Alice Roberts Quotes

Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.

I get to do interesting roles and make a living.

My life may be a pretty crazy life at times, but it's a very privileged one - being able to earn a good living doing what you love. Not many people have such an opportunity.

I have always enjoyed my work and have chosen only what I thought was interesting by way of a role.

I don't think of careers from a functional perspective or from a subject matter perspective. I think of careers as, how do you like spending the time in your day? What makes you happiest? What are you most passionate about?

I told my mom for years that I wanted to be a manicurist, and she'd always be like, 'But what if you went to college and you got a degree?' She'd try to explain how I could actually do a thing that would make me a ton of money, or that I didn't have to just pick the business that was closest to our house.

I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.

I don't think I've found the perfect job for me, but I know what I like, so that's halfway there, right?

Sometimes I wonder why I'm not working at McDonald's and how come I have the life I have. I don't know. But I'm happy that I have these choices. That's kinda sappy, huh? But whatever, acting beats pumping gas.

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.

After all, a job isn't worth doing unless you enjoy it.

I know a lot of people my age are still trying to figure out what to do, and I consider myself lucky that I can make a living doing something that I truly enjoy.

My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.

I mean, you work and you try and find the work that suits you the best and you enjoy the most.

I've been lucky. I've never really had a job that I did that I didn't like.

I never made any money, but I had the best jobs in the world.

You're going to spend a long time with the stuff you work on; you might as well like it.

What your character does for a living is one of the most important choices you can make in a screenplay, even if their job is tangential to the story, because it tells you everything about the condition of their life. Are they doing what they love? Are they doing what they hate?

Putting lifestyle first is how you find a job - not a calling.

I have to very consciously choose the kind of work I want to do.

As far as career goes, make sure you're in it for the right reasons - and make sure that the work itself is the most important thing.

I've nearly walked off very big films before, and I would, because I don't want that in my life. I want to enjoy the work I do.

I'm thrilled I can make a living doing something I enjoy.

I do want to be able to benefit from my work and make a good living, but I love it so much that I would do it for free.

My career has mostly been jobs I love or cases where I needed money.