Adam Pally Quotes

I don't know what the future holds. I just try to do roles that I haven't done before.

I've always strived to keep mixing it up, keep doing different things, and work in all different parts of our business.

It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can.

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

I've had a lot of starts and stops as far as my career is concerned, but I think what I am able to do is to put things into perspective.

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 really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself be pigeon-holed, not necessarily by other people, but in one's own mind.

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

It's important that people are open. Some people say, 'I'm going to be a doctor,' and they're a really good doctor. But for the rest of us, it's a big question mark. Just giving yourself a break, letting yourself try new things, and when something doesn't work out, moving along... it's all we can really do.

If you knew what you wanted to be when you were 6 years old - great! If you have no idea what you want to be, that's OK!

People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.

I got involved in lots of different areas round about 2007, 2008. Just working with lots of different people and stretching myself in different ways. I was working on art projects and working with other writers, just doing bits and pieces, trying to keep busy.

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

I just wanted to get out there and do different roles and try new things.

I don't know where I'm at in my career and I don't really keep track of that or care about that.

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.'

Every successful career I've ever known was filled with long periods of meandering, months or even years when no one knew what would happen next. Look at me: I started as a geology major turned failed realtor.

I'm not sure if career can be planned.

I want to challenge myself in new mediums; I want to leave myself open to different things.

I would encourage everyone in their first job not to ask themselves, 'Where do I want to be?' but 'What do I want to learn from this?' Use that opportunity to be a sponge.

I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.

My idea of that[idea of career] is constantly changing. I mostly just throw it out to the universe and I can't really do much after that. I've never taken the steps to be "successful": I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house. I've talked to people about it but I've never followed through because it gives me the creeps.

I just found it interesting to talk to adults I admired, and to discover that the path they took was never all that clearly defined. It was comforting to me when I figured out that you don't have to know what you want to do with your life; you just have to take a few steps in one direction, and other opportunities will open up.

I never felt my career was going backwards.

Trying different things is very important to me. I see people and want to wear their clothes and drive in their cars for awhile. That's probably one reason I became an actor.