Cleavant Derricks Quotes

I think it's really important to remember that it's a long life, and it's a long career. In a perfect world, your career will be long. It does not begin and end with any one job. The point is to continue to have longevity in your career.

I've had a long career and I want to continue to have a long career. The way to do that is not to go away.

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.

I am hoping for a long career.

I have never had a plan when it comes to my career: America came to me with an opportunity.

I'm really grateful for every opportunity I have received because each job has opened new doors to levels that wouldn't have been possible without the previous one. So in that sense, every job has been career defining.

I was lucky to be passionate about a field that was full of opportunity.

I never felt my career was going backwards.

Careers very rarely are a waste of time; jobs usually are.

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

I've seen what can happen to an actor when he's just working for the sake of working. All of a sudden it's ten years later, your career's happened, and you haven't had any control.

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

My so-called career is a haphazard thing.

For the most ambitious young people, the corporate ladder is obsolete.

I don't believe in that kind of pragmatic career ladder stuff.

I've just been lucky. I'd like to have more choices, and I'd like to have a leading part.

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

I just love where I am right now in my career.

Careers are what they are, they don't make any sense at all when you look back. We're not in charge of them.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

David Moyes was one who, at a certain crossroads in my career, he was there. And since then, I've kicked on. That's why he played such a big role in my career.

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.

People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.

I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.