Luke Evans Quotes

I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.

I didn't want to be a retailer. I hated to wait on people.

The minute I stepped foot on the shop floor and started serving in a retail environment, I knew it was the career for me. I was a shop assistant for just one day, and I thought, 'This is it. This is the rest of my life. This is all I want to do.'

My first job was in retail at the age of 14, and I have worked in the industry ever since.

I'm in the retail business, not the circus business.

Maybe I was born to be a merchant, maybe it was fate. I don't know about that. But I know this for sure: I loved retail from the very beginning.

I worked at a school supply store as a cashier.

Retail is my game. I spend every waking hour thinking about it. I started in the industry at the age of 18 after trying various other things that were mind-numbingly boring to me.

I spend my time being a retailer, not an economist.

I'm not from a retail background, but I am a shopper.

This is my hobby: growing stores, adding stores. It's fun.

My mom and I had a kids' clothing store called Smooch for six years, and I did all the buying before I even had kids.

I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis's and Owen Owen, only for a short time, and I found department stores personally difficult.

I've worked as grocery store cashier; I've worked at a bank call center and as a Lady Liberty for Liberty Tax Service dancing around with the sign for a while.

After leaving school, I got a job in a department store not dissimilar to Grace Bros in 'Are You Being Served?'

I've never worked behind a cash register before.

I did retail. I worked at TJ Maxx before. I did fast food at Shake Shack.

I've done retail before.

Many people have told me I could be a coach, but it doesn't appeal.

I not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.

Having some retail experience is key. It really is where the battle is won or lost.

I definitely don't see myself as an actor. I don't even have it on my passport. I've got 'writer and electrician' on my passport. I don't want anyone to think I'm an actor.

I did work at a mall in college - I think retail/customer service is just one of the most hideous jobs in the world. So I always try to be extra nice when I go into a store. But malls are part of our culture, if you watched any teen comedy in the '80s. it's clear that malls are where we live!

There was a point when I was very young where I remember talking with my mom about going to drama school and this was maybe when I was 8, 9, 10 years old - and she knew that I was also academically very capable, and she steered me in another direction.

I always wanted to have my own boutiques. I'm so passionate about clothing and always have been so business-minded.