If I wasn’t an actress I would run a fortune 500 company.

Meaning of the quote

Sela Ward, a famous American actress, says that if she wasn't an actress, she would be running a very successful, large company instead. This suggests that Sela believes she has the skills and abilities to lead and manage a major corporation, even though she chose to pursue a career in acting.

About Sela Ward

Sela Ward is an acclaimed American actress known for her roles in popular TV shows like Sisters, Once and Again, and CSI: NY. She has won multiple Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her outstanding performances. Ward has also appeared in numerous films, showcasing her versatility as an actress.

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And so I was doing that and starving and somebody said you should model and I ran when they told me how much money you could make and I did a television commercial the first job.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

I always carry Evian bottle and sunscreen.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

If I wasn’t an actress I would run a fortune 500 company.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

I had an art teacher who’s the reason I got there in high school who encouraged me to go to Alabama. That’s where she had gone and kept raving over their art department.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

My kids enjoy the Disney program, Lizzy McGuire.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

I have a strong belief in God… I find religion to be a very personal thing… I am also very spiritual.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

I have decided not to do the spa. Too time consuming.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

Oh, definitely and I talk about all the things that I really needed to make me happy at that point in time were outside of Mississippi, and now all the things that I need to make me happy are back there.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

Billy Campbell who is… I… truly one of the most talented actors today.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

It’s about, I did talk about my life in broad strokes and what home meant to me in order to really explore the subject of home and can you go back and what that means for people in that sense of community that we’ve lost.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

I haven’t heard anything about a reunion show for Sisters. But if the script was good I would do it.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

Which is a wonderful irony, I have property there. I go back every chance I get. One of the main reasons I actually wrote the book, agreed to write it having never wanted to do that in my life, very intimidating by the way to write a book.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

However, most of my part, I play a pediatrician, and most of my role had to do with being in another place, staying at the hospital and trying to save kids and stay until people could come. So, it was more based on reality.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

I think things like food, the food of the south is sort of the common tie that binds us all, Black and White, the sense memories. It’s a very particular part of the country.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

As for ABC you can’t take it personally. We had three good years.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

No not at all… it is rare for shows to make it as long as Once and Again… It was a pretty good run.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

Well I started studying to help me with these commercial auditions and I just loved it.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

You do become very close like a family but because you see each other for such an intense period of time on the set everyday. You really don’t end up socializing that much.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

For example, when my mother died, the people who showed up just to put an apron on to cook, people who really do the right thing, so to speak, as my momma would always say to show that they care, a sense of community that we’ve lost so much in our country.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

I would consider a half hour sitcom if the script was good.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

For me, Los Angeles, New York, where I don’t know my neighbors, where people don’t necessarily care if they know their neighbors, I’m missing things that truly fed my soul when I was younger, the exchanges between people, the caring and the shared history with people.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

Yes and our obsession with youth in our culture and how we, women lie about their age after 35 obsessively and no one wants to let anyone know they’re getting older, et cetera.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

I use products from my dermatologist but the best things you can do for your skin, are not smoke always use sunscreen and drink a lot of water.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer

And so much of my life has been about returning home and longing for home, wanting my children to know about my roots. And I thought I can’t be the only one to feel this way so I thought it would be an interesting topic to explore.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer