Rylan Clark-Neal Quotes

In 2012, when I left MTV, irregular income started.

Being an actor is just like being any other sort of self-employed person - we're all just happy to have a job in the first place, but we also thrive off the uncertainty of it.

I have had a 'real' job for only four years of my life, which means I only collected a traditional paycheck for that very short period of time.

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.

I have always been a freelancer. I always work for myself.

To be honest, I have never had a 9-5 job where I worked for someone else.

I come from a background where people have had their own business, where it has been incredibly tough for a long period of time, and you are only as good as the last contract you have got, as the last job you have done, where the notion of a precarious existence does exist, as it does for a lot of people.

I wanted to work strictly as a freelance actor, and that's the way it turned out.

In today's world, working for yourself is actually the safer route, and working for a corporation has become the riskier proposition.

The problem with a job is that relying on others to give you a living is the biggest risk of all.

Life is just a set of experiences. As long as there are new experiences for me in a corporate job, I don't think I have to be an entrepreneur.

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.

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

What do you do if you're an executive who resigns? You declare yourself a consultant.

I'm a freelance person, and I've always been able to support myself.

Here in Silicon Valley, I have taken part in hundreds of conversations trying to convince people to dive in and become entrepreneurs. All too often, innovators with good, safe, jobs are unwilling to put their family's access to health care at risk by walking away from company-backed medical insurance.

I believe for the first time in history, entrepreneurship is now a viable career.

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

I like the writing life, but it's not something that always makes enough money.

Overnight I became a cottage industry.

I had temping jobs also. I liked the flexibility. There was no asking for time off; you just didn't work.

The kind of job where you have to hustle and hustle and where you're not sure whether you will have enough clients next month, where you have less job security, is becoming much more common.

As my own boss, I have the opportunity to get to work with great brands like Old Navy, and I get to style some looks together that people can actually buy and afford.

Independent contractors - a rapidly growing piece of the workforce - can often achieve the best quality of life. They can choose from where they work, whom they work for and for how long.

A person who willingly goes into business for themselves - and intentionally seeks out 'solopreneurship' - is insane!