Gaby Hoffmann Quotes

You know, I don't think I had a concept of what I would be or do.

I spent the first 25 years of my life not knowing what I wanted to do.

In your 20s, you're just a sketch of what you think you're trying to be.

I have a really wide range of interests and I've still got time to work out my exact direction.

When I started with 'Cocktail,' I was trying to figure out if this was something I wanted to do.

Some people will know exactly what they want to do at a very young age, but the odds are low. I feel like people in their early- to mid-20s are very earnest. They’re very serious, and they want to feel like they’ve accomplished a lot at a very young age rather than just trying to figure stuff out. So I try to push them toward a more experimental attitude.

Young, dumb, lookin' in the mirror tryin' to figure out who I’m gonna be this year.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

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.

My 20s were a time where I made it; my 30s were when I was away, confused, and trying to figure it all out.

I loved my boarding school, but I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't have a career.

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

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

Many people find their calling very early in their lives. These are the kind of people we read about in school books and newspapers. Then there are some who don't have a clue of what they want to do in their lives; I am belong to the latter category.

Your life is not defined by the one place where you work.

I was a liberal arts junkie and I figured, well, I'll go work for somebody somewhere. All I knew was that I was going to have to come home and figure it out.

I grew up in a life where the answer was always there, I guess. But now I'm out on my own and still looking for the answer. Nothing is solved for me.

I don't have a big career plan. I just like to see how things come out, and I just try to keep going in different directions.

I have a boyfriend and a dog, and I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up.

I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.

I don't know what drives me. I need to work. I wanted to be in the entertainment field, but I didn't know what.

I spent a lot of time flailing around, not really sure what I wanted to do, in my 20s and early 30s.

I was a confused young man. I didn't know what I wanted to be.

I had no clue what I wanted to do. I tried nursing, I tried science, I tried English. I just kept bouncing back and forth.

One of the biggest questions that we hear from young graduates is, 'I'm not even sure where to start because I'm not quite sure who I want to be yet.'