Jasper Carrott Quotes

In my opinion, life is more important than show business.

Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor.

I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it.

I don't read such boring things. Life is too short.

I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career.

You have one life, and it can't be just about work because you lose out on so many amazing years of your life if you just work, work, and work.

It's good to have hobbies.

I'm a little more interested in smelling the roses, playing more golf and tennis and more cross-country skiiing and doing stuff with my kids.

It's not all about money for me.

My career is really important to me, but there have to be other great, important things in your life besides work.

One thing young people have to always keep in mind when deciding what they want to do with their lives is, is it fun? Is it something that I'm interested in? Is it something I enjoy?

Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.

That my business success is equal to my personal life.

Just do what you like to do, and do it all the time.

When a man wants to relax, he will slob out and really relax. Or he will pursue a hobby - anything from building models to watching sport.

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.

I love sport as long as it's kept as an entertainment - not a meaning of life.

I work to live, not live to work, so my head's at home, not in some showbiz life.

Business is not the aim of life; it's a game.

The only thing that may make me different from other people is I have passionate interests outside of work.

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

I'm more interested in my life than I am in my career. I don't want to not work. I do enjoy working, but not to the point where that's the only thing I focus on.

Getting married and settling down isn't the most important thing in my life.

The goal isn't to be successful; it's to be happy. And so it doesn't matter if I'm doing things in New York or teaching high school or I drop it altogether and sell coffee. The goal is to be happy, and people and relationships are what makes you happy.

I don't think I'll be playing again. I'm very content and happy, doing the types of things I haven't gotten to do, be a father.