Merv Griffin Quotes

I get to choose things that interest me as opposed to trying to get any job that will have me, which for a vast majority of actors is the case.

I've been doing TV for fourteen years, and I've always had a fascination with the political business side. It's ruled my life. Ratings or no ratings have decided where I live, who I work with, and how long I'll be doing that particular job.

Every job is a blessing. Everyone has to take into account what is available. Are you paying rent, who do you get to work with? There are a lot of variables in the job. What I'm drawn to is things that I don't completely understand maybe, and want to get a better feel for it.

I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working.

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

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.

There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year.

I love doing TV. It's so great for my world as a mom, as someone who likes to have a steady job and go to work feeling secure because I'm with a family.

People want the dignity of work.

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

I would work every day if I could.

I just want to work.

The humanities are not something that get you a pension and health insurance.

People from my father's generation didn't have the luxury to be unhappy in their job.

I've always been an independent producer. I'd kind of like to be hired help for a change. I don't mind that.

I don't know. I feel really lucky. I've just got work in the way that I really enjoy working. That's not too much fuss. Just getting up and going on set every day.

Well I guess I always look at other people who have maybe more traditional jobs and I think gosh their weeks are so much more stressful and busy than mine.

I was a business major at the University of Richmond, and after I graduated, I took a job at a corporate ad agency. I had comedic dreams, but I also had a realistic look at what I had to do when I left school: maybe I'm funny, but maybe I'm one of a hundred thousand funny people, you know?

I was always told as a kid the most important thing you could have was a job that paid you sick pay if you needed it and came with a bit of a pension.

I love what I do and know I'm good at it. It helps that I can get financial support along the way.

It feels great to know that more people are finding work and gaining the experience, not to mention self-confidence, that they need.

I just need to work. There's no other thing with me.

Employees who work for WWF, they have better benefits than the wrestlers do. The ones they should take care of is the wrestlers.

Jobs give people a sense of independence, security and self-confidence.

The Blanks has just been a godsend because I don't have to sit around waiting for the phone to ring and I get to go out and be gainfully employed while I'm waiting for another job.