Denise Morrison Quotes

You have to take control of your own career.

Women have to take more control of their careers. They can't just wait to be cast in a film.

I should have been trying to build a career, rather than leaving it in the hands of somebody else.

Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

If someone else isn't making it happen for you, make it happen yourself.

The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?

Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'independent operators.' I think people who are technically 'employees' have to think this way as well. The company is not looking out for you.

The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!

Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

I'm from a generation of women that shattered the glass ceiling. We didn't wait for doors to open. The lesson I learned is that you need to open some doors for yourself in pursuit of career advancement.

Being a mentor and a leader, I've always urged guys, if you're ever allowed to be a free agent, to take advantage of that opportunity.

Don't rely on leaders to do things you're equipped to do yourself.

Up or out" greatly magnified the careerist emphasis on holding a position rather than doing a job.

There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man.

You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line.

My so-called career is a haphazard thing.

For the most ambitious young people, the corporate ladder is obsolete.

Get off your bottom and be the stand, and do the work you can to pursue the American Dream for yourself, and help others to do the same.

Nobody asked you to flip burgers for the rest of your life.

I've discovered on this journey in the entertainment industry that, especially as a girl, woman... it's really important to try to create your own opportunities.

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

I still feel I'm doing the same work I've always done.

Is it important to have a crew behind me? No, it's important to have me behind them. That's how I look at it. You can't just roll with a situation like you're depending on somebody to help you. You're supposed to help the situation, whatever the situation is that you're in.

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.