I think the kind of career I've had, something would have had to be sacrificed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I had in mind a long career.
There's no way I would have thought I would have had the career that I did and the longevity. Absolutely no idea.
I never, ever would have imagined the kind of career I've had. It just wouldn't have occurred to me that anything like this could have been possible. I didn't have any such aspirations. And I still can't believe my good fortune.
I should have been trying to build a career, rather than leaving it in the hands of somebody else.
What I wanted more than anything was a long career.
It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.
Making the Hall of Fame, would it be something that's gratifying because of what I've sacrificed? Sure. Baseball has been a big part of our lives. We've sacrificed our bodies. It's the way we made our living.
If I had to think of what I would do different in my whole career, it's that I never would have picked up a beer, bottle of vodka. That definitely changed my life. That is an Achilles' heel for me.
If it weren't for the mentorship and guidance from people like my mother, James Brown and others, I wouldn't have been able to make something of my life.
I certainly feel my career was a great career because it inspired so many many people, literally hundreds of people to follow a new kind of life and to realize that they could make out and advance their own professional and private and social lives.