career development quotes

I got a chance to work with Stallone and De Niro – pretty much sums it up for me. You can tell where you’re going in your career by the company you keep.

If you don’t let people flourish in their jobs, why are they going to stay?

Before finding music, I didn’t have too many aspirations. I wanted to hang out, make a little money from whatever I had to do.

I had never been in charge of anything. I’d always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I’d never been in charge of an organization.

I built a label at the same time I built a career.

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.

I worked with Lawrence Olivier some years ago. He was a great mentor.

Over the years, all my coaches and my teammates have contributed a lot to shape my career. I can never forget their contribution and help.

I want to try something different in Hollywood, to tell the audience I am not just an actor star – I am an actor, too.

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

While still working for others, your goal at some point must be to carve out little areas that you can operate on your own, cultivating entrepreneurial skills.

I built a company at the same time I built a career.

I won’t have to do any major changes to continue my career a long way, hopefully. Just hopefully stay healthy and be able to help a team out as I go through and still play at a pretty high level.

The goal for me is always to have the opportunity to work in different genres. This is a great and exciting time in my career, where I can have the opportunity to work in different genres, and also I recognize there’s not a lot of actors who have that opportunity and I’m grateful for it.

I hate interviews – but you have to do them.

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that’s exactly what I did.

Didn’t get promoted? Good. More time to get better.

Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.

A career is born in public – talent in privacy.

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.