Sondra Locke Quotes

I usually spend my free time worrying about when I'm going to work next.

I'm not afraid of not working.

I don't worry when I go away for a while. I think there is a place for me. It may not be at the top of the heap. But that doesn't bother me, either. I think I will always be able to get work - which is the only thing I have ever really been interested in.

I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.' You can never relax and rely on whatever reputation you've built.

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

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.

The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!

I definitely had those moments, like any actor, when you get anxious and think, 'When am I going to work again?' But I would feel that way even when I had every offer in the world coming to me. Then I became a father and I felt a little more of the anxiety that came with the responsibility of being a parent.

I'm constantly paranoid that I'll be unemployed for the rest of my life... and have to go back folding shirts at the Gap, which you know... you gotta do what you gotta do.

I was at the mercy of somebody else to just give me a job in the years after 'Boy Meets World' ended, whereas if I had gone to college and had when a Plan B, and it was something else that I loved, I could've walked away at any point.

You need to be happy with or without an acting job.

I will always worry about where my career is going and am I any good.

It feels great to know that more people are finding work and gaining the experience, not to mention self-confidence, that they need.

I've always had to work to feel reassured, to feel secure, and that's not nice because you don't know where you stand.

Jobs give people a sense of independence, security and self-confidence.

It's perhaps easier now than ever before to make a good living; it's perhaps harder than ever before to stay calm, to be free of career anxiety.

My thing is, I like if I go on that court and there's a guy I don't have to worry about.

I'm not one to put a lot of pressure on myself.

When you're tense and you're forcing the issue, you kind of cloud your vision, so I think just being confident and super relaxed, waiting for my timing, has really helped me.

I suddenly thought, if I was going to make a go of it, I was going to have to look after myself and not keep apologising for knocking people over. That transformed my career.

I still feel pressure - I'm sure everyone who plays feels pressure - but I don't feel it as much now as when I was younger.

I need to know what I'm doing. I've got my own career. I'm not waiting.

A bit of nervousness is essential as in a way it helps you deliver your best.

I've learned a lot about being in control of your career - and that being positive and believing in yourself goes a very long way. And creatively, the music needs to sound like it's come from you, not someone else who's choosing the songs for you.

I'm pretty happy with my career. I just know what I'm capable of.