Josh Elliott Quotes

I see myself as a recovering journalist.

Some players have to change their game in their careers. I did, and I like it.

Now I don't look at life where I'd say, 'Oh gosh, my life's over if I don't have films anymore.' My approach is that there's so much more for me to do.

I'm very good at compartmentalising my life. I did motor-racing for a while, stopped, didn't miss it. I did power-boat racing for a while, stopped, didn't miss it. I had such a good run at the BBC. I had a hell of a CV with arguably the greatest broadcasting organisation in the world. But I've never missed it since.

Nothing bad is going to happen to us. If we get fired, it's not failure; its a midlife vocational reassessment.

I love what I do, and when I don't love what I do, I'll make a change...I can't be the candy queen forever.

I didn't have the ambition to be a broadcaster. I was going to be a newspaper reporter the rest of my life, but that opportunity came along.

I've got a new life now, a new future, there's a lot more to Lennox Lewis than just being a boxer.

And so I'm still giving some thought - I will transition hopefully into the corporate world. And I look forward to getting involved in several other areas that I have a great interest in.

I'm moving on. I should have made that clear when I made the announcement. I guess I wasn't clear. If people think you're leaving a show after all these years, you might be retiring. So I understand where they're coming from, but I should have impressed the fact that I hope I'm just moving on right now.

CBS was very generous in their offer to re-sign me. But I simply want to try something new.

I was so honored to be on 'Entourage' for eight years but I want to show people that I can do other things.

I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.

It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before.

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

I said, I'm on this TV show and I love doing it, but I don't want to be known always as the silly 'Scrubs' guy... So part of me was like, You know what? Life's short. Let's go for it.

It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money, better jobs.

When my career slowed, I knew deep down it wasn't over.

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

I love adventure, so I'm excited to be working on something new and making the transition from reality show contestant to host.

The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.

I judge the jobs I've had in this business by the places they took me, and by that standard, there simply has been nothing to match 'The National Sports Daily.'

Each job I had wasn't necessarily the perfect job, but I always talk to young women about how you really have to take certain things from each job and learn from that and then move on to something you really want to do.

After I quit dancing, I tried a lot of jobs. But I could always bake.

Ever since I've left, I've been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I'm not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I'm moving and grooving.