Grant Imahara Quotes

I'm happy with my place in the firmament here. I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.

Career-wise, I feel very lucky to have always been able to follow my creative path.

Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.

We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than working through a formal computer science curriculum.

My career hadn't rocketed to the top of anything, but I've worked consistently and done things I've loved.

Study what you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life. It'll be one great adventure.

Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for.

At times, I think of my career as a map. The closer you get to the map, the more you know where you are, but the closer I get to my career, the less happy I feel. At the same time, I have carved out the career for myself which I wanted.

This is every creative person's dream - a hobby that I'm lucky enough to get paid for.

I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm not working at McDonald's and how come I have the life I have. I don't know. But I'm happy that I have these choices. That's kinda sappy, huh? But whatever, acting beats pumping gas.

Like what you do, if you don't like it, do something else.

I never really planned a career. I've tried to avoid it. I've tried to do this stuff I felt for, the stuff I like. So, I've just been meeting these fantastic directors who've offered me a variation of different parts and different films.

Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they're passionate about, something that's challenging and worthwhile.

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

In my career, I thought I've never wanted to get anywhere in particular. I just wanted to work with interesting people on interesting projects.

I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work.

If it doesn't feel like a job and I'm learning something and getting that rush that I get, I don't care if it's behind a camera, on a TV set, or on the moon.

I would like to look back on my career and be proud of what I've done.

I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.

I want to have the career that is my choice - what interests me, what doesn't. I feel more and more strongly about that.

I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.

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.

After graduating from college I worked at a variety of jobs, from banking to politics. I enjoyed whatever I was doing at the time but I didn't love my work.

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