Career Quotes
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I love the idea of longevity in this career. But producing is not about, "Let me do this because this might happen 20 years down the line." Sleepwalking wasn't a vehicle for me, it was a film that pushed the envelope. I want to produce good stories, versus creating a niche where I can look after myself as an actor.
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I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career.
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It's time to do something different. Mind you, I'm grateful to have my career with The B-52s, but it's nice to have fun and play with my voice.
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The only thing I try to watch carefully is that I never lose the love for the instrument. That's also why I decided against a professional piano career when I was younger.
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I can't wait for the rest of my career to meet these young writers and filmmakers so that I can produce and push a lot of their stories out there.
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I sold 'Hattie Big Sky' without an agent but quickly realized a writing career required an agent.
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I have no regrets about my career or retiring. Not once have I thought 'Gosh, I wish I was back on the court.
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My parents have always said, 'You'll be so unhappy if you're no more than your career, that it's important to get out there and do things other than just your career.'
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No, I'm not angling for huge fame. My career has been a very slow, arduous climb to the middle.
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I think every intelligent woman should have a career.
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George Lindsay who played Goober thought Andy Griffith Show limited his career.
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Often, in the movie business, they need somebody who will garner box office because they need to pay for the movie. So the people who are in movies that make a lot of money are the people who most often get cast in studio pictures. In my career, I've never been a box office name.
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I've kept the people who've been in my career who I feel are my family. Kathy Kennedy had been with me since 1978. Janusz Kaminsky, my cinematographer, has made every movie with me since Schindler's List. Michael Kahn has cut every movie I've directed since 1976 when we made Close Encounters together. Rick Carter has done more than 15 of my directed films as a production designer.
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Looking back, I'm really happy with the choices I've made in my career. I know for a fact I could be wealthier. Who knows, maybe I could be more successful, maybe not. I don't know. But just about every single thing I've ever done I've gone into with the right intentions, and that goes a long way.
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One of the biggest regrets of my whole career was turning down an offer to direct on the first season of 'The Wire.' That would have been so perfect for me.
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It seemed so obvious that abusing the power of the page, and that was a phrase that was bandied about, 'the power of the page', that any abuse would be career suicide.
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I always encourage people in the early parts of their career to focus on writing. If you can communicate clearly, if you can articulate a thought, if you can write a great story, then you're going to be successful.
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The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week.
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It is impossible to pursue a successful literary career and follow the advice of all one's 'best friends'. I feel compelled to follow the light which my own intellect & judgement cast upon my way, rather than any one of the many conflicting rays which other minds would lend me.
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Over my career, I think I've shown can make a big pitch.
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I got my family here and my career here and I'm sitting here in the middle, and I'm stuck. So I have to do something, you know, have to reach out and get some help.
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I'm very happy to have a small, long, career instead of one big hit and then oblivion.
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I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didn't leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt I'd done my bit for it after about twenty-five years.
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I've always been a blue collar guy, and I think it shows in my body of work and the way my career has developed.
