Garry Marshall Quotes

I had in mind a long career.

I am hoping for a long career.

I want to have a long career.

I will tell you that I'm a bit of a snob. I love film, and I would like to work in film, and I'm disappointed that indie film is as hard as it is to work in now. It's hard to get things done, but that sort of work is being done on TV. That's what I do; that's what I write. It's what I love, and hopefully, that's what my future's going to be.

It is something I would like to do, to be a manager, but that's not assuming I will be. It's something that I can strive towards and see where it takes us.

I want to go higher in my career. This is not my best. My best is yet to come.

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.

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.'

I started out doing production work on promos, stuff like that. I didn't think it was cool to be working for NPR. I didn't need anything to be cool. I just wanted something to do that would be interesting. It was fun. I didn't think of it as anything else but fun.

The different parts of my career seemed to take part in different rooms, albeit in the same house. It was just the way things were and I didn't actually think much about it at the time.

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.

I have always been ambitious about getting a U.S. role, and if ever there is some frustration, it is still encouraging to get close to big roles because it implies there is somewhere to go.

If I had my career over again? Maybe I'd say to myself, speed it up a little.

I've already figured out when I'm going to be No. 2 and No. 1.

I'm just like any person who is coaching in this league, I'm just looking for an opportunity, that's all.

At times, I think of my career as a map. The closer you get to the map, the more you know where you are, but the closer I get to my career, the less happy I feel. At the same time, I have carved out the career for myself which I wanted.

I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring.

I never thought much about success early on. I only thought about being a comedian - or just being in show business, is really more accurate.

I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.

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

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

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

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

You're always thinking, What's the next move - the career, the money.