Jim Henson Quotes

Well, for me the canning factory was minimum wage, which at the time I believe was $3.40 or something. I was just happy to have a job.

I was making almost minimum wage on 'The Young and the Restless.' But it was my first job, so I accepted my first quote. I had a great time on it, and it obviously led me to better things.

There are some people who have had no pay rises for a very long time, and, working in highly skilled and highly responsible roles and in the health services and education, they deserve to be properly remunerated.

Although being economics editor sounds impressive, it does not mean I actually edit anything. It mainly reflects two decades of title-inflation at the BBC, which has given ever more status to senior reporters, presumably because it is cheaper to do that than to offer higher pay.

Five years is a long time to play one part.

Men, by and large, make more because of some of the things they do. Their jobs are, by and large, riskier. They don’t mind working nights and weekends. They don’t mind working overtime or outdoors.

I think I made more money when I was lifeguarding at 15 years old than I did on my first year at 'SNL.'

Wal-Mart creates entry level jobs for people who don't have a lot of skills; those jobs don't pay a lot.

A dream job is to walk right past hair and makeup.

In WCW, your future was determined by the time you signed the contract. I was the lowest-paid guy in the company at $75,000.

After years of working on books, I eventually took a more business-oriented job, for the same sorts of reasons that most people take most new jobs: fancier title, higher pay, opportunities for advancement.

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

Most of us got jobs right after 'The Larry Sanders Show' because of 'The Larry Sanders Show.' I know that for a fact for myself.

At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change.

I think anyone who has a job in the entertainment industry that is ongoing and then decides they get bored and doesn't want to do it anymore is foolish!

I think this happens to a lot of people, men and women, where you reach a point in your life and all of a sudden realize that things have changed. You suddenly realize that people are coming up behind you, that maybe somebody might want to replace you for less money.

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.

Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.

Most of America doesn't pay dishwashers $10.

First and foremost, I enjoy working. I'm not at that level where I can pick and choose anything. When I get hired, I take it, and I'm like, 'Let's go!'

The minimum wage is not something that you want to stay on as a permanent basis. For example, if you have a minimum wage job, you don't stay there 20 or 30 years. You don't put your children through college working on minimum wage.

Once a waitress, always a waitress.

At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience.

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