Mireille Enos Quotes

I didn't have any great job prospects.

I can't worry about whether roles will be there for me when I'm older.

When you're working, you're in the present, but you've always got one eye on where your next job might be coming from, and I don't think that will ever go away.

Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don't know what I'd do.

Never turn down a job you haven’t been offered.

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.

It was definitely a very appealing prospect to be in a company, especially as an art student: we had it hammered into us that the odds of us finding a job, especially fresh out of school, was very slim, and we could expect to work as a bartender for the next three years after we graduate.

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

Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along.

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

All my life, since I was 16, I've been wondering where that next job was gonna come from.

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'm trying to solidify a long-term career, because I have no other skills and no other abilities.

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 wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be continuing in film because it's a great job but I have my portfolio and resume for any other opportunity.

The harsh reality is that if you are middle-aged, write computer code for a living, and earn a six-figure salary, you're headed for the unemployment lines. Your market value declines as you age, and it becomes harder and harder to get a job.

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.

The thing about this business is you have to take the work while you can.

Every season, I'm like, 'Who knows if I'm going to get another job?'

I don't necessarily think that when I graduated college, I had a plan to work at an ad agency. I had a plan in terms of getting the best job I could, like, just whatever normal job.

There are a lot of good managers out of work because there are only so many jobs out there, and if you get it wrong two jobs running, it's hard to get a third one. That's generally the rule.

My family said that a big firm was where you'd get the most opportunities. I knew nobody who had ever worked at a firm, nobody who knew anything about it. I just tried to get the best job I could.

I didn't think I'd be getting a contract at 34. That wasn't in my mind.

I never worry about whether or not I'll find a job.

I always said the whole time all I was waiting for was an opportunity and a chance to get my foot in the door.