You've got to be picky in this business - if you're not, then I don't think you have the option of longevity. You've got to be choosy and try and do something that's outside of the box and dangerous. I love doing stuff that excites me, gives me that adrenalin rush.
I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
It's all about trying to be very careful about what your next role or what your next move is gonna be. It's all about trying to have longevity in this business and make smart choices.
There's a lot of reasons I had to move on. Family's definitely a big part of it. And the longevity of my career - I played for 15 years, and I was just tired of the whole international scene. It's quite busy. Very stressful.
I come to Comic-Con in San Diego because this is where those fans are - those to whom I owe the longevity of my career.
The truth is, people who have longevity are able to be aware of their public perception and take it and use it and make it work for them.
It's surreal to think that no one has played as many Test matches for England. I suppose it's a credit to my longevity.
Test cricket gives ultimate satisfaction that I don't think any other type of cricket does due to the nature and longevity of it.
If you take something out of the freezer, it's cold, but what happens when it melts? It's a cool party, a cool person, a cool collection. What does that mean? I'm more interested in things that are uncool, things that have a certain individuality, a certain soul, a certain longevity, emotion, fragility.
If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out.
