Rick Baker Quotes

People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.

Don't just let your career happen to you.

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.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

My whole career - I have been really lucky.

I've got an awesome career happening, and I absolutely am so stoked with how it's all worked out.

I never felt my career was going backwards.

What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this.

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

I've seen what can happen to an actor when he's just working for the sake of working. All of a sudden it's ten years later, your career's happened, and you haven't had any control.

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

I can't complain about my career, that's for sure.

I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.

I've had a very fortunate career and I've loved every moment of it.

I kind of have never thought about a career path, which is an unusual approach.

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

I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work.

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!'

If you look at my career, I've never gone to a team that had fulfilled their potential.

All I've done is work... I arrived in Los Angeles in my early 20s and I've been pounding the pavement ever since.

I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second chance myself, I would certainly try to repeat my present career.

My advice to young people is to get something that's growing because that's how you get career opportunities thrown at you that you don't deserve, if you will... that come at you early because the firms need you.

I had a wonderful career.

I am hoping for a long career.