Charlie Trotter Quotes

I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.

I think it's unreasonable to expect kids at 17 to know what they want to do with the rest of their lives. And actually, I guess I had a desire to be an artist, and I did enroll in art school out of high school.

If you knew what you wanted to be when you were 6 years old - great! If you have no idea what you want to be, that's OK!

I don't think young people are prepared for the moment of reckoning at the end of college - if you even go to college - where you have to get off of the hamster wheel and decide, 'Wait, where do I go from here?'

My advice to young people everywhere: Choose schools that encourage self-discovery early on. Don't be afraid to buck convention. And when someone asks you what you want to do with the rest of your life, take the time to really think about it.

Lot of people know very early what they want, but I didn't know I wanted acting.

I think it's a big mistake to decide too soon what you're going to do with your life.

I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.

From the time I was 16, I wanted to live in Paris. When I graduated college and didn't have a job, I went to take the LSAT because I didn't know what else to do. I walked out in the middle of the test and eventually found an internship in Paris at L'Oreal.

I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut.

I've just grown up a lot and started to encounter some of the big decisions of life in terms of what career I wanted to do and figuring out personal relationships and things.

A teenager has to decide what they're going to do with their life, and that's one of the most important decisions that you'll make.

I thought I wanted to be a lawyer and was going through this growth phase.

Nature of course is the best guide in the matter of choosing a pursuit.

I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities.

I don't regret any decisions I've made in my life.

I guess I hit a point while I was in college when I realized I would have to do something with my life!

I was anxious before I decided to go back to acting about what I wanted to do with my life. Once I realized I was sort of interested in acting, I've been pretty lucky and had all these great parts. And I feel pretty much like, 'What will happen will happen.'

When I started with 'Cocktail,' I was trying to figure out if this was something I wanted to do.

I started working at a time when most of my friends were still figuring their lives out.

I love the idea of college, but I first need to figure out how to transition to being an adult because we honestly never thought I would make it to this point.

There comes a turning point in the life of every person when he reflects on his journey and work and ponders on the next road to take. Is this the pinnacle, the ultimate? What next?

I don't regret any steps that I take in life.

When I was younger, I think that I felt like I could only live one way, and I had to figure out which of those one ways it was going to be. I have no anxiety about making the wrong decision.

Most young people want to get out of the environment they grow up in, move on, and do something. The big question for everyone is what they want to do and how. It's something that most young people feel.