Julianne Moore Quotes

Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.

Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

I'm not going to be very picky. If something comes to me and I want to do it, I'll do it.

I've never had a game plan. It's just if something comes along and it feels right in the moment.

I don't think much. I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing. Adjust on the fly if I have to.

I am not a five-year-plan type. I tend to put one foot in front of the other and to allow things to unfold.

I'm not one of those politicians, to my probably discredit, who thinks very far ahead. It has to feel right to me and not be about a careful plot and plan.

There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.

Back then, it's weird, because I wasn't consciously thinking about it and I think that's why the doors opened and I had the opportunity. It was a big shift and I realized that you can plan and think your life is going somewhere, but you also have to surrender to what opportunities present themselves and really go for those as well.

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

I've taken advantage of a few breaks that came along and moved along with them.

Nothing was planned in my career. I just went with the flow and took everything that came to me. Selling potato chips was obvious, as it was a family business. When friends suggested I should try theatre, I gave it a shot. Then I did a lot of advertisements, and then movies happened.

You've got to take what comes. You've got to make yourself available for everything; you've got to pray that you're in a position to do the jobs when they come around.

I'm not opposed to anything. If an opportunity comes across, I'll answer the door if it comes knocking.

I have never chosen my next job. I focus on what's in front of me, and serendipity steps in.

Nothing I ever did I expected to do. It just kind of happened.

There are people who are able to plan their career, their future, but I've never had any talent for that. I just do things and hope for the best. Say yes, take a chance, and sometimes it's terrific and sometimes it's not.

The essence of good business is knowing when to step on a train and when to step off.

I took Second City out of desperation, and that's what ended up working out. It shows that you should be doing a lot of different stuff, taking whatever opportunities are there, to see what works.

I don't seem to have ever had a plan, but I have always been quite good at walking through doors when they are opened. I am never any good at anticipating what will happen next, but I always go for it when it does.

I never had a plan. I have to say, I'm very shocked when people start a company and say, 'In five years I want to launch a perfume, or in 10 years I want to have this.' How can you know?

I never stop to plan. I take things step by step.

I was in art school since I was five years old. I've always been to art school. Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.