Ivar Giaever Quotes

Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn't let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I've decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies.

I thought I wanted to be an electrical engineer, which I turned out to be. But I was always curious about other things too, and what if I got interested in history or the law?

At graduation, I assumed I'd be in publishing, but first I went to England and got a master's degree in English Literature. And then I came back to New York and had a series of publishing jobs, the way one does.

Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.

My career has taken so many directions.

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

Living in South Africa has had a very profound impact on my career.

I was in college, and very disappointed. I majored in commercial art and interior design for three or four years. At that time, it seemed the thing I really wanted to do, production design, just wasn't available in the U.K., so I turned to music.

'Restaurant Man' is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might glean some life lessons. It is honest, not written as a press release.

My career has been my craziest adventure.

I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring.

Looking back I find it hard to believe that I could forge a career in anything other than football but I didn't do too badly in my final exams and there were a few business-related courses that interested me.

I guess I reinvented myself about 18 times throughout my career.

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

My agents do not like my choice to work only in New York and Israel - it's not a good career move.

I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me.

I think, ultimately, looking back now, acting wasn't satisfying me 100%.

Nobody should be anything, but because I once had a different profession and I'm interested in writing, I took it upon me.

I think it's been confusing for people because I haven't had a linear career.

There are a lot of new opportunities that are poking their head up in my future. I've been very fortunate that way, but for right now, what I like is what I'm doing.

I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing.

I wish I had stayed and finished my career here in New York.

I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn't very good at it.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

I went through a lot of occupations. I was questioning my contribution to the world.