Tom Goodman-Hill Quotes

I don't think anyone wants to be in a role forever.

I never want to get tied to one project or be in one TV show forever.

Once a waitress, always a waitress.

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

Career diversification ain't a bad thing.

I feel like if you're stuck doing the same thing your whole career you've got to be doing something wrong. Unless you're getting great results from it or you're just comfortable in that spot.

Just because you started your careers in a certain role, let's say hardware engineering, does not mean you'll end your careers in hardware.

I always found new challenges in my career.

There's no reason why anyone's job should become untouchable for the rest of their life.

Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.

I started out as a lawyer and came in laterally to Goldman Sachs. So I learned myself that life is unpredictable. That you really should, in terms of your career, try to be excellent at what you're doing. I think if you focus on your job, and you focus on being broad in the context of your job, the next jobs follow from that.

I would never suggest anyone to stay at a company more than six or seven years. We grow as individuals and the world is moving so fast. Typically, I'll always sell a piece of each of my companies along the way.

While the women of the older generation were thankful if only they succeeded in obtaining 'a work and a duty,' however monotonous and wearing it might be, the will of the younger generation for a pleasurable labour has fortunately increased.

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'm happy with my career and I'm not going to have the trouble of being typecast.

I know a lot of people at some point in their business careers decide they'll just cash in and do something else, but for some reason, I've never had that feeling.

After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career.

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

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that's pretty much the same as what was offered last year and a few years before that, it might be time to start looking for something new.

It always irritated me that people think they have to be locked into a career path.

The average person has eight different jobs over the course of their lifetime. You get a little antsy doing the same thing.

In a career, when you hit 40 and you've done a lot of this and that, you want to try some new things. I feel like that as a director, too, from one film to the other.

My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing.

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.