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I honestly think what skyrocketed me into professionalism was learning how to play two people and still live through the day.

I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays.

Professionalism is not sportsmanship. If you don't succeed, you won't be in your profession for long. In our society, it's not about good or bad. It's about who's on top.

I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.

I used to tell the players that professional football is a part-time profession. I used to tell them it gets you ready for your life's work.

When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.

Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.

When you're doing a play, you don't always have a practical world that you're working off of. You have to create it for yourself.

You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.

I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.