Stephen Morris Quotes

I think, in anyone's career, you have to map out some sort of strategy of steps that take you closer to the career you want.

You have to think of your career the way you look at the ocean, deciding which wave you're gonna take and which waves you're not gonna take. Some of the waves are going to be big, some are gonna be small, sometimes the sea is going to be calm. Your career is not going to be one steady march upward to glory.

I don't believe in that kind of pragmatic career ladder stuff.

I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.

Have a goal. Know where you want to end up. Knowing where you want to end up is a lot easier than figuring out how to start and how to get there. You will figure out how to get there. Do not chart your career. Trust me; you do not want to chart your career.

There is no handbook about how a career is going to go.

Everybody has a different goal and a way of planning his/her career.

I know where I want to get to, and I know where I want to be still in my career.

I'm not sure if career can be planned.

I can't script my career better than what it is.

I think with anything career-related, there really is no rush.

I never felt my career was going backwards.

I've seen what can happen to an actor when he's just working for the sake of working. All of a sudden it's ten years later, your career's happened, and you haven't had any control.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

I know a lot of actors have all these expectations and believe that one thing should lead to another thing, and that's probably the right way to build a career. I don't know what's wrong with me - I just don't think like that!

I am hoping for a long career.

I've come to realize your career is all about the choices you make. Every single one matters.

My career has been an inch at a time.

I don't believe that there is any particular book that influenced any 'career' I might have.

You've got to build a career and a practice.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.

I think that there was a period of time - and I would reckon it was about 12 years - where I was just determined to see if I could build a career for myself.

I don't have a career plan. I'm not strategic enough.