Billy Connolly Quotes

In 1996, after 29 years as an artist for Marvel Comics, I got fired - 56 years old, two children still in college, and no job.

Many people have asked me how I feel about losing my job.

The experience of seeing your entire team made redundant is eye-opening.

I was made redundant from a job as a PA in a shirt-making company in 1996. I was devastated. I had been there for three years, and it was a job I really liked.

Losing your job is terrifying, but being prepared makes it so much easier.

I was devastated by the loss of my job in March, although I can understand why it occurred.

I was happy being a journalist. I didn't realize losing my job, my identity went with it.

Getting fired was always a big deal to me. It's a bit like having someone break up with you.

If you've been laid off, you know how it goes: Everything you thought you knew and liked about yourself gets called into question.

I had been laid off from 'Entertainment Weekly 'right before I started writing 'Gone Girl.'

Getting fired is hard.

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.

I hate being out of work!

If you've got to get fired, it's really fabulous to get fired with a friend.

I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest.

You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it.

The toughest workout can never match the pain of being out of work.

There is no way I could ever look somebody in the eye and say that I can make them feel good about the fact that they are losing their job.

After being let go from CBS and looking for a year for work, I will never catch myself complaining about being too busy.

There was a moment there when it was getting really bad and everyone was being let go. I was, like, 'Can I get fired, please? Can I move on with my life?

I have all this time between projects, and I'm not so sure that's a healthy thing. It's scary, because at 36 I'm woefully unqualified for anything else.

Sometimes I wish I could get fired.

There's nothing like a little bit of unemployment to kick the stuffing out of you when things are going well.

I know certainly, when one job draws to a close, that I feel I'm simply never going to work again. No one will ever want me for anything ever again. I think that's a vulnerable moment in every actor's life, and it happens every time you finish a film.

After you leave a show - any show, but for me especially after 'Breaking Bad' - you hope for a job to help soften the blow now that you don't have this amazing job anymore, and you hope that it's good.