Work Refusal Quotes

But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people who can work, people who are able to work, and people who choose not to work: you cannot go on claiming welfare like you are now.

I don't see any easy way of disqualifying people on the basis that they decide not to work.

I refuse to work unless I get paid, so I don't get a lot of work sometimes.

Quentin Tarantino asked me to work with him but there is no way I am going to do that while Matthew Vaughn is working in film.

What is required as we travel towards full unemployment is not new legislation but a gradual change of mental attitude, a shift in values. As our taste for idling grows, we will refuse to work for old-fashioned bosses who demand a five-day, 40-hour, nine-to-five type week, or worse.

I don't want a job, and I think I've been trying my hardest to make sure I don't have a job.

That’s not my job.

When a person thinks that you are not competent enough to do his film or work with him, one should not ask for work from that person.

A lot of designers, they did tell me no. They didn't really wanna work with me.

When I turn down work, I feel guilty, I feel terrible; I don't know where the next job is going to come from.

I refuse to work evenings or weekends. If a script sees my character meeting for dinner, I put a line through the words and make them meet for lunch.

I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I've gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative.