Cynthia Ozick Quotes

Career diversification ain't a bad thing.

I never wanted to go to drama school. I thought that was too many eggs in one basket.

My whole thing is if you want to do it, then do it. Kobe told me this, but he said, 'You don't wanna lay all your eggs in one basket, but you wanna lay all your eggs in one basket.' If you wanna do something and be great at it, that's what you're going to have to specialize in. Just take it and run.

I never had a backup plan. I've only been good at one thing. I admire people who are jacks-of-all-trades. That's not me.

If you fail to make a mark, you might not get good work later. So, it is important for every actor to have a plan B to bank on. Here, nothing lasts forever. That's why my husband pushes me to do different things in life.

Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.

You always have to avoid working for the sake of putting yourself out there.

I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.

There is a short window at the beginning of one's professional life, when it is comparatively easy to take big risks. Make the most of that time, before circumstances make you risk averse.

You just try to get the best jobs that you can get. Sometimes I produce my own movies, so that's your own sort of vision. That helps things. I don't know what it is. Probably just circumstance. I've definitely been aware of the fact that I want to do different things.

I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.

I feel that I've worked with a lot of interesting people, and I have no regrets. I'm just curious about what I might have done if I'd had people in my life then who did explain what the publicity game was.

If I've done anything intentional about my career, is that I really have not - I've chosen to try to do as many different types of things as possible. That's really what I like to do.

As far as post-'SNL' career, whatever kind of comes my way that looks interesting, I'll do it, you know?

I've been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I've later regretted.

I have a great interest in a number of things, perhaps too many. I admire people who seem to concentrate on only one fixed discipline to the exclusion of almost everything else.

If you are not making any mistakes, you are being excessively risk-averse. Investing involves risk, and that means you will occasionally be wrong. And although it is okay to be wrong, it is not okay to stay wrong.

I've tried to be flexible in my career by doing a little bit of everything and that's worked for me.

I left school at 16 and skipped university to work, initially as a waiter. I think I missed out on what would have been great years.

I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life, and so far it's been pretty fun.

I certainly feel fortunate in my career to have been able to continue to work in different mediums. I don't ever want to be the guy who gets really good at one thing and just does that over and over and over again.

I was one of those lucky people with only one talent. It is harder for people with many talents to decide what to do.

Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting.

Once I accomplish one thing and I'm satisfied, I try something else. I may be 50 and doing something totally outside of music and acting. Maybe I'll become a kindergarten teacher.

The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.