Kirsten Dunst Quotes

I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with.

Career-wise, I feel very lucky to have always been able to follow my creative path.

The key is to join an industry that you have a passion for. If you love cars, then automotive is where you should end up.

I don't have to work just to work anymore. More interesting parts come my way, so I can afford to say, 'I don't want to make that.'

For some time, I thought being a producer would be a more fulfilling career than being an actor. But then I went to a conference in Cannes with 300 other producers, all desperately chasing finance for their projects... and realized being an actor wasn't so bad after all!

I want to have the career that is my choice - what interests me, what doesn't. I feel more and more strongly about that.

It's pretty clear to me that working as a director for hire agrees with me. I like it. The films that have come out of that, I personally like better than the ones that didn't.

I don't think I've necessarily been able to pick and choose in my career; I don't know how many people do. But I'll tell you what I've been able to do: I've been able to say no. It is the only thing you can hold on to sometimes, is that ability to say 'no.' And I think that in that way, you can create some kind of career.

I suppose where I am sort of reflects the work I have chosen to do. Are there occasional frustrations because I can't work with a certain director because it's a big studio movie, and I don't have enough of a studio profile? The answer is yes. But generall... generally, I have the career I have chosen myself.

I guess I gravitate towards stories that I like and directors that I want to work with, and I hope that it works out.

I'm very happy with my career, don't get me wrong.

A national standard for recognizing the occupational licenses of military spouses across state lines would have many potential benefits. It would help improve military family life, add to the economy, and, importantly, allow a military spouse to fulfill their career goals.

I encourage others to choose a career they are passionate about and can do for the rest of their lives.

I was never going to be a rocket scientist. But I found the field that I was blessed to be able to do, and I just put my whole effort into that.

When you have a job you know you'd do for free, it takes a lot of the pressure away to be successful at it. So if it's doing theater in New York or teaching acting, I'm down for all of it.

I didn't want a desk job; I knew I'd get bored.

I am open to working with new directors as long as the script excites me.

I sift through the scripts offered to me and see what is worth attempting, because I think there is no point in wasting your time in doing something which you are not too keen on. I try and do whatever I feel interested in.

I wouldn't want to change anything about my career.

I guess I've never really wanted to be anything else. I've never even thought about having another job.

I already am very satisfied by my career. It has been long, diverse and hugely rewarding.

I have declined projects made under big banners because I didn't have much to do in them.

I didn't want to come to the end of my career and think, 'What next?'

I don't want to plan my career. That would be a business plan. Filmmaking is not a business plan.

I love what I do; I want to continue doing it, I work hard at my job.