... DUFF GOLDMAN I got stuff that's going to hurt for the rest of my life. CALVIN JOHNSON My friends love to tease me about the fact that I won't be able to drive until I'm a sophomo... NOAH GRAY-CABEY It is a lot of responsibility. But I enjoy being a father. That's one of the best parts of my li... T.I. It's not like I'm hanging out at shopping malls or going to celebrity golf tournaments. I... JARED LETO I think it's really important for artists in general to invest in themselves. And I view my scho... SARAH GADON I've always been interested in singing. My sister's a fantastic singer, and it's just so... CHARLIE ROWE I tell people, and it's the truth, I could sit in my garage for a week and it won't make me ... JOYCE MEYER I don't wish that I was playing football. I love baseball, and the way I play is like it's m... BRYCE HARPER I love money because I've earned it. I won sixty G's with my first knockout - and the week b... CONOR MCGREGOR I won't name any names, but I've done a couple of shows where once the pilot got picked up, ... NATALIE ZEA When I was a model, everybody was scrutinising me and I felt I had to go to the gym because my figur... SAMANTHA FOX A career is a job you love, right? That's what a career should be. If you're in a job that y... CAMERON SINCLAIR Unlike a celebrity, there's nothing I won't try and nothing I won't talk about when it c... EMILY WEISS I was 19 or 20 when The Beatles were at their peak, and I was coming up to the peak of my career, to... GEORGE BEST Sometimes when things get kind of frantic, it helps to call my husband Steve, because I think he'... CHRISTA MCAULIFFE It's a new perspective where I got a role in and they are just spewed out of my mouth. KERRY KING To me, skin is alien and kind of weird; it weirds me out. It's strange, but it's also really... FLUME I like my name. My mom named me after a song by the 1970s group Bread. So, it's meaningful, and ... AUBREY PLAZA I've spent months living in Africa and India. So it's not like I was sheltered when I starte... ISABEL LUCAS Aye, well, I've got my garden. LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing. 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