Allison Tolman Quotes

My whole journey and career has been really interesting, but the one element it never really had was any sense of great momentum.

I can't complain about my career, that's for sure.

I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.

It's weird how your perspective changes. At the start of your career, you think, 'I just want to do cutting-edge work that makes people think.' Now, I would do a blockbuster in a heartbeat.

I think it's been confusing for people because I haven't had a linear career.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions, you're not growing.

In most careers, you find something you do well, and you tie an increasingly larger bow on the package.

I don't believe that there is any particular book that influenced any 'career' I might have.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

I don't see my show as a stepping stone to something else like some people, who get a job then have a foot out the door looking for their next job.

There are a great number of people from New Jersey who go on to have pretty successful careers.

When you want a raise, you're not only going in saying: 'I want more money.' You're going in and saying: 'Here's what I want out of my career. Here's what I accomplished. Here's what I said I was going to do. Here's what I've done. Not only do I deserve more money, but I want to get to here on my career.'

I just want a really varied career, and just to keep going, really.

People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.

I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.

I was the chief executive once, I've been there. My recommendation to anybody is don't go backwards.

I feel like, in general in my work life, my main goal has been to just be in a situation where I'm not bored with my job. That's been the entire principle. Got my wish.

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

There is no handbook about how a career is going to go.

The decisions that you make in your career stem out from the experiences you have early on in your career.

The notion of 'building a career' had never been heard or dreamed of when I was young.

Shonda and 'Grey's' have given me the opportunity to become a director, and that's something that I hadn't really envisioned for myself, other than directing for theater. Now I've got this resume of television credits that I can carry forward into the next opportunity.

When I first got started I had no idea my career would last as long as it did.