Vin Diesel Quotes

Be willing to take on career risks.

I have been constantly shaping and reshaping my career. I laid a foundation by doing respectful work in all media. And I am happy with what I have done.

I'm happy with my career and I'm not going to have the trouble of being typecast.

Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.

I would leave the industry in a moment if I thought I was going to get stuck in one particular area of it.

People have these ideas of what you're supposed to do to have a career, like play against type, or don't revisit a character. I'm just not that precious.

I don't think anyone wants to be in a role forever.

I don't play for job security.

I got an opportunity to do varied roles so early in my career.

There's no reason why anyone's job should become untouchable for the rest of their life.

Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.

I started out as a lawyer and came in laterally to Goldman Sachs. So I learned myself that life is unpredictable. That you really should, in terms of your career, try to be excellent at what you're doing. I think if you focus on your job, and you focus on being broad in the context of your job, the next jobs follow from that.

I would never suggest anyone to stay at a company more than six or seven years. We grow as individuals and the world is moving so fast. Typically, I'll always sell a piece of each of my companies along the way.

Once a waitress, always a waitress.

I think it's been confusing for people because I haven't had a linear career.

It is extremely unlikely that anyone coming out of school with a technical degree will go into one area and stay there. Today's students have to look forward to the excitement of probably having three or four careers.

A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that's pretty much the same as what was offered last year and a few years before that, it might be time to start looking for something new.

It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.

One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.

It always irritated me that people think they have to be locked into a career path.

I've tried to be flexible in my career by doing a little bit of everything and that's worked for me.

The average person has eight different jobs over the course of their lifetime. You get a little antsy doing the same thing.

I certainly feel fortunate in my career to have been able to continue to work in different mediums. I don't ever want to be the guy who gets really good at one thing and just does that over and over and over again.

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.