Samantha Morton Quotes

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.

I will say that I've been lucky enough never to have to do a job I didn't want to do, or a play I wasn't in love with.

I'd never take a job where I had to do something that I didn't want to do.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness

You have to be able to wake up every day and be happy with what your decision in life is, and that's why I never recruit.

For millennials especially, mobility has become a key factor in selecting a potential career path and in choosing an appropriate employer.

Not everybody gets to wake up and do what they love.

I had the freedom to choose my career. I had the opportunity to choose a career in sports. It's what I'm most passionate about. It's what I love.

It's such a luxury as an actor to think of your career as something you're choosing for yourself, because so much of the time as an actor you're just hoping that exciting projects come your way.

One thing young people have to always keep in mind when deciding what they want to do with their lives is, is it fun? Is it something that I'm interested in? Is it something I enjoy?

I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.

I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that 'spark' yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do.

Don't just work for the money; that will bring only limited satisfaction.

We should strive to be employed in such a way that we don't realize that what we're doing is work.

Don't get too set on becoming an actor at an early age. I think that's where some people get into trouble. Acting becomes their life. I don't want that.

I don't look at things goin', 'Oh, is this gonna make me rich? Is this gonna make me a star? Am I gonna win awards?' If all that stuff happens, great. Who cares? I still have to wake up in the morning and go to work and be happy to do it.

If I didn't want to work for a couple of years, I wouldn't have to-it's a great feeling, to know I'm doing it because I want to do it.

Converting your own passions into a job is the fastest method for eliminating any passion you once had.

I'm not saying I want a film career because I think I'm too good for television. I'm simply saying I want more control over my life.

I couldn't be luckier to wake up every morning and be so excited to get to work, even if it's five in the morning.

Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy.

The one guiding principle over my 23-year career in TV has been as long as I'm having fun, I really don't care what the job title is.

I don't think I've necessarily been able to pick and choose in my career; I don't know how many people do. But I'll tell you what I've been able to do: I've been able to say no. It is the only thing you can hold on to sometimes, is that ability to say 'no.' And I think that in that way, you can create some kind of career.

I always say to my students, 'If you can do anything other than writing and be happy, then you should.'

My job description? It is many things; it is a whole universe created around the things that I like.