Jeff Baena Quotes

I think I've always been ambitious. It just looks different on me. You know, I have friends who are actresses who go to every party they possibly can to be photographed and really try to make every connection they can, and I admire that and sometimes I wish I had a little bit more of that. Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough ambition.

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

What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.

The most important thing is to recognize how important it is to market yourself and make connections.

At the beginning of my career before anything started propelling, I used to blow up everybody. I was trying to work with whoever got next.

I never felt my career was going backwards.

The thing is, I wasn't surrounded by lots of people who were helping me build a career.

My career has had a lot of ups and downs, but basically it has been wonderful.

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

I've just been lucky. I'd like to have more choices, and I'd like to have a leading part.

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

My 6 years with Murdoch were pivotal for my entire research career.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

If my career isn't going that well, I'd rather it flounder than desperately trying to show up on red carpets: 'I'm for hire! Remember me!'

It's because of 'ER' that I've gotten the opportunity to get the work.

David Moyes was one who, at a certain crossroads in my career, he was there. And since then, I've kicked on. That's why he played such a big role in my career.

I am hoping for a long career.

I always knew I wanted to have a good career, so I made it happen.

I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging.

I've always had a hunger for realizing myself through my career.

It's funny: I've been very successful and done a lot of films, and I don't really have an agent - I don't really pursue jobs, I let people come to me.

I think I started to have thoughts to really want to be serious about my work when I was about twenty-five, and I just kind of started to look into that direction and moved into it.

I want my career to grow gradually. There's still so much for me to learn. I'm just trying to take these opportunities to get better at what I'm doing.

I do wish I'd had a better career. Who wouldn't?