Work & Career: Career Quotes

Francesca Annis, Actress

"I never got tired of Tom and Jerry, but I did have a dream of doing more with my life than making cartoons"

Joseph Barbera, Cartoonist

"After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines"

Joseph Barbera, Cartoonist

"My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice"

Warren Christopher, Statesman

"A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest"

Philip Stanhope, Statesman

"Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character from a Chekhov play or a Polanski film. It depends what mood they're in"

David Bailey, Photographer

"I never set out to be a photographer"

David Bailey, Photographer

"Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out of favour"

David Bailey, Photographer

"The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved"

David Bailey, Photographer

"I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it"

David Bailey, Photographer

"I don't know if it's genetic or just because I was surrounded by it, but I was always fascinated with building and construction and development"

Donald Trump Jr., Businessman

"A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married"

Anna Held, Entertainer

"Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in 'Transformers.' I like to think that I've had some luck in building actors' careers with my films"

Michael Bay, Director

"I started as a print reporter"

Jim Lehrer, Journalist

"I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor"

Tom Berenger, Actor

"Because in Australia there really isn't a lot to do. There aren't a lot of opportunities"

Radha Mitchell, Actress

"I wanted to be a theater actress, but I thought it would be easier to get to New York and the theater if I had a name than if I just walked the streets as a little girl from California"

Gloria Stuart, Actress

"What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows"

Martin Short, Actor

"The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack"

Elliot Richardson, Lawyer

"I was still thought of as a kid actor even though I was in my mid twenties"

Tommy Rettig, Actor

"I don't think the Hollywood community is interested in what I can do. That's all right. I've never looked for a job in my life, and I'm not going to start now. I have plenty to keep me busy"

Mercedes McCambridge, Actress

"I have a kind of objective luxury about my career"

Martin Short, Actor

"As far as I am concerned, the first episode of Buffy was the beginning of my career. It was the first time I told a story from start to finish the way I wanted"

Joss Whedon, Writer

"I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model"

Michael Bergin, Actor

"I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics"

Harvey Pekar, Writer

"There's many times this year I've sat back and thought, I'm making a living from making things up. It's the only skill I have, so I've been really lucky"

Colin Mochrie, Actor

"I couldn't stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in front of me, from beginning to the moment I was handed the Golden Globe"

Sharon Stone, Actress

"But when I was a teenager, the idea of spending the rest of my life in a factory was real depressing. So the idea that I could become a musician opened up some possibilities I didn't see otherwise"

Wayne Kramer, Writer

"I just like doing standup, that's all I'm interested in or good at"

Norm MacDonald, Actor

"Some go on to trade schools or get further training for jobs they are interested in. Some go into the arts, some are craftsmen, some take a little time out to travel, and some start their own businesses. But our graduates find and work at what they want to do"

Daniel Greenberg, Educator

"From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers"

Olivia Wilde, Actress

"Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information"

Samuel Dash, Lawyer

"I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken meetings for a living"

Macaulay Culkin, Actor

"He thinks he can use the jail for networking to be somebody. In that way, he's always operating"

John Leguizamo, Comedian

"Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great!"

Michael Bay, Director

"In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene"

Steve Buscemi, Actor

"There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on"

Pamela Stephenson, Actress

"I thought it might be a good move to get into a beauty contest, so I tried for Miss Pennsylvania and won. I think that helped me get noticed, at least by the people of Pennsylvania"

Sharon Stone, Actress

"I knew what I wanted to do even when I was a little girl"

Sharon Stone, Actress

"It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future"

Winona Ryder, Actress

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