Martha Wainwright Quotes

Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along.

I think my mum wanted me to join the army or something, or become a surveyor - something with good career prospects.

I have never been interested in specific roles.

I wanted to do something where I could hang my hat.

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

We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than working through a formal computer science curriculum.

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

I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.

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

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

I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.

The career isn't guaranteed for as long as you might want to play.

In America, people know there are always 10 people better than them who are after their job. In France, they know that too - but no one is going to get their job till they go to their grave.

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 not sure where my career is going here in Cincinnati.

I'm not qualified to do anything else. So there better be another job. I'm kind of stuck now. I'm enjoying my life and I'm enjoying my work, and I'm enjoying the fact that the work I'm doing is garnering some interest and that's great. I just hope that it continues.

I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.

I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come.

My only advice is to try to get the job that's most like the job you want, rather than the one that's more prestigious. Always try to be the talent.

There is something suspect, especially in America, about people who don't have ten-year plans for a career or at least a regular job.

I don't love being an actor, but I'm not qualified to be anything else. I was an auto mechanic and drove a tow truck and tried to go to school to be a paramedic.

I still dream about 'New York' mag. It's kind of weird. I dream I'm part-time, and they can't find a full-time job for me. It's usually that I can't find a lead, and I call all my great sources and say, 'Can you help me out?'

I don't necessarily think that when I graduated college, I had a plan to work at an ad agency. I had a plan in terms of getting the best job I could, like, just whatever normal job.

I'm only 20; you've got your whole career ahead of you. I'm just focused on playing for West Ham and playing with a smile on my face and enjoying it.

When I graduated from Brown, I had a very limited conception of jobs, careers, and what I wanted to do. Basically, I figured I should do some kind of thought work that paid well, but I wasn't sure what.