Jennifer Esposito Quotes

Series work is just grueling.

I hated being a flight attendant. I did it for a month and then quit.

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.

Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.

The worst job I ever had was working in the call center of an electric company. I sat in a tiny cubicle getting yelled at every day so I could earn minimum wage.

I waited tables in New York, and when you're in that line of work, you often have a horrible boss.

I've had some terrible jobs, but working in a kitchen at Cracker Barrel is probably the worst I've ever had. I was a grill cook - awful! It wasn't the smell, it was the people. The music, too. We had to be 'country fresh,' so they played this terrible country music eight hours during the shift. It was a bleak existence - a very dark time.

I just waited tables three nights a week to cover the bases.

I was a waitress at a really rundown Italian restaurant in Dublin, for about a week, at 16. I thought it was going to be romantic - overhearing affairs and watching first-time couples all loved up. But instead I was just running about constantly.

In 2010, I was working in a bank in Lagos. It was a crazy job with long working hours. I had to leave for the office by 5:30 A.M., and sometimes I wouldn't be back until midnight.

I worked at McDonald's. I cooked. It was one of the toughest jobs I've ever had. These people earn every single penny they get. In fact, they earn way more than they get.

Working at a restaurant is a tough gig.

Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.

I couldn't make ends meet. I tried Red Lobster. I tried Wal-Mart. I tried all these places and I couldn't make it. I couldn't. So, I tried this gentlemen's club, and, you know, I worked there, and it was just awful in those places. It was terrible.

You get up about 2-3 o'clock in the morning and get through about 7 or 8 and 12 hours later you start all over. That's the worst kind of work a person can do. You have to do these two shifts to get one day.

There's too much down time making movies. That leads to boredom. And that leads to trouble.

The worst job I ever had was working nights in the Chrysler Building. I was part of a team of about five guys, and we polished the leather furniture.

At the end of the day, I'm reading the news. I'm not digging ditches. I'm not fighting fires. It's a long day, and it's a lot of responsibility, and it can be a little bewildering sometimes with the schedule. But, you know, it's a job, and they pay me well to do a job.

I've earned my living in all sorts of terrible ways - as a janitor, a copy editor, a psychotherapist.

I was a lousy waiter, dealing with people and having people in your face like that.

I don't like sitting around sets - I don't like the unpredictability of it.

I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy - girl - when I was younger and sold things at little fairs when I was younger. I mostly related the role to being a waitress and having to deal with customers. There are good people and some not-so-good people.

My job is discouraging in the extreme—it often tempts me to quit the helm in despair.

The miserable living conditions, the long [work] hours, the universal insecurity, tended to tear down the personality, cheapen the man.

TV is a hard job. You work 15 hours a day. People tell you what to do. I hate to do it.