Naomie Harris Quotes

It's scary to not know when your next job is coming, and that is a daily fear when you are trying to act full-time.

I always say, even in this industry that I'm in - I'm on a show today, but the show could get cancelled.

Acting isn't a sure thing. We're not set to have jobs for the rest of lives, and fame is really fickle.

I've never been in jeopardy, but being an actor is a pretty shady place to be because you never know where your next job is.

Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.

In this business, you just never know from day to day. It's one reason I held off getting too involved in entertainment. I like being able to plan, I like to know what I'm going to be doing.

Instability is never a good idea.

This business is so unstable, and you never really know where you're going to be.

When you are a freelancer, you are always looking for a next job. There is always struggle.

In this industry, it's very fickle; you don't know where you are.

Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life.

There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing.

And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow.

Our trust in the future has lost its innocence. We know now that anything can happen from one minute to the next. Politics, religion, economics, and the institutions of family and community all have become abruptly unsure.

As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.

The life of an actor is very random. It can be exhilarating but terrifying - you do wonder day to day where the next job will come from. Some of my friends are very talented people, but you see them out of work - which can be tough. If you wanted that kind of security, though, I guess you wouldn't be an actor in the first place.

I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow.

I knew what show business was, which was why I didn't want in on that action. I saw what happens! You get it, and then you lose it.

I'm a little bit of a gypsy myself. I've always had jobs where I'm moving around and I'm not sure what's going to happen tomorrow or the next day.

Fragility is the quality of things that are vulnerable to volatility.

I've tried open-ended jobs and found myself incredibly unhappy. I don't like the monomania of showing up every day and doing the same thing. I don't know where my next cheque is coming from, I don't know where my next job is coming from, I have really sketchy health insurance, but I need variety in my life.

It's not a very secure industry. I've spoken to a couple of people recently who had a successful TV show and then found themselves absolutely skint and struggling to find a job.

It's really impossible to project ahead even six months in this business.