Jane Pauley Quotes

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.

It changed my life in a lot of ways - before I got that role I was just going from job to job, not really having enough money to be able to do what I wanted to do.

I would love to stay at one position.

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.

I'm very happy, safe, and secure with television industry. I'm not over-ambitious.

I don't have any regrets in my career.

I am happy and content with my work and career.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

It's not precisely that I'm not ambitious. I love what I do, and I love doing it, and I love getting better at it. I just am not willing to risk... much... to go on to the next level.

Once a waitress, always a waitress.

Work changes over time, as you change and the world changes.

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.

I am very fortunate having the job that I do and I want to do it for as long as possible.

For the majority of my career, I've been surprised that I've been able to sustain any kind of a plan. I was always happy to have the job, and I was having a good time. I was growing. But I don't feel all that strongly about my work.

At first I didn't know if I wanted to do TV again. I can get bored quickly.

I love making money, but you can't live your life waiting to get rich in a job that no longer feeds you artistically.

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'd tell any coach not to move for money... Stay at your job if you're really happy.

I can't complain about my career, that's for sure.

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.

I don't want to play fat cops for the rest of my life.

I never turned down a movie because they wouldn't give me enough money.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

People don't just come to work to make money; they need satisfaction.