It was a terrible blow that was dealt when I was fired from 'Saturday Night Live', but I have to say that a few doors opened right away. Movie roles started to roll in, and pretty soon, I was over it.
Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it's a personal life or a national life.
When I grew up, my dad listened to all that stuff - Neil Young. Floyd. The Doors. The Beatles. Stones. So even now, to this day, it's the music I listen to a lot of the time.
Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I'm a product of nepotism. The doors were open to me. I'd done several movies before I decided what I wanted to do.
I'd always thought that 'NYPD Blue' really would open those doors. While I think it created a much broader template for cable, I don't think it really did that much for network television.
My home nurtured in me an early attachment to books and other things of the intellect, to music, and to the out of doors.
I don't have this obsessive need to do street art all the time because it's already opened doors for me.
I never really officially retired from the WNBA, I just left the doors open.
There's no platform for an unsigned music scene in the main cities - it's all hyped acts or showcases behind closed doors. I read about artists that are doing it 'the old-fashioned way' and touring, as if that's a unique thing to do - well, that should just be the way it is.
No matter when or where, always bring your 'A' game, because you never know when it will open doors for you.
I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.
I didn't want to have people open doors for me. My dad never made a call on my behalf to anyone - not to a producer, a director, or a casting agent.
I do hope the success of 'Ms. Marvel' will open doors for other characters and other creators.
Fame was never something I was seeking in my artistic journey. It's to be used as a tool for an artist to break open doors and keep creating. That's how I enjoyed fame in '74; it was not just for the emptiness of being famous.
I have deep respect for Rep. Jackie Speier and all that she has done to open doors for women everywhere.
As Muslim women, we're not waiting for the president of the United States to open doors for us or to fight our fights.
Creativity is a huge part of my game as a player. It helps open doors which others don't see.
We expect our media to lead and open doors for our young talents. As we need creative engineers, doctors and managers, we also need creative journalists and media workers.
Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life.
I hoped 'Starlet' would finally open doors for me and lead to a much bigger budgeted movie, but that didn't happen.
