Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Quotes

I try not to and I don't think I ever have just jumped at any opportunity because a company wanted me. Just because there was money on the table doesn't mean that I took it.

If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.

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

If you are afraid to fail, then you should go and become a banker.

You've gotta realize this - you could be working at Burger King or working for the biggest wrestling company in the world.

I myself was completely torn by the decision to start Teach For America. There was a voice in my head telling me not to do it - to take a more normal path. I did have one thing going for me, which was that I had been rejected from all the other jobs I'd applied to.

TV kind of worked out naturally for me. I was fortunate to do a show like 'Breaking Bad' and then go straight into something like 'Friday Night Lights.' It's not something I focus on, but when they're great projects, I can't pass them up.

There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career.

You would think that when someone accepts a position with a company, they would assume that their life will be better off because they have that job rather than a different one.

It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.

I'm hoping that other people can learn from me, both the mistakes I've made or the opportunities I've had, or for the decisions I've made: for instance, not to go and take a lot of different jobs in a lot of different places, but to stay in one place for most of my career.

Throughout my career, I have always played it safe with the kind of roles I've taken up.

I've done shows where I was the lead, but maybe it wasn't quite right - I took them because I wanted to move my career on.

Even though I have been receiving offers left, right and centre, I have been a little choosy about my projects.

The industry is big, and if I get an interesting role, I will take it up.

With 'Lady Macbeth,' I had two other things offered to me, and they would have also been very fun, but you just have to figure that out. And then you do it.

For millennials especially, mobility has become a key factor in selecting a potential career path and in choosing an appropriate employer.

The two great risks are risking too much but also risking too little. That's for each person to decide. For me, not risking anything is worse than death. By far.

Phoenix Nights' was really starting to take off. But I was scared to leave my job in case things didn't work out.

As you move along, it's about choices. Once you've gathered enough credits, you have to be more specific. You have to know what level of show you want to work on and be willing to turn down a lot of work to have the career you want.

What I find really difficult is making career decisions.

I've never been offered a job that I turned down and regretted. I didn't have Stanley Kubrick offer me something and me say no.

Choosing work is an interesting thing. It's a balance between what's available and what you've always got in the back of your mind - that awful, strange thing that seems to have to exist in this industry, of what will give you "exposure."

I guess I've never really wanted to be anything else. I've never even thought about having another job.

I don't think there are many jobs that would have tempted me away from Fulham, to be perfectly honest.