Forest Whitaker Quotes

I used to think that I wanted to be a hat maker, but I don't think that would have worked out.

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 didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.

One day, I just hit a point where I was like, 'What am I going to do with my life, with my career?' I have all of these little things going on, but what am I going to really do? And for me, I saw longevity in acting.

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

My boyfriend thinks I lost my true calling to be a librarian.

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.

You question, as anybody should, the overarching worth of your profession, right? So that's a question I've often asked myself.

Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.

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

Many people find their calling very early in their lives. These are the kind of people we read about in school books and newspapers. Then there are some who don't have a clue of what they want to do in their lives; I am belong to the latter category.

I don't know if I have a memory of not thinking I was a writer - it goes that far back. I went to law school because I didn't know how to earn a living otherwise. I tried to ignore the pull, but it wouldn't let me.

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.

A part of me was like, 'Man, do I even like doing this anymore?' That whole thing of 'I'm in my 30s, and I sing and write songs while people are fighting wars in Iraq.' You know? So everything had to have more meaning, and it couldn't just be about making money. So, I took a minute.

As a dancer running around the world, I always questioned whether that's what I wanted to do.

I had no idea when I graduated from high school and then from graduate school what I wanted to do with my life. I had no idea that I was ever going to be an actor.

I think it's okay not knowing what you want to become.

Everyone who does comedy at my level thinks the same thing: 'What am I doing with my life?'

I always knew what I wanted, and I always had a very clear vision for myself and my career as an artist.

I never really thought about what kind of career I wanted to map out for myself. I just wanted to do work that spoke to my heart. 'Atlanta' definitely did that.

I'm not ready to decide if modeling is what I want to do with my life.

One of the biggest questions that we hear from young graduates is, 'I'm not even sure where to start because I'm not quite sure who I want to be yet.'

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

I never wanted to be an engineer.

For a long time, I thought I was going to go into law, but theatre just kept being so present in my life.