Michael Palin Quotes

It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.

I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.

I love what I do, I can't imagine doing anything else, but ultimately, my goal is to be happy and have a family. That's my life.

I don't know anyone that says, 'Boy, I had a great career, and I'm happy because I screwed up my life outside of my career, my family life.' There's no one that feels that way.

My career is my whole life, so if I'm not happy with that, it affects everything else.

Absolutely I'd be happy with my career.

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

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

I think about the work I've landed, and I think to myself, 'If I never land a job again, I could still die happy.'

I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be.

I am so grateful, without sounding cheesy, to have such amazing friends with me and to have a career that's going so well.

I have a very optimistic view of my future right now. I'm very excited to see where it goes, but I try not to make plans just because I know how unpredictable life can be. Especially the life of an actor, and especially the life of an actor on 'Glee.' I just want to be happy and healthy and surrounded by people I love, as cheesy as it sounds.

At times, I think of my career as a map. The closer you get to the map, the more you know where you are, but the closer I get to my career, the less happy I feel. At the same time, I have carved out the career for myself which I wanted.

I had a great life even before 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' took off. I really enjoy teaching.

If you're lucky enough to pick what you do, that's the greatest career you can have. Ultimately, that's my goal: to have choices.

I've had a very fortunate career and I've loved every moment of it.

I just love where I am right now in my career.

If you can build your career around your passions, then you're winning in life; that's one of the best things you can ask for.

The thing is, when I had my first success it did coincide with the end of my first marriage, and because I went on to have a very, very unhappy two years, I don't think I equate career success with personal happiness.

I just love where I am right now in my career. I love country music. I don't ever feel restricted by the genre. I've been able to have a solid career that we've built one step at a time and a family. I know that I'm in a good place.

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

I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family - I'm probably the happiest guy in the world.

I'm very lucky to be able to do what I love to do, and I hope I can keep doing it for a while.

When I first arrived in Los Angeles I became a little bogged down in the whole success thing. Now I'm at a place in my life and career where I just want to work. It's what I do and it makes me very happy.

There have been trade-offs every day, every month, every year. There's a lot that I missed and I do have regrets in that area. But I have been able to bring to my family the richness of being a journalist.