George Clooney Quotes

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 never felt my career was going backwards.

In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made.

Nobody asked you to flip burgers for the rest of your life.

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.

Some jobs you do, they're just jobs. Others are life experiences.

If you get your foot in the door doing one kind of part, that's the kind of role they call you for. I can't say I resent it - then I would resent my whole career.

There's no reason why anyone's job should become untouchable for the rest of their life.

You don't have to start with your dream job, and your idea of what the dream job might be will change during a working life that will have its share of ups and downs, setbacks and advances.

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

I started 'The Rainmaker' in August 1996, and I've been working consistently ever since. It's not like I had some grand plan; I keep getting offered jobs so good I can't say no.

My career has had a lot of ups and downs, but basically it has been wonderful.

I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'

My whole journey and career has been really interesting, but the one element it never really had was any sense of great momentum.

I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time.

I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work, and I feel that that's so much of what's out there.

I still feel I'm doing the same work I've always done.

The places I've worked in the past, I always stayed three years and moved on.

Women, at 50, are on a plateau with their careers, but later they ascend.

If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.

I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging.

Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.

My career has evolved at its own peculiar pace. American careers are supposed to have a much more singular direction than I've been able to... stomach.

Five years is a long time to play one part.

It's not like a corporate job where the more you accumulate on your resume and the more hours you put in, the higher up you get; it's simply not the case. That being said, if I had known that and known what kind of career I'd get into, I still would have pursued it.