Ruth Negga Quotes

It took a long time to get to the place in my career where I could pick and choose what I wanted to do.

It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.

I wanted to do something where I could hang my hat.

For my career, I wouldn't go racing if I didn't enjoy it. I still need to have my say, and not just get put with a team and get told to deal with it.

I don't want to take anything that's coming in for the sake of work. I want to choose carefully, as I have done since leaving 'EastEnders.'

I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time.

I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work, and I feel that that's so much of what's out there.

My entire career, I've been a worker.

I try not to and I don't think I ever have just jumped at any opportunity because a company wanted me. Just because there was money on the table doesn't mean that I took it.

I think that the best career that someone can have is one that's reflective of their personal tastes.

If I didn't want to work for a couple of years, I wouldn't have to-it's a great feeling, to know I'm doing it because I want to do it.

Choose a field that will supply sufficient remuneration to provide adequately for your companion and your children. I bear testimony that these criteria are very important in choosing your life's work.

I wish I had stayed and finished my career here in New York.

My dream job has already happened.

I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it.

I always thought of my career as a body of work and not just about numbers.

I'm not saying I want a film career because I think I'm too good for television. I'm simply saying I want more control over my life.

I like being employed, you know. That's my favorite kind of acting.

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

It's not like a corporate job where the more you accumulate on your resume and the more hours you put in, the higher up you get; it's simply not the case. That being said, if I had known that and known what kind of career I'd get into, I still would have pursued it.

I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.

I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending on the circumstances. Sometimes I take a job because it's a group of people I'm dying to work with, and sometimes it can be a desire to shake things up a bit and not to take myself too seriously.

My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.

I mean, you work and you try and find the work that suits you the best and you enjoy the most.

I've finally reached a stage in my career where I can do what I want.