I longed to break out of the system and do different roles.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing.
It changed my life in a lot of ways - before I got that role I was just going from job to job, not really having enough money to be able to do what I wanted to do.
I became what I wanted to be.
When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn't want to play.
My objective was to have as varied a selection of roles as possible. It probably did hurt my career.
I most often land up taking up the roles that I most detest.
The choices of roles I made had to do with educating and entertaining. And as a result I found myself working only every two or three years.
I really wanted to work and become independent.
I have carried the burden of being a role model for some time. And that's great. The body of work I've done has afforded me that opportunity.
The main thing I wanted was to manage.