F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

It took a long time to get to the place in my career where I could pick and choose what I wanted to do.

Just as Parkinson's isn't a big topic of conversation in my house, neither is my career.

My career is there for everyone to see and delve into.

I think it's been confusing for people because I haven't had a linear career.

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've come to realize your career is all about the choices you make. Every single one matters.

You've got to build a career and a practice.

Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work.

There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another.

Well, I don't think there's any need for people to focus on my career.

The decisions that you make in your career stem out from the experiences you have early on in your career.

Once an artist makes his personal life public, he can't close that door.

Fifty career picks is a huge deal for me.

What I've been doing over the course of my career - everybody's been seeing me be my best self.

I must say I have turned down several great companies, so I'd probably say I have to keep learning.

I don't think that you should be per­fectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates consider­able personal problems.

I don't believe in that kind of pragmatic career ladder stuff.

I've just been lucky. I'd like to have more choices, and I'd like to have a leading part.

I don't really live my life in the media spotlight. People don't know that much really about me or what I think.

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.'

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.

I've spent various periods of my career being thought of as various things, various degrees of substance and ideas.

I don't think being a star has ever been part of the plan. But I always want to do really good work, even when I made career moves with projects that made more sense in sort of a career way than in an artistic way... like I did with 'The Darkest Hour.'

Doing something because it's quote-unquote a good career move doesn't really appeal to me.

I have never hid my spiritual roots. They just weren't something that came under the spotlight.