Lauren Graham Quotes

Lot of people know very early what they want, but I didn't know I wanted acting.

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

Very often a job will come along that speaks to the place you're in as a person at that very moment. And usually once I've done it I feel like that part is over.

I know from experience that careers do not always arise from a deep sense of destiny.

I was thinking of going to college or staying in L.A. to act, and I stayed to give it a chance. I'm glad I did. I've had a lot of wonderful experiences - some horrible ones, but mostly really beautiful ones.

I didn't start thinking about what I wanted to do professionally until I was 17. I was a hippie, but I did write.

Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had the talent in my hands to be a good dentist.

I don't think I would have made for a good doctor. It was not meant to be, and it took me a long time to realize that.

Taking chances on opportunities, even if they aren't right for you, gives you a clearer picture of where you want to go with your life and career.

I was never really sure what I wanted to do - I'm in awe of these people who knew at age 10 or 12 they wanted to be a brain surgeon, and they did it, and they still are.

I wanted to be a lawyer. Then a journalist. Actually, I graduated from university as a journalist.

In a weird way, when I was looking back, I didn't know I was going to be a director until I was.

The way I was brought up, there was a little bit of prodding to do something more practical, and I wasted a lot of time trying to be a practical person.

I certainly have opportunities many can only dream of - but in most ways I'm a typical girl in her 20s trying to forge a career and represent herself in what can sometimes seem rather strange circumstances. One of the most attractive has been the chance to publish 'Celebrate.'

I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. It's funny - people ask me that, and I don't know what to tell them.

I wasn't meant to be an attorney, but I was meant to go to law school.

I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut.

I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second chance myself, I would certainly try to repeat my present career.

I was quite young when I went to a drama workshop. I was around 9 or 10. I showed interest in it. I never saw it as a career. At around 16, I knew what I wanted to do.

I tell people: 'Do what you love, but it can also be hard to know what you love early on. But when you think about it and you describe the options, which one gets you a little more excited?'

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!

I didn't get on TV until I was 30, which is really fortunate because you are who you are at that point.

I don't know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's just what I've, you know, ended up doing when I was little, and I've kinda grown up with it.

Personally, I think life offers us the opportunity to take chances and make changes all the time.

My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.