Will Poulter Quotes

My priorities are my family and my job. I have little time for much else.

I'm trying to reestablish my career and do great work and give my kids the life they deserve.

The time I'm not spending with my kid has to be worth it, so when I sat down with my agents after I was ready to go back to work, I told them: It's all about the directors.

I have always been very choosy, but as you grow older, your tolerance for crap becomes less. The role I will do today has to justify the time I take away from my kids and my husband. I love them, spend a lot of time with them and love doing things for them. So to go away for three to six months, I need something equally powerful.

I tell her all the time I'd gladly retire and hang out with the kids and clean the house. I want to have a good life and great family, and from a professional standpoint I want to be successful, but it's not the most important thing at all.

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.

I think you can have your career and still bring to your family something very, very special. There are some people who are born mothers, who don't want to work and just want to stay at home, and that's fantastic, but for me it was something very difficult.

My agent was ambitious for me. But going out and chasing it? No, I'd rather work in my vegetable garden or play with my kid. I guess I'm kind of boring.

One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.

Though decisions regarding work/life balance are important and vary widely from person to person, it may not be wise in the long run to optimize for doing the bare minimum at work.

Every businessman, or every person who has a passion for his work, is torn for the time spent at work and the time spent with your family.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

I want time for my career, my kids, and my partner.

It's important to pursue the career that we want and the titles that we want to get, but there's family time.

Work does affect my personal life, as it consumes most of my time. It takes away a lot from my family time.

I have two children. I gave up a lot for my career, but I'm very happy for it. I've done what I've always thought was best for me and my family.

I'd go anywhere to work, so long as it's worth it.

I love being a mum but I do love to work too.

I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.

I highly recommend getting your career established first and then having children.

I'm not a party person or someone who likes to sit and drink in clubs all night, and never really have been. I have a good time through work.

I'm not interested in the mad race. I just like working with good people.

When you've accomplished a certain amount in your career, you're not so focused on your ambitions.

Don't try to start a career in LA, unless money is all you're interested in.

I've been struggling so long with my career that I haven't been in a position to invite a woman into my life. It would have been like, 'Hey, come live with me and my two roommates, and let's make ramen noodles tonight.'