Padma Lakshmi Quotes

If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.

I took a long time after 'Curious' to find something I really wanted to do.

I wasn't meant to be an attorney, but I was meant to go to law school.

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.

The person I am is who I am. My life is my career, my career is my life.

I don't know what kind of career I want to forge for myself. But I want it to be one where I love the work that I've done. And I like to think that I have good instincts.

I think, ultimately, looking back now, acting wasn't satisfying me 100%.

I went through a lot of occupations. I was questioning my contribution to the world.

I've worked for a long time, but I got to the point where I felt like, I am out here so far, how do I get back? I want to have a real life, a personal life. I didn't want a personal life I just visited.

I've created my own career in my life, and I've had a lot of fun doing it. I think that's good.

A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.

You don't need to be defined by your job.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness

Work takes on new meaning when you feel you are pointed in the right direction. Otherwise, it's just a job, and life is too short for that.

I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.

I had these false ambitions - marketing and MBA. I didn't do very badly at it, but I realised my calling was something else.

A less-than dream job can help you find your dreams.

I don't think one should ever come to my stage of life and have to look back and say, Gosh. I wish I hadn't spent all those years doing that job I was never really interested in.

I have so many friends who have no idea what they want to do. They are out of college and working, but not sure they are doing what they want to do, which is normal.

It took me a long time to find out that I was born to be an actor. It was the last thing on my list, although my list was very small. I didn't know what to do. But kids weren't supposed to know what to do back then; we were all cute and we'd find out what we'd do later in life.

I don't know if I have a career or not, or where it ends or it begins. I have been working, doing what I do for a long time. But my creative process has always been so tortuous.

I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that 'spark' yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do.

Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for.

At times, I think of my career as a map. The closer you get to the map, the more you know where you are, but the closer I get to my career, the less happy I feel. At the same time, I have carved out the career for myself which I wanted.

To find one's calling is perhaps not the easiest thing in the world, but probably the most important.