Sam Allardyce Quotes

If you don't allow yourself to change from book to book - take chances - it turns into a dullish job with no health benefits or pension plan and only intermittent paychecks.

I always say, even in this industry that I'm in - I'm on a show today, but the show could get cancelled.

When you're in show business no matter what you're doing it's an insecure business.

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!

I'm fortunate that I'm employed. And if you're in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh my god, tomorrow I'll never, ever work again.

Work is fun to me. All those years of being an actor and a director and not being able to get a job - two weeks is too long to not know what my next job will be.

The feeling of insecurity is inimical to our sense of wellbeing, as it causes anxiety and stress, which harms our physical and mental health. It is no surprise then that, according to some surveys, workers across the world value job security more highly than wages.

I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

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

Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life.

I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.

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 think the life of an actor is glamorous to other people, but then the reality sets in: you don't know where you will be next year or how long you'll be there for.

And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow.

He that's secure is not safe.

In Afghanistan, life is so fragile; who knows what the next week will bring? That fragility really affects the way you're able to report, and the kind of stories people will tell you.

It's very rare in life to be sure about something - particularly when it's an issue.

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

I mean, I've never really had much security, to be honest.

As an actress, you never know when you're going to work again - and there's so much dependency on working.

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.

It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you.

The first thing you have to do is make sure you're still wanted back. I never take that for granted any more.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.