Career Skepticism Quotes

I know one thing; I'll never win an Academy Award.

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for me'.

Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.

My non-career. My excuse for a career? Honestly, I never think about the word 'career.' I've had managers, the minute they say it to me, they look at me and just roll their eyes.

My basic rule is that I want people who don't want a job in government.

I feel as if you're saying that DJ is not a real job.

I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.

I'd been very certain about not wanting to do the acting thing because of my father. I thought I'd always have the father-son thing of 'He got you the part.'

I think you've got to watch out for anybody in high school who says he wants to become an economist.

The phrase 'dream career' sounds pretty stupid.

Everyone tries to talk you out of going to college. The consensus being that people are just gonna forget about you, you know, and that's the way the business works.

The problem with my mind is it sways from side to side. The idea of me fantasizing about becoming an actor quickly led to depression. 'No, it was never going to happen to me.' I was a sixteen-year-old kid on the other side of the world from where they made movies. Scottish actors never really got play. There was Sean Connery, and that was it.

If I was a father, and my son told me he wanted to go out and be a publisher, I'd say, 'Go get a job.'

I had 13 job offers out of college. I went to Bullock's department store and had a fantastic interview, but was skeptical. I knew retail didn't pay much.