Quotes About Career

My whole goal was to be able to work in television and film and maintain a normal life, never be in a tabloid.

There are a lot of things going on with my life right now that don't just have to do with career. So I have a hard time making decisions about work. That's really a luxury problem.

When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just work, and also be true to yourself.

I love the market, it is my work, my play and my life.

There was never any question with me as to which I would choose, my boy or my work. I had to have both.

Dont expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: shes not the best singer in the world, but shes got where she has through hard work.

Startups are not the best choice for work-life balance, and that's sort of just the sad reality.

The children are being conditioned to think that the purpose of life is to get a good job. You get paid but you don't get satisfaction from your work.

Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it's the biggest career decision you can make.

I spent most of my career, including my time at McKinsey, never acknowledging that I was a woman. And, you know, fast forward - I'm 43 now - fitting in is not helping us.

I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs.

Childcare is a huge issue for young women whose work may require them to leave their families for weeks at a time.

Hollywood cools, and when it cools you have to go to where the work is. I ran off to Italy to do spaghetti westerns.

I wake up every day and I can't wait to go to work, and that's a gift. Not too many people have the opportunity to feel that way.

I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work.

The first newspaper I worked on was the 'Springfield Union' in Springfield, Massachusetts. I wrote over a hundred letters to newspapers asking for work and got three responses, two no's.

This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.

I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.

So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.

In college I had to major in something, so I was like, "Okay I like art history, so I will major in that." I never really had any ambitions to work in museums or anything, though.

Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you.

Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.