Nicholas D'Agosto Quotes

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.

Life changed at 40 for me, as predicted by my acting teacher when I was leaving college. I became more hirable and more interesting... I'm not sure why.

I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.

I think you hope, throughout the course of your career, if you do things right often enough, you might get a moment in time that you can do something special.

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

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

If I was able to be omniscient and look at my career objectively, I'd be very happy.

In any profession, you can't reach the top without loving what you do.

'Vikram Vedha' is special because it has taken me to the next level in my career.

My conviction is that a full professional also wants to live professionally.

You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate.

I don't know if this is why everything has worked so well and I'm not sure I'd recommend this kind of thinking to anyone else, but I've always known I'd be successful in acting. I have certainly worked for it.

I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.

For me, I don't feel it is a success in the career to be the pretty woman; career success comes from being characters who tell us something about the truth.

My job now is to work hard and learn all I can.

It hasn't been smooth or delightful every minute, there were lean years and rough years, but it's been exciting and good and I'm thrilled to be an actress and a singer and to have spent my life this way.

What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the people I meet and choosing the projects I want to work on correctly. There's a lot of characters I can play.

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.'

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

My 6 years with Murdoch were pivotal for my entire research career.

Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job.

If I can make a career for myself after Potter, and it goes well, and is varied and with longevity, then that puts to bed the 'child actors argument'.

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

My career has been successful, but it's been a grind of hard work.