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Daily Inspiration Quote by Will Friedle

"I want to be in this business as long as this business will have me"

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There is no swagger in Will Friedle's line, and that is exactly why it lands. "I want to be in this business" sounds like the standard showbiz vow, but he yokes it to a second clause that quietly flips the power dynamic: "as long as this business will have me". The sentiment is ambition with an asterisk, desire tempered by the knowledge that entertainment is less a ladder than a revolving door.

The specific intent reads like a modest mission statement. Friedle isn't promising domination, reinvention, or "legacy". He's asking for longevity: steady work, continued relevance, a seat at the table. For an actor best known to many from youth-facing projects and voice work, it's also a shrewd acknowledgment of how careers in Hollywood often fragment. Your face ages, your audience moves on, networks rebrand, algorithms rewrite what "famous" even means.

The subtext is acceptance without surrender. The phrase "will have me" carries an almost relational vulnerability, as if the industry were a fickle partner. That's not self-pity; it's realism. Acting is one of the few professions where talent is necessary but never sufficient, where marketability, timing, health, and pure luck can veto effort. By conceding that upfront, Friedle frames persistence as the real flex.

Contextually, it resonates in an era when nostalgia reboots can resurrect a career and cancel culture or corporate consolidation can erase one overnight. The quote's quiet punch is its humility: he isn't begging to be loved, just hoping to keep being invited.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Friedle, Will. (2026, January 17). I want to be in this business as long as this business will have me. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-to-be-in-this-business-as-long-as-this-73391/

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Friedle, Will. "I want to be in this business as long as this business will have me." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-to-be-in-this-business-as-long-as-this-73391/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I want to be in this business as long as this business will have me." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-to-be-in-this-business-as-long-as-this-73391/. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.

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Will Friedle (born August 11, 1976) is a Actor from USA.

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