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I had so many professions before. I didn't want to do this particularly. It just happened.

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I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to.

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There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well.

I did not do it on purpose

I never wanted to go into filmmaking. It was just that I had the opportunity... I found the visceral nature of it very appealing... [Y]ou're in the middle of something directly experiencing it at the same time as studying it... [T]hat was really interesting to me.

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Becoming a teacher was not my primary option for a profession growing up. However, I decided to work towards reaching the apex of the profession when I found herself at the Komenda College of Education.

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.

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It's awfully easy to rush into a profession you don't really like, and awfully hard to get out of it.

I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

I didn’t plan to be a singer, singing planned to be in me.

Some people suggested that I should try something else. It was a lot of things, but nothing really stood out for me. Nothing felt right, and this job as an actor happened by coincidence.

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