Quotes About Choice

I wanted to work with Bryan Singer because I like his films.

It's crucial to choose your work place - some places lend themselves to you and others don't.

Like the truth, retirement can set you free. Or, like work, retirement can imprison you.

[On parenthood:] You can't change your mind--you know, and say, this isn't working out, let's sell.

I choose my work very carefully, always for the script and the director, and I don't think that's going to change. My work is like a house. It's built on very strong poles.

You need to decide what problems, what opportunities, what projects you're going to work on.

I just choose the scripts I want to work on. I don't know why. It's not something conscious or that I'm doing on purpose.

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.

I understand people have to go to work and earn money and bring up kids, but I always thought, "Why can't I just do what I want to do?"

I really enjoy a variety of different work, and what I've just done may sometimes determine what I choose to do next.

being asked to decide between your passion for work and your passion for children was like being asked by your doctor whether you preferred him to remove your brain or your heart.

In 2016, you shouldn't have to choose between succeeding at work and being there for your family.

Normally we think of play as the opposite of work. Work is the thing you have to do, and then there's play, the thing you choose to do.

There is no fate... no predestination... no luck. Don't use that as an excuse to not live the life you want. Work for it. You make your future - no one else.

My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me.

In the bad old days, men kept women from choosing to work. In the bad new days, women keep women from choosing to stay home.

You can work with me—or you can wade through the blood and bodies after I'm done.

I don't think any writer chooses what his or her work is called.

If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.

I didn't work very much when they were young, and I had the luxury to be able to do that. Most people can't.

Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different.

Choosing a role is very difficult. There's no way to have a strategy.

I am very selfish when it comes to choosing a film. There is no strategy as such; I take up anything that gives me a kick.

I am not intellectually choosy. My choice of films reflect who I am, but it is not done with strategy and planning. I hear something and go by my intuition.