John Cho Quotes

I just appreciate still having the longevity that I've had in my career.

It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many years. That, to me, is a successful actor.

A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.

Trust me: all of us walk around and look at each other, and without saying it, we all know we're thinking, 'Really dude? Were still here!' and pinch ourselves. Typically, careers have short life span, 10 years if you're lucky, so what we've done is amazing.

I want to have a long career.

I want longevity in this career.

I think that's one of the reasons why I've been able to have a great career for 20 years - because I'm able to adapt.

At the end of the day, my career is not going to be judged by one or two or three moments in time. It'll be judged by the longevity of it.

The only thing at the back of my mind is longevity, and I'm really lucky that I've constantly been in work since I left drama school.

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

I definitely feel a difference about my place in the industry. I feel like I have some longevity now.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.

I don't want to be an action star; action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.

I think it's really important to remember that it's a long life, and it's a long career. In a perfect world, your career will be long. It does not begin and end with any one job. The point is to continue to have longevity in your career.

A career is a journey. I've been fortunate enough to work and be very successful over three decades, but I haven't achieved nearly what I want to achieve yet.

I want to be in this business as long as this business will have me.

My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.

I used to say that it won't be until I'm 40, 50, 60 years old, still working consistently, will I be able to look back on my career and say, 'Wow, I have been successful.'

I have been in the business for 62 years. It's a match made in heaven.

I do feel grateful, and I love what I'm doing, and I'm happy, and I'm living in the moment, but I also have my eye on the long game and the big prize, and that is just to make this a life-long career. To make a big enough impact on everybody to stick around for a long time.

I want a long and healthy career.

My whole mission is to have a long, interesting career, not a short spiky one.

Maintaining longevity is a major part of success to me. So many people come into an industry quick, shoot to the top, then crash and burn.

I'm not one to pat myself on my back, but I have had a career for 20 years, and if people are interested in how I did it or if I can give any advice, then that's lovely.