James Purefoy Quotes

I am very fortunate having the job that I do and I want to do it for as long as possible.

I worked as a trainee manager for two years after leaving university - then got bored with the nine to five.

As soon as I get a typical day, I'll know I'm in trouble. I like doing different things all the time.

Doing the same thing in the same way year after year is like eating a quail a day for thirty days. Along toward the middle of the month a fellow begins to long for a broiled crow or a slice of cold dog.

I am always going to be working on location, even if I have a 20-year career. Talk to me in 15 years and I will still be working on location. It's something I can always do better. Right now, it's not nearly where it could be, so it gives me something to work on every day.

From my point of view, it is better to take the chance, having had nine jobs in 10 years, to recharge my batteries

In a world where lifelong employment in the same job is a thing of the past, creativity is not a luxury. It is essential for personal security and fulfillment.

I love what I do, and when I don't love what I do, I'll make a change...I can't be the candy queen forever.

It is injurious to the mind as well as to the body to be always in one place and always surrounded by the same circumstances.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

I'm not happy with just repeating myself.

But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work.

I would get very bored if I just did one thing.

Who wants a life of ease? And who wants a life in the office that you hate, and who wants to play golf?

You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.

We're all on a journey. The average American switches professions four times. I'm lucky to be in a business where I can change the character I am playing every couple of months.

Eventually you get bored and you want to work.

I've been blessed to have a long career.

I don't like the same old thing all the time.

I don't like sticking to just one thing; it bores me.

Doing the same thing day in, day out. It's just so boring. I like to jump from different things.

I don't really have any interest in playing the same part again and again. Let's just keep everything crossed that doesn't happen.

I think it's important to find the joy in your work and the things that sort of renew that.

I was lucky to go to work every day for 50 years, to a job that I loved.

As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.