Martin Filler Quotes

It's been 35 years since I left school. Almost nine of them were in government; all the rest were in the private sector. And I've proven over time to be a great leader.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

Your ability will get you the job, but you also need to have age on your side. So if you started your career at 21, you have an advantage over others in your batch who started at, say, 24.

I never felt my career was going backwards.

Don't ask me about my career - I've forgotten most of it.

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

I can't complain about my career, that's for sure.

I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.

My profession has helped me to grow up.

I think it's been confusing for people because I haven't had a linear career.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

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 think in the early part of my career, the roles were so disparate that it never gave anybody an opportunity to understand my essence and what I would be good at doing, as opposed to what I would not be good at doing, so these little moments of beautiful things that were happening to me were consistent, but very few and very far between.

In most careers, you find something you do well, and you tie an increasingly larger bow on the package.

I don't believe that there is any particular book that influenced any 'career' I might have.

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

I was the chief executive once, I've been there. My recommendation to anybody is don't go backwards.

I think that there was a period of time - and I would reckon it was about 12 years - where I was just determined to see if I could build a career for myself.

There is no handbook about how a career is going to go.

I'm lucky to have been able to represent different companies over my career.

Whether people agree or disagree with the decisions an actor makes after their Disney tenure, every alum has a clear vision of how they want their career to pan out.

I think for anybody, regardless of what industry you work in, when you get a new job, and it's progressive in terms of your career, that is one of the best feelings in the world.

The decisions that you make in your career stem out from the experiences you have early on in your career.

The notion of 'building a career' had never been heard or dreamed of when I was young.