David Cohen Quotes

I'm not going to comment about potential jobs in the future because that's a rabbit hole to go down and get caught up in, but all I'll say is I'll go where the good scripts are.

I got an offer at 'Vogue.' And I desperately wanted to work in magazines. My interest wasn't in fashion, but when you get an offer right out of college for a magazine that big - I decided that it was probably better to start at a big name magazine, even if I wasn't necessarily fascinated with the subject.

As tough as it is for many college graduates to get their planned careers on track, it could be worse: They could be trying to find a job without a college degree.

Whenever you hear news about jobless claims or the unemployment rate, you should translate that in your mind to one simple phrase: Stay in school.

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.

I came into the industry at a time when there weren't a lot of choices to what you could do.

I applied for a job at 'The New York Times' many years ago, and felt correctly that my life depended on it.

There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career.

I can't worry about whether roles will be there for me when I'm older. They're there now, and I'm just not going to panic.

I never stopped working, but I did let my contract run out. And I didn't really actively pursue it.

I didn't have any great job prospects.

You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck - and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee - or you can go out and become an entrepreneur.

I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.

I didn't want to go get a job or get a degree in business or marketing, or whatever all my friends were getting degrees in.

I can't say there were parts I was offered and turned down, but there were meetings for parts that I didn't go to, meetings I should have gone to, meetings I was advised against going to. I listened to that advice.

Right now, if you're a talented developer or designer, government is what you go into if you can't get a better job.

I had 13 job offers out of college. I went to Bullock's department store and had a fantastic interview, but was skeptical. I knew retail didn't pay much.

Men turn to formal wear when they want a new job or when they think their current one is in danger. They try to present themselves as powerful and successful.

I'm going to start a lot of companies. These are not sham companies. These are great businesses.

Apart from finding a first job, college graduates seem to adapt more easily than those with only a high school degree as the economy evolves and labor-market needs change.

I've been really lucky because when I go out to L.A. it's for a job, not to look for a job. That's the way I like L.A. most - when I already have a job.

My generation were all careerists.

Sometimes I have to accept a job I don't really want. Hardly anybody comes up to you with a commission; it's all competitions these days.

I've met graduating college kids facing loan payments and a bad economy, and they are worried that they won't be able to get a job. This is not the way America needs to be.

First job I went out on in new York I got, and when I came back, the first job I went out on, I got.