Christoph Waltz Quotes

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

I went into acting because I had to make a good living. I had a child now and I had to support him any way I could... I wasn't happy, but I wasn't unhappy. I was just doing what I had to do to survive.

Some of the movies I did - well, you have to feed your family.

I'm a single mother. It's silly to turn down work.

Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'

Maybe I don't take myself quite as seriously as I used to, but the work has gotten better and more interesting, and I'm just having more fun. It's getting more and more fun with each role.

After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career.

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

I'm happier in my career now than I've ever been.

I always studied because I knew I had to. I needed to survive and take care of my mother.

I didn't become a caddie because I wanted to be a caddie. I was a caddie because that was how I could make money and feed myself. It was work. It was a dignified job.

I just want to work, and learn from people I respect and admire.

I want to build something I'd be happy to be employed by 10 years out.

I spent a long time working in restaurants and making no money. It was very character-building, but I think it could have been built in a shorter time.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

I feel as though my criteria are based more on how challenging the role is, it doesn't have to fit into any particular profile, is it something that I've never done before, and is it something that I feel like I can really feel challenged and therefore fully engaged in, and that's when the work gets to be the most fun.

I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.

Now, I am perfectly willing to just enjoy my career by choosing roles simply because I consider them to be a challenge and doing the best possible job I can.

The goal is to work as much as possible in projects I respect and that will help me grow.

There are the jobs you get that do something for your confidence, like, 'I can do this with my life' kind of thing. And then, there are the jobs that maybe bring a certain level of awareness about you as an actor, where other people feel like they can hire you.

For years, I did whatever I could just to pay the bills and gain experience and work with as many different people as I could.

Finding meaning in your work is your responsibility. Any job can be better when you actively work to find meaning in the work.