Greg Davies Quotes

Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.

After graduating from college I worked at a variety of jobs, from banking to politics. I enjoyed whatever I was doing at the time but I didn't love my work.

That time when you're waiting for a job can be the most impactful and important time because you develop your preferences as a person. Knowing what you like will make you more confident. And then you'll stand out.

I'm pretty happy with my career. I just know what I'm capable of.

My dad, who had spent his life as a lecturer, said, 'That's all very well, but you need to earn a living, so why don't you teach?' I did, and 13 years later, I woke up.

I never felt my career was going backwards.

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

I mean, I knew I wanted to do this kind of thing in school, but to actually have somebody that would bring you into that world, that was really exciting, you know?

The time to realize that you need to transition out of your job is when you know that you've grown out of the role that you were doing before.

From the day I got out of school, I was looking for an idea.

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom.

I planned on being an English teacher, but I don't know where that went.

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my mother, encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible.

I thought I wanted to be an electrical engineer, which I turned out to be. But I was always curious about other things too, and what if I got interested in history or the law?

I wanted to be an academic when I was 19 or 20. But, I've gone off that idea. The lifestyle is kind of lonely and isolated. I don't think that would suit me.

I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me.

I don't go to New York. I don't go to parties. I just do my business and study nature. My career is 28 years in an obscure art school, with limited staff and no perks. All I am is a teacher.

My major was Fine Arts and Education thinking I would become an Art Teacher. I couldn't visualize myself as an art teacher, thinking how it wouldn't work.

I think, ultimately, looking back now, acting wasn't satisfying me 100%.

I don't do one show and wish I was doing something else.

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

Personally, I've always known that I wanted to go back to work because I'm confident, and I'm certain that my daughter will have a better mother in me if I'm doing the things that I'm excited about and that I'm passionate about.

I went through a lot of occupations. I was questioning my contribution to the world.

I went to Carnegie Mellon and was an electrical engineer, but electrical engineering wasn't right for me.