Patrice Evra Quotes

I felt that if there wasn't going to be a good opportunity, then I would just go back to second units which I love, keep working with great directors, keep learning and knowing that the opportunity would come when the time was right.

I want my career to grow gradually. There's still so much for me to learn. I'm just trying to take these opportunities to get better at what I'm doing.

My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing.

I want to have a career that evolves as I go on.

A career is about learning to adapt yourself to the new environment and learning to sink or swim.

Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only.

People with highly transferable skills may be specialists in certain areas, but they're also incredible generalists - something businesses that want to grow need.

I have never chosen my next job. I focus on what's in front of me, and serendipity steps in.

I think that if you keep your eyes and your ears open and you are receptive to learning, there are skills you can get from any job at all.

I just try to take the best opportunities that I can get.

Over my career, I've had to adjust my game.

For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot.

My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working.

I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.

I just feel that no matter what comes in a career - and mine has been all over the map - you must stay at the table, pick up the cards you're dealt and play them.

Nothing is written in stone, as a career is an unpredictable journey.

If you're going to stick around in this business, you have to have the ability to reinvent yourself, whether consciously or unconsciously.

My advice to young people is to get something that's growing because that's how you get career opportunities thrown at you that you don't deserve, if you will... that come at you early because the firms need you.

You're always learning on different avenues and this is an opportunity for me to start on a fresh plate and start learning some other things that can really help me, that I need, and I want, to progress forward.

I never planned my career. I never planned to be president of Harvard. People would have thought I was crazy, probably, at the age of 8 or 10 or 20, if I had said that. So what I would say to people planning their careers is to be ready to improvise. Be ready to follow up on opportunities as they unfold.

I always try and take something from each job.

When you're young and have the opportunity, it's crucial to learn as much as possible about your profession from every possible angle.

Before 'Broad City,' I had a lot of jobs that I knew were not for me, but when you're young and don't know exactly what you're going to do, if an opportunity comes up, you feel like, 'This is an opportunity; I have to try it.'

On a career level, I always advise people to look ahead and be open to changes in direction. That job that seems so good now can easily turn into a nightmare if you do not see the possible corners it can land you in.

I'm interested in long careers where you take detours.