Quotes About Career

My goal from an early age was always to play in the NBA.

I felt that I should become a film actress first, and then come back to serials and earn good remuneration from it.

One year was so bad for me and my wife that we were going to have to sell our house until Elaine decided to change career and earn some money.

I loved writing when I was a kid and thought about being a writer then. But I didn't have the confidence or belief that I could earn a living that way, so I never took myself seriously.

I think it's fantastic that players can decide to go to China and earn more money.

You love what you do but it's still a job and you are limited in the time to earn money and you think about it if someone makes you a crazy offer.

It's a huge high to be able to earn a nice living doing the thing I love most - making comedy.

It's a business and it's a short career. You need to get in, earn as much money as possible. Get out.

I always wanted to train and when I got in the business, I never thought about the money I might earn.

I have no ambitions beyond being comfortable in what I do for a living - and earning a living.

If it's a choice between doing a film and not doing a film, I'd rather not. But then, you remember that you're supposed to be earning a living and that it's your career.

It seems easier to make a career out of comedy now than it was in the 1980s.

A lot of guys spend their lives saying no because it's an easier way to keep your job.

TV is definitely easier hours.

It's not the easiest thing to have two actors in a family.

I was going to get a degree in economics and be a teacher. But I couldn't afford to pay for the education. So I just got the MBA and not the doctorate. I loved it at Bain, and I've been there ever since.

Being working class, my parents thought, 'Ian's going to uni, the first in the family,' and I'd do dentistry or accountancy. I was going to do accountancy; then I got a C in Economics and thought, 'Why am I doing this?' The only thing I was interested in was books and literature.

My family are quite academic, and I was set to study economics and politics at university.

I was a business major in college, so I knew economics.

I had the offer of places at Leicester and Loughborough to study financial economics.

I think you've got to watch out for anybody in high school who says he wants to become an economist.

The game of football has changed for me. It was a personal goal for me at first. But now it's a way to provide for my family. It's a way to provide for my daughter. I'm just ecstatic that I can do that.

When I got the offer to be a Bongo girl, I was so ecstatic, I couldn't believe it.

My aspiration was always to be a fashion editor.