Brian Stokes Mitchell Quotes

You take the job, you learn from it, and you move on.

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

I want to build something I'd be happy to be employed by 10 years out.

I never felt my career was going backwards.

When there wasn't a lot of work, I wrote a screenplay, 'What Lies Beneath,' which got noticed and got me more acting jobs. As I got more jobs, I was able to make my own films. That ethos of making my own work has provided me with a lot of opportunities.

I have been constantly shaping and reshaping my career. I laid a foundation by doing respectful work in all media. And I am happy with what I have done.

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.'

We were advised that nobody could stop us from pursuing our craft simply because we had honed, or even developed that craft while working at a company.

You always have to avoid working for the sake of putting yourself out there.

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

My 6 years with Murdoch were pivotal for my entire research career.

I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

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.

I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer.

I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

David Moyes was one who, at a certain crossroads in my career, he was there. And since then, I've kicked on. That's why he played such a big role in my career.

Each job I had wasn't necessarily the perfect job, but I always talk to young women about how you really have to take certain things from each job and learn from that and then move on to something you really want to do.

I came to Playboy not expecting to stay. But after five years, I found myself really enjoying the business world, and I realized I had some skill.

I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging.

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

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

After graduating from college I worked at a variety of jobs, from banking to politics. I enjoyed whatever I was doing at the time but I didn't love my work.

I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.