Esther McVey Quotes

You don't choose. I just go where the work is.

I thought I wanted to be an electrical engineer, which I turned out to be. But I was always curious about other things too, and what if I got interested in history or the law?

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

We're all on a journey. The average American switches professions four times. I'm lucky to be in a business where I can change the character I am playing every couple of months.

Japanese were too loyal to companies, and young people see what happened: the loyalty was wasted. They think: 'Look at Americans. They job hop. They seem to be free. That's the way we want to live.'

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 always say, I have been fired from more jobs than most people would ever have had in their entire career.

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

I haven't got a real job.

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

That's what is great about what I do, going from one job to the other.

I know I'll always work. In what form, it really doesn't matter.

I'm trying to solidify a long-term career, because I have no other skills and no other abilities.

I used to go from one job to another. I started at seven years old in theater and used to go from one job to another.

Jobs follow people. People don't follow jobs.

I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.

The more versatile you make yourself, the more work you get. Training makes you more versatile and ultimately gets you more work. Julliard taught me that.

The average person has eight different jobs over the course of their lifetime. You get a little antsy doing the same thing.

I really wait for the job to come. Whatever job comes up, I just want to keep working. The jobs don't always come, so you take whatever is available and hope it's a good one.

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

I totally have no other talent and I would be totally out of work if I did anything else.

I have never been interested in specific roles.

We're moving toward the kind of work world which has less security. But we hope it has more creativity and possibility of real engagement.

I liked my old job better.

The thing about this business is you have to take the work while you can.