Gene Sarazen Quotes

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.

As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that, I'll do that, I'll do that'. Your choices are not always clearly thought out, and you can end up taking mis-steps.

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.

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.

Henry Fonda one time said that every time he had a job, he thought it was gonna' be the last one. And, if you got any sense, you gotta' think that because, you know when somebody's gonna do a dip, some of 'em go pretty far down.

So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.

Careers can disappear just as quickly as they're made, so I'm in no hurry.

The hardest part of acting is not being guaranteed work. Every job could be your last.

I think the life of an actor is glamorous to other people, but then the reality sets in: you don't know where you will be next year or how long you'll be there for.

There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always be unemployed, always, and it doesn't matter how much money you make, you're still always going to be unemployed; and that you have no power.

As an actress, you never know when you're going to work again - and there's so much dependency on working.

You never know which gig is going to be your last.

You never can take for granted that you have a job.

Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.

I think it helps, as an actor, to never know when you're going to get that next script and you're done.

None of us can promise any of you that what you now do for a living is absolutely safe from now on.

I didn't have a huge amount of security when I was a scientist from one contract to another. You're always thinking, 'Am I going to have a job this time next year?'

If I ever stop being grateful for gigs, I just need to stop. Because this business is... you know, it's just so kind of job-to-job, and the fact that I've continued working... I'm just incredibly thankful for it. And I never, ever take it for granted.

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

At my job, my manager had a massive heart attack; we had layoffs. It made me realize that nothing is certain, nothing is for sure, and if I'm going to make a move, I gotta make a move now.

I don't really care about job security.

I won't say I'll never go back to a soap because an actor's life is so precarious. You can have the most wonderful patch where everyone wants to work with you, and in the blink of an eye the phone won't ring for a month, even a year.

The tension in pro ball comes from the realization that any game could be your last, that an injury could end your career. And in TV, you never know if or when your series will be canceled.

When you're in show business no matter what you're doing it's an insecure business.

I always have to presume that each movie is my last movie because I never know if I'll get money again.