Career Quotes
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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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There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man.
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There's not really a choice about, am I going to pursue a typical career? Because I'm not the typical standard, so that's not even an option.
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I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
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When I look back at my career and my life and how much I have learnt, I feel blessed with what I have. I have stopped fighting with myself.
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Social media is basically the entire reason I have a career right now. Like everything, my readership for 'Nimona' came because I was active on Tumblr.
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I've always liked to write, but I never thought I could make a career out of it.
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In my career, I've never been a box office name. Granted, a couple of my movies have made a lot of money, but I'd do other movies which make very little money, or they're not seen that much.
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I want to have a lengthy career. I want to play interesting characters. I want to tell beautiful stories, complex stories, deep stories.
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I definitely would love to transition into being more of a writer at some point in my career. I love playing shows and traveling, but I also love writing for other people, and that's something I'm investing my time in more when I'm home.
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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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Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.
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I was proud to be a Ranger for my entire career, and I wanted to be here when things got turned around. So I was disappointed and still am.
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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.
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I realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a career.
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I see times in my life and career where I was part of the problem whether I was unaware or too scared to speak up. I want to help make it better.
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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 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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It's a very scary time for a lot of people; they feel scared to speak up. There's so much controversy even speaking up about politics to begin with. People try to discredit you at every single corner, especially if you're a woman. So it's hard as an artist to really speak up about this kind of stuff when you're trying to be successful and have a career.
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Break eggs to make omlettes, never be complacent or think 'I've got a career here, I've got to keep it going'.
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I had a good career. I've been very fortunate.
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You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.
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During all of my writing career - this includes when I was writing plays and my other screenplays - I don't recall ever writing a negative character, which does not mean that my characters aren't flawed or do not make mistakes. In actual fact, they all are quite flawed.
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"When you're immersed in your chosen career, you've chosen it to change your life. Dance has given my life meaning, energy, interests, friendships, learning experiences, and most of all an appreciation for nature - a connection with the processes of nature and it became an insightful part of creativity. It became the lens through which I look at life. I'm part of this dance right now!"
