Spike Lee Quotes

I have no understanding as to why you wouldn't try to make what you're passionate about work for you.

Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they're passionate about, something that's challenging and worthwhile.

I don't work at something because I think it's important. I work at things that, to me, are interesting.

Follow your passions, follow your heart, and the things you need will come.

I think that the best career that someone can have is one that's reflective of their personal tastes.

Sometimes I wonder if I would've been more successful if I wasn't acting and I concentrated on other things. But I love being on set. I love working with my 100 crew members.

I remember when I was 12, talking with my friends about what we wanted to do with our lives, astronauts, forensic detectives, all these different jobs. And the only thing I could think was an actor.

Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.

I've never thought of myself as a professional. I very rarely do something I don't enjoy.

I don't think of careers from a functional perspective or from a subject matter perspective. I think of careers as, how do you like spending the time in your day? What makes you happiest? What are you most passionate about?

If you find something that you're excited about and you're interested in, my advice to young women and young men would be do what you're really interested in and what drives and motivates you.

I enjoy gastronomy, music, and fashion, so I'll end up involved in one of those three areas - or all three! They're things I have a passion for, and I only do what I'm passionate about.

Some people get a Broadway show, and that's their end game, and they want to sit there for as long as possible. And some people have other things they want to do with their life.

I discovered that my biggest passion was for directing, so in making opportunity for myself, I found what I like doing the best.

I don't want to take up a project for the sake of it. I want to work and follow my passion, and not anything else.

Have the courage to follow your passion - and if you don't know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it.

Never give up searching for the job that you're passionate about.

To me acting is a hobby and I'm inspired by it. And if I'm going to spend time doing something that I'm not really inspired to do, then why am I doing it? I don't know if that sounds sort of new agey or whatever, but it's true. I've been lucky enough to have a musical career that has gone pretty good and acting is something I have always wanted to do.

I hope that young girls will have the dream and will have experiences. And it might not be in swimming. It might be in something else. But I found a passion, and I love it. It's something I love and something I enjoy. It's something I'm good at. And it's what I have been able to give 100 percent to.

Find something you're passionate about and just love. Passion is really gender neutralizing.

I want people to realize their life's dreams and passions.

I wanted to be a success in radio. There was no way it was ever gonna happen if I stayed where I was born. It was not possible. Nothing against where I was born. Nothing against the people there. It just wasn't possible.

Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting.

This is very rare for anyone in life to pursue something and that thing being the thing you actually most want to do. It's all about the inner, rather than the outer. Whether people like or don't like my work, read it or don't read it, it's just been a gift from the gods that I've been able to sit at my desk for the last almost 50 years and do the things I've wanted to do.

This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.