Anita Hassanandani Reddy Quotes

It's not a very secure industry. I've spoken to a couple of people recently who had a successful TV show and then found themselves absolutely skint and struggling to find a job.

There isn't a single business where anybody feels secure.

No one really has any job security anymore, including myself.

I was on 'Gilmore Girls' for seven years and had a couple decent years after that. Then, two years of almost nothing. I had jobs here and there, but I got very, very scared.

I have invested some money and I have a home, but people don't realise that you might only be working for a few weeks of the year and remain unemployed the rest of the time.

Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.

When I was focusing on theater, I would go on for months without any work and could hardly pay the rent.

American capitalism today offers us no assurances that our efforts will be rewarded by security, stability or enough income to let us live well or at least well enough… Contemporary capitalism turns all workers—laborers and managers alike—into economic junk. The days if a long career with one employer, once a key part of the American dream, are long gone for most workers.

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

Many in the precariat know they have to spend considerable time just waiting for opportunities to arise.

Acting is one of the most risky businesses you could ever be in. You literally do not know where your next paycheck will come from.

One of the big changes in politics has been because families, individuals, have felt worried, insecure... worried about the economy, worried about their jobs, worried about their kids' futures... actually the disconnect between the public and media discourse and people's everyday concerns has become bigger not smaller.

You never can take for granted that you have a job.

Nowadays, there's no such thing as a stable job.

Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It's a really frightening life.

I felt a failure because I couldn't sustain myself from what I earned from my writing. My day jobs were what mattered, and it was hard to even get those because universities wouldn't hire me as a real writer.

The word 'career' and 'actor' really don't fit in the same paragraph, let alone sentence. There is no career structure for actors.

I'm constantly paranoid that I'll be unemployed for the rest of my life... and have to go back folding shirts at the Gap, which you know... you gotta do what you gotta do.

Going to college and finding a good job no longer guarantee economic safety.

The fear of being laid off next payday did as much damage as real unemployment.

This business is so unstable, and you never really know where you're going to be.

If I ever stop being grateful for gigs, I just need to stop. Because this business is... you know, it's just so kind of job-to-job, and the fact that I've continued working... I'm just incredibly thankful for it. And I never, ever take it for granted.

So many things I thought I was doing have fallen apart. Until I've finished filming, I don't believe I have the job.

Precariousness is not just a working-class thing.

I've always had to move between a couple of years of unemployment, where offers are not provocative enough to take, and seasons where I work nonstop for a year. It's always been an erratic rhythm.