Wilson Cruz Quotes

I wanted to set 'Heading Out' in a real world, a concept I originally struggled with, as I don't have a proper job.

Marcel, no more painting; go get a job.

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.

I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job.

These days kids get paid enough that they probably don't need to work too much. The problem is when the person is old enough that they need to work to make a living, and the only thing that they know how to do is what they are already washed up in.

I went through college in the 1960s without having any idea that I was going to have to make a living. When I graduated in 1968 it was quite a shock to find out that there was a world out there and that it wasn't going to support me.

If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work.

I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work.

If you think about it, I've never held a job in my life. I went from being an NFL player to a coach to a broadcaster. I haven't worked a day in my life.

You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job.

I want to be a professional.

I mean, you work and you try and find the work that suits you the best and you enjoy the most.

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.

Well, I'd probably go for any work I could get.

I've always had a proper job. I don't know anything else.

We've all had a million day jobs. We got by fine then.

My dad used to cut out newspaper ads and post them to me in the hope I'd get a proper job.

Til I am getting my choice of work, I will keep working.

Work experience for many is their first taste of work and an essential first step into the jobs market.

People shouldn't choose their careers on whether it's cool or not. They should choose their careers on, 'Are they good at it, do they love it, is it going to give them a good life?'

I haven't got a real job.

I love that my dad has stopped asking me when I'm going to get a real job.

None of my characters have really had jobs.

I did plenty of jobs that I hated. I was a bank teller and terrible at it. I parked cars, a valet. I answered phones. I somehow avoided being a waiter. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep the order straight. I'm not much of a multi-tasker.

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.