Career Quote by John O. Brennan

I always wanted to work for the CIA growing up. I'd be a CIA operative in Hollywood that made movies to manipulate the masses.

— Spencer Pratt

When I was younger, I actually wanted to be a CIA agent. Really. I even did the online questionnaire.

— Lizzy Caplan

I got a top-secret security clearance and served in the CIA.

— Todd Wilcox

I joined the CIA in 1985 as an operations officer in the Clandestine Service.

— Gina Haspel

I had never really given any thought to working for the CIA, but graduation was upon me; I was getting married just a week…

— John Kiriakou

You can say that I lived in Asia for a long time and in Japan I became close to several CIA agents. And you…

— Steven Seagal

I would be a terrible CIA officer in real life.

— Claire Danes

When I was about, I'd say, 18 or 19 years old, I wanted to be a part of the CIA just because they know…

— Michelle Rodriguez

I spent almost a decade as an undercover officer in the CIA. I was the guy in the back alleys at four o'clock in…

— Will Hurd

I was with the CIA for only three years. I worked in the Directorate of Operations, which is now called the National Clandestine Service.…

— Barry Eisler

My CIA colleagues were smart, dedicated, funny, and creative. Yes, there was sometimes stifling bureaucracy, boredom, colleagues who never should have been there, and…

— Valerie Plame

I spent close to a decade as an undercover officer in the CIA and have spent most of my adult life collecting intelligence and…

— Will Hurd