Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

Switching from one career to another can be scary, but it also can be a thrilling experience. Look at it as an opportunity to really go after what you want to accomplish in life and make a difference in the world. The key is to take small, conscious steps and prepare yourself for a successful transition.

I had been saying to myself for a good many years that I was really a writer and that I was in advertising temporarily.

Once I got out of architecture school I decided not to be an architect, I just started my own little design studio.

If I weren't a writer, I think I might have thrown myself more enthusiastically into advertising. But, it's difficult to imagine being a diligent copywriter. It would be quite exasperating for me.

I was in college, and very disappointed. I majored in commercial art and interior design for three or four years. At that time, it seemed the thing I really wanted to do, production design, just wasn't available in the U.K., so I turned to music.

'Tyrannosaur's an arrival for me, but it's also the first step into a new career. I don't want to be moonlighting at this, like I have done with acting. Y'know, I think I've found my career at 37 years old.

Luckily, I'm doing other things besides just modeling, because frankly, I'm a little bored with it.

I was a very happy banker, but I feel happier as an author.

It's time for me to do things I like so I will be happy, my wife will be happy, my friends will be happy. I just want to do something I'm proud of. It's time for me to change. I could sign with a company for 10 movies and I'm the king of video and so what?

Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.

I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.

Nobody should be anything, but because I once had a different profession and I'm interested in writing, I took it upon me.

I don't see myself doing catalog shoots in Madrid anymore like I was doing two years ago. I hope that the acting side of things grows.

I was successful and I enjoyed modeling, but it got to a point where I felt like I had 'been there, done that.' I wanted something that would inspire me and challenge me. I needed something that required more creativity. I started writing and I started auditioning. Simply posing in front of the camera was no longer enough.

As soon as I got my proper first job, I never did acting again. I think the last thing I did was a Mike Figures film, and then I got a series with the BBC. I'm glad of the experience, because I think it's very, very good to understand what actors go through.

I really want to be associated with great projects and character driven projects and films. I have to feed my soul, and keep feeling like an artist and keep being challenged.

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

I didn't want to get into acting. I was very happy doing MTV, it took up my time, I was content.

I don't want to just be fully rapping my whole life.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

I decided to do advertising, as ad films were made in only 10 days, and started assisting Sanjeev Sharma and Mansoor Khan. Surprisingly, I was a whiz kid and soon learnt to edit films and became an expert at it.

I didn't leave Wall Street because the work was against my nature - I do have a pretty good head for numbers. I left because I had this love for writing.

Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would've existed.

I couldn't stand still at a desk for another year. I wanted to go out there and make films.

I used to run record companies, and I went to the advertising business at 29 years old.