If my career had turned out like the fantasy I had of what it was going to be, it would never have made me happy. But I couldn't have known that until it didn't happen. I found a success that is so much bigger and deeper and better, and it's because it happened later. If any of what I'm having happen now—the successes—would have happened to me when I was younger, I would have been ruined. Because when you're young, and things come super easily to you, and you have success right out of the gate, you're liable to think that's how it actually works. You start to think you don't need to be fully prepared or committed to have these things meet you.
True Success Is: Naps
There was a time in my career when I never, ever would have said no to something—whether it was a role or whether it was doing whatever it took to get into the Limelight on a Saturday night. (I'm so dating myself, but that is true: I tried to get into the Limelight in New York City—or Nell's or Don Hill's or whatever the hell was the thing to do at the time.) I was just so desperate to have a job, to be anointed as a cool person, so scared of being forgotten. And so, at this moment, my idea of success is being able to say, “I'm not going to play that part because it doesn't speak to me” or “It's my day off, and I'm not going to go do that thing. I'm going to take a nap and read a book.”
"When you're young, and things come super easily to you, and you have success right out of the gate, you're liable to think that's how it actually works. You start to think you don't need to be fully prepared or committed to have these things meet you."
When pursuing a goal, everyone wants to compare themselves with people who have achieved it already and think they won't ever make it if their trajectory doesn't match theirs. But everyone has a different trajectory and a different story of success, and it always works out, as proven by Sarah.
"When you're young, and things come super easily to you, and you have success right out of the gate, you're liable to think that's how it actually works. You start to think you don't need to be fully prepared or committed to have these things meet you."
I love this quote. Motivate me Queen.
So many people today expect to be super successful right away. Try not to peak in your 20's folks.
Intelligent queen
When you have success immediately, you're going to feel like you're too good for smaller roles or certain pay rates. If you have to struggle, you know what it means to earn a measly paycheck just to keep bills afloat.
And so, at this moment, my idea of success is being able to say, “I'm not going to play that part because it doesn't speak to me” or “It's my day off, and I'm not going to go do that thing. I'm going to take a nap and read a book.”
LMAO, this is such ********. She was the lead on a freaking Aaron Sorkin drama on NBC in 2006 when she was only 32 years old. She's been doing okay from the head start. If it hadn't flopped that hard, she wouldn't be saying that
LMAO, this is such ********. She was the lead on a freaking Aaron Sorkin drama on NBC in 2006 when she was only 32 years old. She's been doing okay from the head start. If it hadn't flopped that hard, she wouldn't be saying that
From the head start ? At 32 years old ?
Most actresses peak in their 20s. Sarah has been going on for a long time
LMAO, this is such ********. She was the lead on a freaking Aaron Sorkin drama on NBC in 2006 when she was only 32 years old. She's been doing okay from the head start. If it hadn't flopped that hard, she wouldn't be saying that
That's actually very old for a woman in Hollywood.
Motivate me Queen. 
