Verne Troyer Quotes

I'm in a position now where I can play certain roles and when I get older, I won't be able to. So, I don't have a strategy of trying to grow up too quick, I just want to kind of look at everything.

Clearly define what success means for you. Set short-term and quarterly career goals with your manager that will help lead you to your long term goals.

A lot of people put pressure on themselves and think it will be way too hard for them to live out their dreams. Mentors are there to say, 'Look, it's not that tough. It's not as hard as you think. Here are some guidelines and things I have gone through to get to where I am in my career.'

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren't doing enough asking. And you're probably not asking the single most important question that can help you achieve a higher level of success and personal fulfillment: How am I doing?

My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?

I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.

I've seen what can happen to an actor when he's just working for the sake of working. All of a sudden it's ten years later, your career's happened, and you haven't had any control.

Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.

I think I've always been ambitious. It just looks different on me. You know, I have friends who are actresses who go to every party they possibly can to be photographed and really try to make every connection they can, and I admire that and sometimes I wish I had a little bit more of that. Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough ambition.

I have a harder time finding somebody. The problem is we were growing professionally during the years most people were concentrating on being a person.

My advice today, to established acts and new-coming acts, is the same advice I'd give to myself: pause for a minute, and really think about 'What is your goal? Where do you see yourself?'

Sometimes I think, 'Why should I care about doing well in New Zealand?'

I'm in a place in my life where I get offered parts that I didn't get offered before - fathers and uncles and grandfathers and so on. And it took me a long time to get to that place, but I'm glad because it opens up new territory.

I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.

Where I am today... I still have my ups and downs, but I take it one day at a time and I just hope that I can be the best that I can possibly be, not only for myself, but also young people that are out there today that need someone to look up to.

I take one day at a time. I am not someone to define my goals.

I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.

Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced.

As far as post-'SNL' career, whatever kind of comes my way that looks interesting, I'll do it, you know?

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.'

Every job is an opportunity to be a better person.

I go to bed every night thinking about all the possible ways that I can succeed.

In one of my recent books, 'The Success Principles,' I taught 64 lessons that help people achieve what they want out of life. From taking nothing less than 100 percent responsibility for your life to empowering others, these are the fundamentals to success - and to great leadership.

My University of Management will create managers who will float in happiness, success and fulfillment.