Ron Moody Quotes

The people at Utrecht know that I'm always looking to improve myself and that I want to get the maximum out of my career.

It hasn't yet materialized that I went into sports management, but I haven't ruled it out yet, either. I only half-jokingly remarked that I'd love to be the commissioner of the NFL. But as I recently told current Commissioner Roger Goodell, that job looked a lot more appealing when I was struggling with the Russians and the Iranians everyday.

Any planning that I have in my career is totally accidental really.

I never felt my career was going backwards.

Well, I've always thought that my career was in England, really. I used to do more in the theatre, and I felt that I should be there. It's not far is it? It's amazing the way that special FX have taken a quantum leap in what they're capable of doing.

I haven't achieved as much as I should have done in my career.

I've been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and I thought it would be wrong to go through that process.

I've never felt like my career has been on fire.

I wanted to be a lawyer. Then a journalist. Actually, I graduated from university as a journalist.

It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my mother, encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible.

My whole journey and career has been really interesting, but the one element it never really had was any sense of great momentum.

After all, didn't I blow a magnificent career?

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

I kind of have never thought about a career path, which is an unusual approach.

When I was a kid, I would watch the grands prix. Everyone dreamt of becoming a race driver, while I only started thinking about it when I was 18 or 19. Only at that age did I seriously start thinking about this job. Before then, I would change ideas from one second to the next.

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

If you look at my career, I've never gone to a team that had fulfilled their potential.

All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions, you're not growing.

I know a lot of actors have all these expectations and believe that one thing should lead to another thing, and that's probably the right way to build a career. I don't know what's wrong with me - I just don't think like that!

There came a point sometime during high school when I started thinking about exploring acting as a career, but it was more of an intention than an actual decision. I was very interested in a lot of different subjects, but every time I envisioned myself actually pursuing one as a career, I always ended up thinking that I would rather be acting.

I never wanted to end up in entertainment; that wasn't the goal.

I'm very career-driven, so my focus and my energy has been into that.

I do wish I'd had a better career. Who wouldn't?

I had a passion to not be a secretary forever. I was mindful of the customary career trajectory, and I knew I had to do something remarkable.

I'm sure some people have an absolute grasp of where they are in their careers. I just don't think about it that much.