Josephine Langford Quotes

I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.

I try to keep my own career in check, but when I came to America there were very few people wrestling.

Ask people who have the job you want how they got it.

There is a need for new talent in the industry but newcomers don't know whom to approach and how. Social media has become a bridge.

When you first start working, you take whatever job is offered, because you have to build your resume. But you don't think about what you're building.

When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.

I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college.

I have always advised people never to apply for a job you do not really want.

I couldn't tell you the ratio, but probably for every job you see me do, there would be 20 rejections.

Best results are often achieved well before you need a job, by consistently networking so that when you find yourself job-hunting you have a large network to work with.

I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role.

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.

I'm always trying to look for different roles.

There was a time where I chose my jobs based on what jobs were available to me, so I would choose 100 percent of them.

I don't think I've ever had a real desire to pick out any particular role - I just see what comes up.

The only time a friend has ever helped me in the industry was how I got my first job - that was through Mike Figgis.

People don't tend to be unhappy in jobs doing something that they love, so I think it's important that those entering the world of work for the first time are given as much information as possible on how to get into the career that they want.

It was definitely a very appealing prospect to be in a company, especially as an art student: we had it hammered into us that the odds of us finding a job, especially fresh out of school, was very slim, and we could expect to work as a bartender for the next three years after we graduate.

The industry is big, and if I get an interesting role, I will take it up.

If you want a job, do what I did: work for other people for 50 years; but the odds of you getting swallowed up by the blasphemous godless, decadent, deadly spirit of today's show business are thousands to one.

You can't get a job without experience and you can't get experience until you have a job. Once you solve that problem you are home free.

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.

A lot of my friends aren't working, especially since fewer films are being made now and there's more competition.

And so I'm still giving some thought - I will transition hopefully into the corporate world. And I look forward to getting involved in several other areas that I have a great interest in.

When I graduated from college I didn't want to play in the AFL.