Ate Quote by John Lone

I worked in a Chinese restaurant.

— Barbra Streisand

I became a set designer for opera.

— Maurice Sendak

Actually, my first professional job was singing opera with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

— Brett Cooper

When I first moved to New York, you know, I was a starving artist.

— Ariana DeBose

I worked at a pizza shop. My brother's best friend owned it. I did a little bit of everything there, whatever they needed.

— Jimmer Fredette

I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.

— Maurice Sendak

I built RPM Italian, a restaurant I frequent as much as I can, because that is what people from Chicago do. They build things.

— Bill Rancic

I started out on an apprenticeship in Hollywood working as an assistant to Hans Zimmer and another composer Klaus Badelt. That's how I got…

— Ramin Djawadi

I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.

— Ai Weiwei

I need to open a restaurant, a big soul food restaurant in Beijing!

— Kehinde Wiley

I spend like $2 million a year on Chinese food and pizza for ten people in the studio who don't sing or produce.

— R. Kelly

I was in Opera house, (SYDNEY)

— Jess Jessenia