Carine Roitfeld Quotes

In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

It's time for me to do things I like so I will be happy, my wife will be happy, my friends will be happy. I just want to do something I'm proud of. It's time for me to change. I could sign with a company for 10 movies and I'm the king of video and so what?

We're all on a journey. The average American switches professions four times. I'm lucky to be in a business where I can change the character I am playing every couple of months.

The ultimate dream in life is to be able to do what you love and learn something from it.

One thing young people have to always keep in mind when deciding what they want to do with their lives is, is it fun? Is it something that I'm interested in? Is it something I enjoy?

I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be.

I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do.

I don't have to work just to work anymore. More interesting parts come my way, so I can afford to say, 'I don't want to make that.'

Eventually you get bored and you want to work.

I love what I do, and when I don't love what I do, I'll make a change.

I worked as a parking lot attendant for a while and a delivery boy and two or three other things, but none of them seemed just right.

I really don't have a career plan. I like being challenged and thrown around. But it's only acting.

I'm definitely in a place where I'm looking for different than what I've done in the past, just so I can go to work and do something I haven't done before.

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.

When I talk to students - and I still think of myself more than anything as a kind of professor on leave - they say, 'Well, how do I get to do what you do?'... And I say, 'Well, you have to start out by being a failed piano major.' And my point to them is don't try to have a 10-year plan. Find the next thing that interests you and follow that.

I'd love to work in England or America. But as long as I'm doing what I love, then I'm happy.

My proudest thing in my career is that I was able to change it three times. And I'm happy about that. I couldn't have done the same thing my whole life; I would've gone nuts. I couldn't do it, because I do things based on impulsive excitement, and I'm just not that guy that can do something for 50 years and be excited about the same thing.

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.

The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy.

I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.

When you're young, you don't think about your career or your future - you perform because you love it.

I see a lot of people who change careers in the middle of their life and they think it's a good idea to come in the kitchen.

I have been constantly shaping and reshaping my career. I laid a foundation by doing respectful work in all media. And I am happy with what I have done.

My father's peripatetic career also gave me critical perspective when it came to my own career choices.

I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.