Earl Nightingale Quotes

I should have been trying to build a career, rather than leaving it in the hands of somebody else.

I want to be able to manipulate and control my career from the creative side.

I've seen what can happen to an actor when he's just working for the sake of working. All of a sudden it's ten years later, your career's happened, and you haven't had any control.

Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'independent operators.' I think people who are technically 'employees' have to think this way as well. The company is not looking out for you.

They see a work ethic in both of us. But, they also see that my husband is more in control of his future, and I am more reliant on other sources for my career.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.

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

From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.

You have to take control of your own career.

In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you.

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

I would say that nobody is going to work harder for your career than yourself - the one with the vision. No matter how many people you hire, nobody is going to get is as much as yourself does. So it's really important to be your own leader at all times and not hand it all off, otherwise the whole empire will fall apart.

People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.

We can create the ultimate job security by becoming less dependent on the organization for which we work and more dependent on our own resources.

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

We want to start them thinking that they're responsible for their own career.

You want a career. You don't want to do a couple of good films and then your career is over.

I don't know if it's unique to women or not, but I do know that women think that they join a company, and the company will take care of them, as opposed to taking charge.

The biggest mistake I've seen people make with their careers is, when they're good, after two or three years - and they happen to be smart - they announce that they're going out to start their own firm.

I'm here to take control of my career and take it to where I believe it should be.

Sponsorship is sometimes about people behind the scenes who are sitting in rooms determining your assignments and your next career step, and you don't even know who they are.

The powers that technology and independent contracting give to workers enables them to take greater control of their careers to preserve work-life balance.

I hope my career will be long-term. It's not something I'm taking for granted, but we try to plan that way.

This is a very short-lived career. I have to do what's best for myself. I have to do what's best for my career and being on top for as long as possible.