Quotes About Career

I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.

I would recommend all men in choosing a profession to avoid any that may require an apology at every turn; either an apology or else a somewhat violent assertion of right.

I was 28 when I played the role of a 65 year old man in my first film.

I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I've never aspired to be a TV man.

If I'd been offered 'Spider-Man,' I probably would have done it. I don't think it's bad to go and do those things.

Selecting the right college to attend is an investment into a young man or woman's future, it's not just about basketball.

For some reason, I find that in the course of my career I've worked with more women than most men have.

I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.

Men are more salary-sensitive when they're choosing a job.

[Meeting Mandela] was the highlight of my career; to meet such a great man and a strong man and such a passionate man about sport and life will always stay with me.

My first four roles were all nice guys, Raggedy Man being one of them.

I was initially a leading man, but only on television.

I've only played for Watford, so I'm a one-man club.

Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.

Men are my life, diamonds are my career.

Being a CEO used to be something you did for 15 years. Now you do it for five, maybe. The lifespan is getting shorter and shorter, regardless if you are a man or a woman.

I've worked in television for 10 years straight. If I were a man, it wouldn't be considered strange [to have confidence] at all.

My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.

Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would've existed.

The things I wanted to be when I was a kid were an archeologist, because of dinosaur bones; a garbage man, because they got to ride on the side of the trucks; and a writer.

It's kind of glorious to say, "Oh man, this guy had his career cut short." I'm not calling myself Sandy Koufax by any means. I'm not in that caliber at all, but sometimes it has to end different.

Every man has a vocation. The talent is the call.

No man who has managed to keep out of an office can be called a failure in life.

One man's fantasy is another man's job.