“I left 'Saturday Night Live' without a film to go to, and I'd filmed 'Old School' while I was in my last season of the show, and that hadn't come out yet. I was a free agent, in a way, but I knew it was time to leave the show and test the water.”
Leaving a stable role to pursue new creative projects involves uncertainty, but timing and self‑assessment can justify the risk.
In simple terms: Change requires courage and timing.
Strategic exits enable growth.
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Premature exits can damage reputation if new ventures fail.
![“First of all, I swore I'd never move to Los Angeles, and once I did, I swore I'd never do television. It was only after being out of work for almost a year that I began going in [to auditions] on some stuff that I would pray that I wouldn't get because I didn't want to be involved in it.” quote by Gillian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3cb/gillian-anderson-4381_los-angeles_first-of-all-i-swore-i-d-never-move-to-l_1813740.jpg)
![“I don't see [ Trainspotting ] as an albatross, I see it more as a calling card. It's got me out to Hollywood, I've got a good agent, I've got a good manager, I'm getting a lot of work out there and doing a lot of stuff - getting a lot of film projects on the go.” quote by Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/918/irvine-welsh-843_agents_i-don-t-see-trainspotting-as-an-albatros_7750.jpg)
