Marc Platt Quotes

I don't really know why I went to law school.

What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this.

Nobody wants to be a lawyer - it's hard work. But it was kind of my academic route.

Even after I'd published three books and had been writing full-time for twenty years, my father continued to urge me to go to law school.

I had a very good friend who was two years older than I was, and she was in law school, and she said, 'It's a great thing to do when you have no idea what you want to do.' And she was right. I learned a lot, I practiced law for 10 years. I've never looked back once I stopped practicing law, but it was a really good experience.

I don't think I've necessarily been able to pick and choose in my career; I don't know how many people do. But I'll tell you what I've been able to do: I've been able to say no. It is the only thing you can hold on to sometimes, is that ability to say 'no.' And I think that in that way, you can create some kind of career.

I think my biggest mistake was deciding not to go to law school directly after I graduated from college.

No one ever said that I couldn't create my own projects, but no one actually told me that I could be an executive producer, either.

As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.

I'd watch my parents work and think, 'Yeah, I'm going to do that.' It wasn't even a thing. It's the only thing I know how to do.

My father was a chef but hadn't owned his own business. I didn't like that. In my heart of hearts, I knew I wanted to be in business.

When I finished high school, it was clear to me that I would study mathematics, even if I also considered economics and psychology.

Towards the end of the military service, I had to make what I assume has been the most important decision in my career: to start a residency in clinical medicine, in surgery, which was my favorite choice, or to enroll into graduate school and start a career in scientific research. It was clear to me that I was heading for graduate school.

I got into law school to supplement my business background. I'm not planning to practice law.

I wasn't meant to be an attorney, but I was meant to go to law school.

I was attracted to law school because I believed it would help me prepare for a career in the real world.

I don't think anyone can really make up their mind and say, Now I'm going to be a director.

If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.

I would have gone to law school, or gotten a psychology degree. I wasn't interested in sleeping on a futon forever. And what happened is I walked into auditions, and I had nothing to lose, because I had a backup plan.

My father wasn't absolutely delighted. He wanted me to become a lawyer. I studied law, but I thought the shoe business was more exciting.

Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering.

I never even wanted to be an actress. I studied mass communication and wanted to study law in Newcastle, for which I even got a scholarship. But by then, I had started modelling. So, I took a year off to decide what to do. But once you are used to working, it's difficult to get back to studies.

I would like to attend college in the future when I have time. I have always been interested in architecture, so perhaps I would pursue a degree in that or business.

I definitely want to manage. I just don't think it's the time right now.

I was quite convinced that I didn't want to be a lawyer. But I felt that law school would be a useful way to understand public policy and to understand business in this environment.