“I think it's dangerous to get into ideas of planning careers.” ThinkingIdeasCareersDangerousPlanning Author:Clive Owen
“I've always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work.” ThinkingArtWantedCareers Author:Frank Ocean
“Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.” ThinkingFirstsKindArtI CanSchoolFilmCareersYeahStemStumbling Author:Karen O
“My career started young and I was really ambitious, and then I had success and I hung out with people who were much older. I think I might have been temporally misplaced, so I thought I was 40. It was a premature midlife crisis.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensMightYoungCareersCrisisAmbitiousHungMight Have BeenPrematureMisplacedMidlifeMidlife Crisis Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really looking to do is constantly defy expectations. I'm very curious to see if you can actually have a character actor and a movie star's career combined.” IfsThinkingWantCharacterActorsStarsCareersBeatsExpectationsMirrorsAdmireCuriousMovie StarCharacter Actors Author:David Oyelowo
“Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do. I've done it. But I also think that you can pick great songs outside that you didn't write that can help your career.” PeopleThinkingWritingDoneHelpingArtistGuySongOrderCareersPicksWrite Your Own Author:Jake Owen
“Some artists will tell you that's all they want to do is write their own music, and that's great, but George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, they didn't write everything they recorded, and they've had major, major careers. I think it's all about the best song.” ThinkingWantWritingArtistSongCareersMajorsBrooksKenny Author:Jake Owen
“There are a lot of actors that I really love to watch, actors who I have fun watching - I think Johnny Depp is phenomenal. But I wouldn't want that career as much as I'd like a career like Tom Hanks - he kind of represents the everyman.” ThinkingWantKindActorsFunCareersWatchesHaving FunTomsPhenomenalEveryman Author:Jared Padalecki
“I have to say, I haven't really worked with that many people in my career that I haven't liked, which I think is really rare.” PeopleThinkingCareersHavens Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.” ThinkingActorsCareers Author:Alan Rickman
“But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantCountryPlayAbleCareersRocksFrontsMusicianPerformancesJazzLastingSongwritingPunkSongwritersGroundwork Author:Amy Ray
“I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office.” ThinkingWritingYearsFirstsSaidStillsBookHelpingStoriesWould BeCausesAnimalCareersStrangeReturnOfficeDoctorsWelfareMy TimeVolunteerAnimal WelfareVeterinarianStrange Stories Author:James Rollins
“The early part of my career I really struggled, getting turned down again and again. I was in debt, and it was horrible. And then my family hit such highs in their careers, I asked myself what I was thinking going into the same profession.” ThinkingCareersMy FamilyDebtProfessionHorribleAgain And AgainTurned Down Author:Joely Richardson
“In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look back at my career. I want to be able to say I gave it my best shot.” ThinkingWantLooksAbleCareersShotsAthleteBest Shot Author:Paula Radcliffe
“I think it's become an economic necessity for people to be able to learn and grow throughout their lives, because most people can't get through their entire career with one skill set. We have to keep reinventing ourselves.” PeopleThinkingAbleGrowsCareersEconomicSkillsReinventing Author:Chesley Sullenberger
“I think all tennis players have to struggle through the early stages of their career. We start off playing tournaments and really just get by. I always had a dream to play in the big tournaments and never have doubted if it was worth it. Having to battle a little early on in my career makes it all the more worthwhile now.” IfsThinkingLittlesPlayDreamBigsCareersStrugglePlayerStageBattleTennisWorthwhileWorth ItTournamentsDoubtedTennis Player Author:Samantha Stosur
“It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point.” IfsThinkingWould BeCareersNiceBeing Nice Author:Donna Summer
“So when my film career took off, I always felt like I was trying to play catch-up because I hadn't studied acting before. I didn't know how to manage money or my career. When I look back, I think I was a little bit shell-shocked.” ThinkingKnowsTryingLooksLittlesPlayFilmFeltBitsActingCareersKnow HowLittle BitManageShellsShocked Author:Lea Thompson
“So I think that in the beginning of your career you're just looking to work. Luckily for me, my first movie was 'Rabbit Hole' and I got to work with incredible people, a Pulitzer prize winning writer, John Cameron Mitchell, and all the actors involved. So it's tough, man, because you want to have credibility.” PeopleThinkingMenWantFirstsActorsWinningCareersInvolvedToughIncrediblesHolesPrizeRabbitsCredibilityCameronRabbit HolesTough ManPrize Winning Author:Miles Teller
“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.” ThinkingTryingCareersFineBalanceActressesBeing TrueDevelopingBe True To YourselfTrue To Yourself Author:Rachel True
“No, I don't think 'The Wire' screwed up my career at all. It's the only reason people have heard of me. It's only been a huge, huge, very fortunate bonus.” ThinkingCareersWireScrewed Up Author:Dominic West
“I know I have a successful career, a successful life. If I sit and say, 'Look, I have a comfortable life,' and I... just think about myself, I don't think that would be fair. That would be very selfish. Because everything I do in my life is to benefit my people.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsLooksWould BeLife IsCareersSuccessfulBenefitsComfortableFairsSelfishSuccessful LifeSuccessful CareerComfortable Life Author:George Weah
“The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.” ThinkingWorldShouldDoneWholeProblemFeltCareersFinalsCupsWorld CupCup Finals Author:Jonny Wilkinson
“Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn't been a satirist or a political satirist who's done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign. But I think it's a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.” PeopleThinkingWellsMadeDonePoliticalCareersComedyAbsolutesGood ThingsCampaignsOddTerritorySenateArcsSatiristUnchartedUncharted Territory Author:Al Franken
“I think most players would love, at one stage in their career, to say, 'I've been No. 1 in the world.” ThinkingWorldCareersPlayerStage Author:Andy Murray
“When I look back on my career - if that's what it is - it looks a bit like a crazy quilt, and I think it's just really because, when one job has finished, I've never really been in a position where I had three or four options.” IfsThinkingLooksJobsThreeBitsCareersFourCrazyPositionFinishedQuilts Author:Alfred Molina