Marc Randolph Quotes

Your post-college years should be an exploratory time in your professional life. From your early twenties and on into your early thirties, you should feel free to explore your professional prospects. Keep an open mind, and don't expect to get everything right straight out of the gate. Be prepared to start over once or twice.

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

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

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

After 'Raymond,' there was this big feeling of, 'What do I do next?'

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

I don't really know how to build a career or what to do. But I have the instinct to keep doing different things so people can see different things.

I'm interested in long careers where you take detours.

Your career is not going to go the way you planned. It is impossible at the age of 23 to pick the right industry, the right company, and you can visualize what you're going to be doing in your 40s, 50s, and 60s, but chances are that it's going to be something quite different. So remain open to opportunities and change.

I'm not sure if career can be planned.

You never know the way your career takes.

My awesome career has been nothing but chaos. Whatever comes toward me feels like the right thing to do in the moment and that's great.

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 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 planned on being an English teacher, but I don't know where that went.

In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

I spent 26 years in the business without ever knowing what I was doing a month from now.

I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.

If it takes you 20 or 25 years to establish yourself in one field, you really ought to be careful not to stray too far.

It's hard to know really how it's going to happen, but the career ebbs and flows and now there's a nicer feeling of interest than there has been at other times.

We're all on a journey. The average American switches professions four times. I'm lucky to be in a business where I can change the character I am playing every couple of months.

Everybody's career has ups and downs. I like to take chances; I don't like to stand still. And I don't give a damn what the market is interested in; I want to try things.

I love adventure, so I'm excited to be working on something new and making the transition from reality show contestant to host.

Nothing is written in stone, as a career is an unpredictable journey.

Although I've had several major career changes, I was extremely hesitant about making some of them.