Eric Close Quotes

I'm excited for that next great role. I don't know what it will be or when it will be, but I'm definitely open to it.

When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.

There are a lot of new opportunities that are poking their head up in my future. I've been very fortunate that way, but for right now, what I like is what I'm doing.

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.

Any time you're a type, your career's over.

When you first start working, you take whatever job is offered, because you have to build your resume. But you don't think about what you're building.

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.

There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career.

I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.

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.

My agent in Sweden used to send off interview tapes but I decided to take it upon myself and come to London to visit casting directors which is when things first started taking off for me. I love Sweden but the industry out here is quite small so when I was given the chance to go internationally I took it.

When you first start, you just want to get a job. It goes from that to really deciding what kind of work you want to do and what kind of actor you want to be - and it only gets harder.

I had no plans to be a director.

I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.

I have now spent over a year trying to figure where in the workplace I belong.

I have never been interested in specific roles.

I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen,' but now things have changed a lot.

I don't think I've ever had a real desire to pick out any particular role - I just see what comes up.

I've worked for a long time to get myself in a position where maybe I'd be fortunate enough to land one of the big jobs.

After college, I never really knew what I wanted to do, so that's why I got into professional wrestling.

I must say I have turned down several great companies, so I'd probably say I have to keep learning.

I want to take on more diverse roles, and I keep building, and I hope to one day write or direct something. But I just want to keep developing as a person, and that will hopefully take my acting to the next level.

I always found new challenges in my career.