Novala Takemoto Quotes

I don't think I've found the perfect job for me, but I know what I like, so that's halfway there, right?

Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out.

My four criteria: I don't want to work with people I don't like; I don't want to work in a business I either don't like or don't understand; I don't want to work for nothing unless I choose to, and I do a fair amount of that already; and I want to have some fun.

When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.

When I started to watch some of the films I'd done, I realized I was doing movies that I might not actually want to see.

I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.

I'm living out my dreams and I love what I do.

It's so cool for me to do what I love to do for a living and meet people from all over the world.

It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.

I'm getting paid to do what I got in trouble for in the 7th grade. I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business.

The key is to join an industry that you have a passion for. If you love cars, then automotive is where you should end up.

My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.

Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.

There are a lot of bitter people out there who have got jobs that they hate and the key to life for me is doing something you love doing.

Acting never was about the money for me... Maybe in 10 years, I'll be able to appreciate the fact that I am financially stable and independent and I don't have to make bad choices. I can be very picky.

I want to be doing something that I love and actually being able to feed myself by doing it.

I never made any money, but I had the best jobs in the world.

I've been lucky in that I've always loved my job.

I learned to really pursue things I really wanted. If it is just for the money, that's not going to work out. You have to like it.

I am so lucky to be working in a field that you never grow tired of.

I have the career that I want.

One of my great breaks is I have only done work I wanted to do.

I've got the best job in the world.

My mom always told me if I love what I'm doing, and I'm having fun, then just continue to do it. But if it's not fun for me anymore, and I'm miserable, then I'm going to go back to Texas and quit it all, to be honest.

Working is a bonus; working on something you love is a bonus, and getting to do it for a long time is the ultimate.