Ruth Negga Quotes

My whole mission is to have a long, interesting career, not a short spiky one.

You don't want to have a fast career for two years. You want to have an amazing career for 20 years.

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

I want longevity in this career.

I want to have a career that lasts 60 years, not six.

Winning is fun and great, but I would rather have a long, successful and healthy career than a short one with a few wins.

I'm very happy to have a small, long, career instead of one big hit and then oblivion.

It's all about trying to be very careful about what your next role or what your next move is gonna be. It's all about trying to have longevity in this business and make smart choices.

You want a career. You don't want to do a couple of good films and then your career is over.

My goal is to get another 30 years out of this business. So I need to figure out the fuel to do that. And so far, I think it's respect and quality and company, not celebrity or box office or stardom. It's not a sprinter's approach. It's more like a long-distance thing. You can stick around a lot longer if you kind of slow-play it.

My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.

I want to extend my career for as long as I can.

For me, this profession is about having a career where you can go on working for 60 years, so I'm not particularly bothered by things to do with fame; I like to think that I just do what I do.

Everyone used to tell me, 'Just so you know, Divas only last five years around here.' I said, 'What? I want to be here forever!'

We were interested in making a long career out of this, rather than being 'Canada's Newest Hitmakers.' It seems to work, and it trickles down to every aspect of the band.

If there's no craft there, then once the looks go, there goes your career.

I think it's really important to remember that it's a long life, and it's a long career. In a perfect world, your career will be long. It does not begin and end with any one job. The point is to continue to have longevity in your career.

I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.

I want to be in this business as long as this business will have me.

The one guiding principle over my 23-year career in TV has been as long as I'm having fun, I really don't care what the job title is.

I start laughing every time because the media talks to me like I'm finishing my career and I only have one year left and time is running out.

I don't know what drives me. I need to work. I wanted to be in the entertainment field, but I didn't know what.

Hopefully, I can stay in the Premier League for my whole career.

I want to have a long career.

If you can sustain a career over 40 years in this business, you've gotta consider yourself lucky.