Daniel Woodrell Quotes

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.

Careers can disappear just as quickly as they're made, so I'm in no hurry.

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 had opportunities to stay on shows for long periods of time, and maybe financially that would have been good, but I feel good about trying to keep doing things that are a little bit different than what I've done.

Well I guess I always look at other people who have maybe more traditional jobs and I think gosh their weeks are so much more stressful and busy than mine.

I'm lucky in that the media is much more freelancey. So I didn't have that pressure that lots of people have if you jump off the ladder, then you get left behind.

The reality of a long-term career is that there are ups and downs.

In the last 17 years of his working life, my father was finally rewarded with having landed a great job as first, a maintenance engineer, and then a senior locksmith with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

I think anyone who has a job in the entertainment industry that is ongoing and then decides they get bored and doesn't want to do it anymore is foolish!

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.

It would be great if firefighters across the country had the guarantee that they would be making enough money to support their family right from the get-go, but that's not the case.

Every job is a blessing. Everyone has to take into account what is available. Are you paying rent, who do you get to work with? There are a lot of variables in the job. What I'm drawn to is things that I don't completely understand maybe, and want to get a better feel for it.

I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working.

I don't think I'm going to change jobs at this point.

There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work.

People really do think they have to choose between high stress and high reward jobs, and low stress and low reward jobs.

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.

As an actor you appreciate the security of a job. But I don't ever want to get too comfortable.

It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.

I'm thrilled to get hired every once in a while.

A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it.

I'd like to just work - steadily work - and do parts that I enjoy doing.

I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move onto the next job.

We need more good jobs that reward hard work with rising wages, dignity, and a ladder to a better life.

I'm a guy who never wanted to hold a steady job, because I was worried about the monotony.