Careers Quotes
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I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that left me there.
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It's just too much if you make your career everything. It is everything when you're doing it. But you have to find things you love just as much.
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By the time I was ready for college, I didn't know what I wanted to do. I think I secretly wanted a show business career, but I was suppressing it.
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Many people say they got into their career by accident. The other side of that is that your career is an accident waiting to happen.
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Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year.
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In my career as an actor, there is a catchphrase that Scofield always says often in regards to his brother, 'Have a little faith.' In my own career as an actor, there were times when I was the only one who believed in myself in the face of the odds.
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Every single organization - or career, for that matter - exists on three levels: WHAT you do, HOW you do it and WHY you do it.
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I have two children. I gave up a lot for my career, but I'm very happy for it. I've done what I've always thought was best for me and my family.
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Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.
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Unless you are really grounded and have a true sense of reality, you can get lost in that and a lot of people do and that's why you see so many people with successful careers but with destructive lives.
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Jazz is so difficult. A lot of people think once they've learned these licks they can get up and play them for the rest of their life. But that's not being truthful to the music 'cause it's not developing. Cats you hear that don't make no mistakes? They ain't trying to do nothing. everything they hear is on the mark, but they've played it so many times... I've built a whole career out of making mistakes!
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I will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood.
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Some people don't realize that I've had a career pre-commercials.
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Life is a mission, not a career. A career is a profession, a mission is a cause. A career asks, What's in it for me? A mission asks, How can I make a difference?
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At the beginning of your career, it's 'Who is Paul Newman?' and then it's 'Get me Paul Newman.' Then it's 'Get me a young Paul Newman.' Then it's 'Who is Paul Newman?'
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I think the first thing is to recognize that there is an ebb and flow to your career. There are going to be moments that are really high, and then you're going to have moments where you step away for a little bit, and maybe that's just by choice or maybe you have a family.
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The only time in my career prior to that I played an evil character was in 'The Twilight Zone'.
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Taking care of your mental and physical health is just as important as any career move or responsibility.
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I've always been involved with all aspects of my careers. Being behind the camera seems as natural as in front.
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I think actors' careers have highs and lows, and ups and downs. It just really all depends.
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I'd love to become like Bill Murray, who was so funny on 'Saturday Night Live' and has gone on to do some of the landmark comedies people like. And then to add this whole other phase to his career with 'Lost in Translation' and 'Rushmore.' I always felt to be able to have something similar to that would be great.
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Oh, my God, I don't think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.
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I've never been good at making smart career decisions or doing the right strategic thing, and yet somehow it's all led me to exactly the kind of career that I would have dreamed of having - if only I'd been smart enough to dream something like that.
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I have a career, I worked so hard for it.
