Dean Norris Quotes

I've been out of work so many times in my life that relying too much on just one job is terrifying.

It's a scary life and sometimes you think you'll never work again.

The minute your membership looses a job that can be identified, economic theory goes out the window. You're dealing with frightened human beings.

I just remember all those days in the unemployment line, stressed out over when my next job was coming.

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

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

I wasn't worried about unemployment.

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

I think that one of the things that we have to recognize is that the longer somebody doesn't have a job, the harder it is to get a new job. You know, the reality is that if you're out of job, and you're looking for a job, then the new employer's going to say, 'Well, why, you know, don't you have a job now? What's wrong with you?'

Most of the folks to whom I listen are concerned for their future. Too many of them know someone who's out of work, has lost their own job, or fear they might. And, they increasingly believe that the opportunity for a better life for their children is slipping away.

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.

When people have lost their jobs or are afraid of losing their jobs in the future, they lash out. They want others to know about their fears, their pain.

When I left 'Days of Our Lives,' I was like, 'I don't know if I'm ever working again. I'm going to do the best I can. If it happens, great. If not, well... it sucks for me.'

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

Americans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off in recent years and months and they fear that they may be next. Even if they have not been laid off or have not known anyone laid off, they definitely know someone who has lost his home.

Any degree of unemployment worries me.

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

The anxiety does crawl up. The other night I was having panic attacks: 'Oh, my God, what's going to happen to me? Am I ever going to have another job?'

I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.

No one really has any job security anymore, including myself.

I really wait for the job to come. Whatever job comes up, I just want to keep working. The jobs don't always come, so you take whatever is available and hope it's a good one.

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?

When for so long you can't get a job for reasons that seem specious, you you finally do have it, you are constantly afraid of losing it.

People are really worried about their jobs. That's what everybody talks to me about today.

I had periods when I was out of work, and I still do - I just don't worry about them as much any more.