Angela Yee Quotes

I'm excited about developing as a Diva and finding where my place is in this company.

I look to gain experience wherever I play.

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.

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.

When I first started working, I was very aware of the fact that I'd been to university and studied Russian and French and not acting. So when I started working, I'd started working quite young, I felt like it was important to treat myself kind of like an apprentice and do as many different types of things as I could.

In school, you get a limited view of the world. Start working. Find your passion. Take your time doing that. Once you've found what you're passionate about, then lock down. Even if you want to start a business, it's helpful to work, see how other businesses are run.

All of my career has been an attempt to educate myself and get paid for it.

Broaden your work experience - either within your company or through your job progression in other companies.

I must say I have turned down several great companies, so I'd probably say I have to keep learning.

I am always on the lookout for roles which will help me better myself.

I would encourage everyone in their first job not to ask themselves, 'Where do I want to be?' but 'What do I want to learn from this?' Use that opportunity to be a sponge.

In my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.

I started out as a lawyer and came in laterally to Goldman Sachs. So I learned myself that life is unpredictable. That you really should, in terms of your career, try to be excellent at what you're doing. I think if you focus on your job, and you focus on being broad in the context of your job, the next jobs follow from that.

I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.

Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.

I feel that working now is the way for me to learn things, whether it's languages or another activity.

I've gotten to do a lot of stuff, traveled, worked hard at my career.

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

I'm turning 22, so I want to start getting into work that reflects where I'm at in life now.

I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.

I've cheated myself: there are other things I could have done to fill out the bouquet of my career.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.