Larry Smith Quotes

Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.

Modeling is not a passion of mine. I have been having fun with it, but it's just to pay the bills.

I don't want to spend my life doing jobs that I don't care about.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm not working at McDonald's and how come I have the life I have. I don't know. But I'm happy that I have these choices. That's kinda sappy, huh? But whatever, acting beats pumping gas.

If you don't see something as a career but as an important part of your life, you don't know how you're going to feel about it.

The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.

Converting your own passions into a job is the fastest method for eliminating any passion you once had.

I'm a really boring bloke, actually. My business is my hobby.

I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?

So I was always passionate about it and felt that it was sort of the golden thread inside me in terms of what I was supposed to do in terms of work but I think I have relaxed a lot in terms of the actual experience and actually enjoy it more and enjoy the people more.

When I don't have a movie, I don't take a job just for the sake of working. I just sit it out until I find something I'm passionate about.

My parents have always done what they've loved, and they've had many different careers.

I actually went to study journalism at Northwestern, thinking that would be my Plan B for a career. But then I realized, if I'm going to struggle and make no money, I might as well do what I really want to do.

When you get to a point where you're successful enough that you can say, 'I don't have to take any job anymore,' and you're still good at what you do, how do you decide what work to take on? I think the answer is that you pursue what you enjoy. In my case, it's variety.

My work gave me everything and allowed me to live out my passion.

Probably the hardest question I get asked is, 'How do I choose between passion and practicality?' I can't answer that. I had to do both. I was passionate about pursuing a career in financial services. But I was also passionate about feeding my child.

I love what I do a lot, but it's my work.

Both football and business are part of my life.

Putting lifestyle first is how you find a job - not a calling.

I have a lot of interests. I daydreamed about various career options growing up; the one I'm in is the first one that worked out, and I love it, so I feel very lucky.

There are a lot of things that people love, they just can't do for a living.

The offers are plenty. I'm just taking time and only working on those projects that excite me.

I was able to turn my hobby into my profession, and I am thankful for that. But I have other interests beside football, and I can devote my time to them now.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do.