My objective was to have as varied a selection of roles as possible. It probably did hurt my career.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Each of my career decisions has been very much about doing what I wanted to achieve in the role and then finding another challenge.
I've always felt like I've had the ability to choose which roles I was going to play. I don't think that the industry agreed with me, but I've always had a bit of a headstrong attitude of only doing the things that I really believe in and want to explore.
I have always chosen roles that I believed in - not ones that I thought might further my career.
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.
There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.
I think my roles have been wonderfully varied. Not one has been racially stereotypical, and I have purposely chosen them like that.
I don't take roles that are 'just another role.' I'm interested in learning more about myself and about humanity. So it should change you by the time it's done.
You know, I consistently change in my own life so the roles I'm suitable for also change, and that's a really nice thing about this profession.
I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough.
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.