Sandra Bullock Quotes

There's no reason why anyone's job should become untouchable for the rest of their life.

I don't think anyone wants to be in a role forever.

I would leave the industry in a moment if I thought I was going to get stuck in one particular area of it.

I feel like if you're stuck doing the same thing your whole career you've got to be doing something wrong. Unless you're getting great results from it or you're just comfortable in that spot.

I think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on.

I think anyone who has a job in the entertainment industry that is ongoing and then decides they get bored and doesn't want to do it anymore is foolish!

While the women of the older generation were thankful if only they succeeded in obtaining 'a work and a duty,' however monotonous and wearing it might be, the will of the younger generation for a pleasurable labour has fortunately increased.

Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.

I loved playing and I was actually working two jobs.

Five years is a long time to play one part.

The longer you're stuck in a position that doesn't truly challenge you, the less likely you'll be able to leave it. Inertia, in fact, is one of my worst fears.

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

I think for anybody, regardless of what industry you work in, when you get a new job, and it's progressive in terms of your career, that is one of the best feelings in the world.

As an employee, you can't work for someone forever.

I spent the first 18 years of my career at AT&T, and it was a wonderful place that kept me moving all the time. I mean, I started off as entry level a position as you can get at AT&T.

I always found new challenges in my career.

Be willing to take on career risks.

I've never run from a job; I've always run to another one.

You don't have to start with your dream job, and your idea of what the dream job might be will change during a working life that will have its share of ups and downs, setbacks and advances.

I could have continued being a speechwriter for as long as I wanted.

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

I'm enjoying the work while I get it right now.

Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while you're of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not.

I love the idea that I have the power to look for the projects I can put myself into, but I'm still at that level of just being happy to have a job.

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.