Candice Accola Quotes

All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.

I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.

What I love about my work is the variety and not knowing what's coming next, and being able to embrace something for a period of time and know something new is going to follow.

I'm constantly thinking about what I'll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean, longevity is key, and I hope that it lasts, but you just don't know, because it's not in your hands, you don't make the decision.

I have had a pretty hardcore crash course on living out of a suitcase. Some people take consistency in their lives for granted. When you have little to none, you discover it's kind of a nice thing.

I spent 26 years in the business without ever knowing what I was doing a month from now.

The worst question is, 'Where do you see yourself in five years?' I don't know. Variety is the spice of life. That's the best way to describe it.

I surrender the idea of having some kind of control over the arc of my career a lot of the time because you never know what tomorrow's going to bring.

Nothing is written in stone, as a career is an unpredictable journey.

I felt that if there wasn't going to be a good opportunity, then I would just go back to second units which I love, keep working with great directors, keep learning and knowing that the opportunity would come when the time was right.

I always tell people that my life is in pencil; I have to keep an eraser in my hand because I could always get a call that could change everything.

This plan is subject to change without notice as all plans are.

I do like the idea that tomorrow I might find out that I'm going to be doing something that is completely unknowable today. I think it forces you to live in the moment in a very good way.

On a career level, I always advise people to look ahead and be open to changes in direction. That job that seems so good now can easily turn into a nightmare if you do not see the possible corners it can land you in.

You've gotta leave enough space for your actors to bring stuff to the table and whatever the weather's doing that day or what the light's like. Things can shift, and you have to be malleable. Every day is a different feeling and a change.

You can't get too comfortable and relax, because your world can flip overnight.

I don't really like to say, 'This is where I'll be in five years,' because I truly have no idea.

Not every year is going to be the same and you just kind of have to just roll with the punches.

You can only have a short sight because things change a lot. You can't plan what the years will bring.

Life is full of surprises: new opportunities come up; that's part of the fun - the adventure of life. The thing is, chaos doesn't allow us to enjoy the adventure.

There's no fixed pattern or formula to life.

Everything changes with time. You can't predict where you're gonna be next year; you have no idea, you know what I mean?

Things always change and you can't ever say never, because you don't know what is around the corner.

A guy like me, it's probably pretty hard for somebody to pinpoint what position to have me do, where to put me all the time.

I'm open to making any kind of music, or maybe making no music ever again. That's also an option, always. Who knows what'll happen.