Lloyd Blankfein Quotes

I have been constantly shaping and reshaping my career. I laid a foundation by doing respectful work in all media. And I am happy with what I have done.

I've never planned my career, really. It just comes along, and I do whatever comes next!

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

When I look back on my career - if that's what it is - it looks a bit like a crazy quilt, and I think it's just really because, when one job has finished, I've never really been in a position where I had three or four options.

I have never, for better or worse, thought about a 'career path' or anything like that.

Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.

Each of my career decisions has been very much about doing what I wanted to achieve in the role and then finding another challenge.

I really moved through my career based on curiosity about something. I never looked at a title and said, 'I want that.'

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.

One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.

People have these ideas of what you're supposed to do to have a career, like play against type, or don't revisit a character. I'm just not that precious.

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

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

For the last thirty years in my career I never know what I'm doing next.

I want to have a career that evolves as I go on.

There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another.

Have a goal. Know where you want to end up. Knowing where you want to end up is a lot easier than figuring out how to start and how to get there. You will figure out how to get there. Do not chart your career. Trust me; you do not want to chart your career.

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.

Your post-college years should be an exploratory time in your professional life. From your early twenties and on into your early thirties, you should feel free to explore your professional prospects. Keep an open mind, and don't expect to get everything right straight out of the gate. Be prepared to start over once or twice.

I'm interested in long careers where you take detours.

I have never been choosy throughout my career.

You take the job, you learn from it, and you move on.

I always found new challenges in my career.

I was a late bloomer on the career front.