Nicholas Stern Quotes

One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.

I have no big career plan. It is better for me that way.

I've never planned my career, really. It just comes along, and I do whatever comes next!

I have been constantly shaping and reshaping my career. I laid a foundation by doing respectful work in all media. And I am happy with what I have done.

Planning a career, I always find that such a tricky thing, because I don't have much of a plan, really.

For the last thirty years in my career I never know what I'm doing next.

I never felt my career was going backwards.

You know, it looks like I have a varied resume or a varied career, that I've made interesting choices, when the truth of the matter is, in a way I've just kind of piece-mealed a career together, you know?

I started out as a lawyer and came in laterally to Goldman Sachs. So I learned myself that life is unpredictable. That you really should, in terms of your career, try to be excellent at what you're doing. I think if you focus on your job, and you focus on being broad in the context of your job, the next jobs follow from that.

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.

My so-called career is a haphazard thing.

I have no particular career agenda.

I don't really have foresight as an actor as far as career trajectory - I just stick to no-brainer situations.

I've been allowed to grow over the past twenty years. I've managed to avoid being trapped in one moment of my career and for that, I'm very thankful.

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

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.

People have these ideas of what you're supposed to do to have a career, like play against type, or don't revisit a character. I'm just not that precious.

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.'

My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing.

I never really had a career, to be honest with you. I never in my life sat down and planned it. I have thought, 'Oh, I'd like to do this,' like anybody would. But I'm not the type that says, 'If I do this, it will lead to that.'

I want to have a career that evolves as I go on.

I have never, for better or worse, thought about a 'career path' or anything like that.

You don't have to force your career to happen all at once.

I have faced challenges during the initial stages of my career, and I see Run Adam as filling a vacuum.

Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.