Garth Ennis Quotes

I don't want to take anything that's coming in for the sake of work. I want to choose carefully, as I have done since leaving 'EastEnders.'

Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along.

It took a long time to get to the place in my career where I could pick and choose what I wanted to do.

I think my mum wanted me to join the army or something, or become a surveyor - something with good career prospects.

I want to be able to manipulate and control my career from the creative side.

I have never been interested in specific roles.

You don't have to start with your dream job, and your idea of what the dream job might be will change during a working life that will have its share of ups and downs, setbacks and advances.

I could have continued being a speechwriter for as long as I wanted.

Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.

First and foremost, I enjoy working. I'm not at that level where I can pick and choose anything. When I get hired, I take it, and I'm like, 'Let's go!'

I'm happy with my career and I'm not going to have the trouble of being typecast.

I've been fortunate that I can be selective enough to do acting when it's really furthering what I want to do with my life.

I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.

I don't care where I have to go for work. I just care that it's a good project. That's what I want.

I'm trying to solidify a long-term career, because I have no other skills and no other abilities.

But the working I would always want to do.

I always thought of my career as a body of work and not just about numbers.

Denzel Washington, Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford, Tom Cruise: those guys have well-planned careers. I'm just on a journey. Wherever I run across a job, I say, 'Okay, I'll do that.'

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

My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.

Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

My career may look bizarre to some, but I have very strong reasons for doing every single job I've done.

I don't think I've necessarily been able to pick and choose in my career; I don't know how many people do. But I'll tell you what I've been able to do: I've been able to say no. It is the only thing you can hold on to sometimes, is that ability to say 'no.' And I think that in that way, you can create some kind of career.

It's never a matter of career decisions. I don't think in those terms. What matters is whether a role is interesting, if I will enjoy playing it, and if I'm confident I can do a good job.