“I feel tremendously lucky that I am offered incredible jobs all the time to direct, but the problem that I have just personally is that there are only so many years in my life to dedicate to certain projects.” FeelsYearsProblemJobsCertainLuckyProjectsDirectIncredibles Author:Lake Bell
“My first jobs were at Pixar and John Lasseter just doing animation would always allow actors to do that, and then animate to that. It was an early lesson for me that, if you're lucky enough, as I've been in my career thus far, to get really incredible iconic people to do your stuff, you want them to tell your story and you want them to be on page in the important moments, and they usually are.” PeopleIfsWantFirstsImportantEnoughMomentsStoriesJobsActorsStuffCareersLessonsLuckyPagesIncrediblesAnimationGet RealIconicPixarImportant Moments Author:Dan Fogelman
“I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a "career builder," I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that's left me fairly open to all genres, really. But with "Caprica," the complex, dark and very smart script was the draw.” FeelsJobsLeftDarkCareersLuckySmartDrawsComplexesScriptsGenreBuilderFeels RightVery Smart Author:Eric Stoltz
“We [actors] are so lucky to do jobs that fulfill us and make us happy. We don't go to work thinking okay, we're working to put food in the fridge. We are doing that too, but we're working because we love what we do.” ThinkingJobsActorsLuckyOkaySo LuckyFridges Author:Vanessa Paradis
“I am about life. I surround myself with beautiful things. I work hard to have a better life. This job helps me achieve that through the people I meet. I'm lucky - not to have been a cover girl - but to have been able to meet all these people, to live these adventures and travel so comfortably. But despite that, it's still difficult. Nothing comes easily. Everything I've earned is down to me, and no one else.” PeopleHas BeensStillsHardHelpingAbleJobsBeautifulGirlDifficultAchieveAdventureHard WorkLuckyDespiteHelp MeSurroundBeautiful ThingsBetter LifeAdventure And TravelCover Girl Author:Lea Seydoux
“I've honestly been so lucky. I've never had a job where I didn't look forward to being on set in the morning.” LooksJobsMorningLuckyHonestlySo Lucky Author:Jamie Bamber
“I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck.” SchoolJobsThreeWeekLuckyHigh SchoolDollarsLeavingVegetablesTruck Author:Ernest Borgnine
“I'm the proverbial kid in the candy store. I'm a guy who is lucky enough to have been chosen to turn his compulsive hobby into a profession. If I didn't have my job, I'd be doing almost the same thing for free.” IfsHas BeensEnoughKidsJobsGuyTurnsLuckyProfessionStoresChosenHobbiesCandyProverbialCandy Stores Author:Dick Latvala
“The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky because when I started acting, it was doing jobs above pubs. I learned to act in anonymity, so by the time people saw me, I knew what I was doing. I was crap for years, but no one saw me being crap. It's a trade you learn.” PeopleThinkingYearsCharacterShowsJobsActingSawsLuckyTradeTricksCrapShowing OffAnonymityPubs Author:Eddie Marsan
“I've been really lucky because when I go out to L.A. it's for a job, not to look for a job. That's the way I like L.A. most - when I already have a job.” WayLooksJobsLucky Author:Marin Ireland
“I had some bad jobs when I was young. Writing is not one of them. If you're fortunate enough to reach my age, to still be writing, you have to be grateful, and I am. I've been lucky. For many years, all I've done is writing, and it's all I've ever wanted to do.” IfsWritingYearsStillsDoneEnoughAgeWantedJobsYoungLuckyGratefulFortunateBe GratefulBad Jobs Author:Richard Flanagan
“We all exist in similar systems that mirror and reproduce the same American culture for the most part. What Oscar Wilde said about the lucky author who has a non-literary day job no longer holds, if it ever did. Artists seek validation as much as they seek money. The creation and invention of culture and canon is where most of the trouble lies.” IfsSaidJobsLyingArtistCultureTroubleCreationLuckyMirrorsInventionOscarsAmerican CultureValidationCanonDay JobsWilde Author:Fady Joudah
“Some of the folks we see are in for defending themselves against their abusers, or drug charges that, because of the California state prison system, they have mandatory sentencing and life in prison for three counts of simple drug possession, or whatever. I find it not only helpful but, I think, necessary in maintaining my grounding and my perspective. Because music is such an unrealistic job to have. It's a really lucky job to have, but it's also very unrealistic.” ThinkingStatesJobsThreeSimplePerspectiveDrugLuckyMusic IsPrisonFolksPossessionCaliforniaHelpfulMaintainingAbusersGroundingPrison System Author:Thao Nguyen
“I worked probably fewer jobs than most people, or fewer real soul-killing jobs than other people. I've been a typist, a typesetter, a keyliner, cappuccino-maker. I think I've been pretty lucky.” PeopleThinkingRealSoulJobsLuckyKillingMakersFewerCappuccino Author:Bonnie Jo Campbell
“To me, if you're lucky enough to make stuff that people will pay money for, do a good job. Really do a good job. Especially if you're talking about real stuff, like terror atrocities and human rights abuses and pencil-sharpening techniques.” PeopleIfsHumansRealEnoughJobsStuffPayTalkingRightsLuckyAbuseHuman RightsTerrorTechniqueGood JobPencilsAtrocitiesSharpeningReal Stuff Author:David Rees
“I did Bored To Death with Jason [Schwartzman] and Zach Galifianakis and those guys. I mean, how lucky can you be that you get to be the old guy? I get to be Robert Preston to them now. That's what I feel. My job is to pass on what Preston and other people gave to me, which was show up, take the work seriously, don't take yourself seriously, and have a good time and be of service. Be there to support.” PeopleFeelsMeanShowsJobsGuySupportLuckyBoredGood TimesHaving A Good TimeJasonOld GuysBored To Death Author:Richard Masur
“I definitely have friends who - they've gone to multiple jobs, they've had trouble finding jobs, some have gone back to school - it's a very transitional period in anyone's life. I think definitely people have, even like my girlfriend for example, she works her job - and just the fact that she has a job - she just feels super lucky in this economy. But it can really shape, I think, the way you view the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayFeelsFactsSchoolJobsViewsEconomyGoneTroubleExamplePeriodsShapesLuckyFindingsGirlfriendMultipleMy GirlfriendMultiple Jobs Author:Chris Baio
“I think it's so incredibly special to be able to try to recapitulate that feeling I had when I was sitting in that theater, as a 7-year-old. It's an extraordinary job. I'm incredibly lucky.” ThinkingTryingYearsFeelingsAbleJobsSpecialLuckySittingTheaterExtraordinary Author:Chris Weitz
“On an independent film you're lucky if you get one, but ostensibly the job is the same. There's very little difference, apart from the knowledge that there's a captive audience at the end of it - which you can't always guarantee with a movie.” IfsLittlesEndsJobsFilmDifferencesAudienceLuckyIndependentGuaranteesCaptivesIndependent Film Author:Charles Dance
“I think that I am lucky and blessed to have the job that I have. I'm trying to create longevity. If that means that I transition and do different things at different points in my life, then that's fine.” IfsThinkingTryingMeanDifferentJobsFineLuckyBlessedDifferent ThingsTransitionLongevity Author:Katee Sackhoff
“I'm one of the lucky people that, my job is my passion, is my hobby. I hope this doesn't sound arrogant: I truly feel that this is what I'm meant to do, to swim and to talk about protecting the environment, my two passions.” PeopleFeelsTwoJobsPassionSoundEnvironmentLuckySwimArrogantHobbiesMy Passion Author:Lewis Pugh
“I just feel like why spend all my time doing something that makes me unhappy just to spend my time off thinking about how I have to go back to a job. It's such a vicious cycle that people get stuck in. But I'm also very lucky. I can't sit here too eagerly and say all that.” PeopleThinkingFeelsI CanJobsLuckyStuckUnhappyMy TimeCyclesViciousTime OffVicious Cycles Author:Justin Vernon
“There are many hundreds of millions of people who have jobs harder than (mine), and I also remind myself of that every day. No matter how frustrating this can be, I am very lucky that I have been able to cobble together a little life, in which (comedy) is what I do. I am certainly not in danger of getting stuck in a mine anytime soon.” PeopleLittlesHas BeensMatterAbleTogetherJobsMillionsComedyDangerMinesLuckyHarderStuckFrustrating Author:Chris Gethard
“I've always been lucky enough to just play tennis, so I never actually had a job when I was growing up.” EnoughPlayJobsGrowing UpGrowingLuckyTennis Author:Andy Murray
“I was lucky enough to just play music as a living and not have a nine-to-five job. I didn't have to pay the bills so I was able to experiment.” EnoughPlayAbleJobsPayFiveLuckyBillsNineExperiments Author:Mark Stoermer
“In the summer between my freshman and sophomore year, my grandfather got me a job at a local messenger company working on Wall Street. I was lucky enough to have been in the business during a stock market boom but just before the fax machine appeared on the scene, let alone email and the Internet. As a result, the messenger business was booming.” YearsHas BeensEnoughJobsResultsCompanyStreetsWallInternetSceneLuckySummerMachinesLocalsGrandfatherEmailMy GrandfatherMessengersFreshmanSophomoreFaxSophomore YearFax Machines Author:Lewis Schiff
“I did the Daily Show, and then I did Air America Radio, and I realized that I was lucky enough to have a job where I could get information to people. But those spaces weren't appropriate to then tell people what to do - they were corporate enterprises. My main job was to be funny, so I was trying to figure out, how can I combine all the things I love - comedy, feminism, calling out bullshit - into a creative space that other creative people would want to join in and help out?” PeopleWantTryingEnoughHelpingShowsJobsAmericaSpaceCreativeComedyAirFeminismFiguresInformationCallingLuckyRadioI RealizedCorporateEnterpriseAppropriateBullshitCreative PeopleThings I LoveDaily ShowCreative SpaceAir America Author:Lizz Winstead
“One of [ways being lucky] was to go to school during the Great Depression because teaching became a plum job.” WaySchoolJobsTeachingLuckyGreat DepressionPlums Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“I just consider myself lucky that I've been a musician this long and not had to find another job.” LongJobsLuckyMusician Author:Paul Young
“For me, I'm not in an industry where I'm starving. I'm so lucky to have this job, I'm compensated for my work in an incredible way. But what I do ask is when I join a production I want to make sure that the male actor isn't making four times my salary, which has been true, or seven times my salary. And if that's true you go, you know what, I don't need this job. It's not really asking for more - it's asking for something that is respectable and equal to the male actor and you have to go, why are women being valued less?” IfsKnowsWayWantNeedsHas BeensJobsActorsAsksFourIndustryLuckyEqualAskingSevenMalesIncrediblesProductionsSalaryStarvingRespectableSo LuckyTrue You Author:Jessica Chastain
“It's part of my responsibility, as an actor who has been lucky enough to have this job, to take my job very seriously, show up on time, know my lines, and give the best performance that I can because I'm doing something that so many other people work very hard to have and never get.” PeopleKnowsGivingHas BeensI CanHardEnoughShowsJobsActorsLinesResponsibilityLuckyPerformancesBest Performance Author:Eric Stonestreet
“I would advise budding writers some other kind of job, unless they think they're very, very lucky.” ThinkingKindJobsLuckyAdvise Author:Terry Pratchett
“I did a job, [Don King] took money, probably more than he should have. If I was supposed to get $10 million, I was lucky to get $6.5 million. It happens and you can't do much, you decide whether to take it or leave it. King was a promoter, and he was good at it.” IfsShouldHappensJobsMillionsKingsLuckyShould HavePromoters Author:Larry Holmes
“In a growing number of states, you're actually expected to pay back the costs of your imprisonment. Paying back all these fees, fines, and costs may be a condition of your probation or parole. To make matters worse, if you're one of the lucky few who actually manages to get a job following release from prison, up to 100% of your wages can be garnished to pay back all those fees, fines and court costs. One hundred percent.” IfsMayMatterStatesJobsNumbersPayGrowingConditionsFineCostLuckyPercentHundredCourtPrisonFollowingExpectedManageReleaseWagesFeesImprisonmentParoleProbation Author:Michelle Alexander
“Having done a normal job for 10 years, as a psychiatric nurse dealing with emergencies, I know what terrible, hopeless lives some people have. So in many ways, it's great to be able to wield the financial power that I can, and do gigs, fundraisers or give money. I feel lucky I can help out.” PeopleKnowsWayGivingFeelsYearsI CanDoneHelpingAbleJobsTerribleLuckyNormalFinancialHopelessNurseEmergenciesGigsPsychiatricFundraiser Author:Jo Brand
“I'm lucky to have a job where I can bring my kids to work. I love the days they come visit me on set. My goal is and has always been to do work that my kids can be proud of - to set a good example for them. As long as I can still spend quality time with my kids, I'll continue to do what I'm doing and hopefully make them proud.” LongStillsI CanKidsJobsGoalQualityExampleProudLuckyHopefullyBe ProudGood ExamplesQuality Time Author:Alyssa Milano
“I've been really lucky to spend some time around actors and artists I really admire. One thing I gathered from asking a lot of questions is that part of this job and this life we've chosen is doing personal exploration in front of an audience. In a lot of ways, that's what art is: personal searching with people watching.” PeopleWayArtJobsArtistActorsAudienceOne ThingFrontsLuckyArt IsAskingChosenAdmireThis LifeExploration Author:Jason Segel
“I feel like talking to people who don't tour, when you talk about touring - obviously we're super blessed and very lucky to be doing what we do - but there are so many weird things that could never happen anywhere else. When I talk to people who don't tour they look at me like I'm being bratty and complaining about this job that I have. It's not that! It's the fact that when I'm home I can exercise every day, I can cook myself good meals, then when I'm on the road for a long time it's like, "There's a Subway. I guess I'm eating a bowl full of lettuce because I don't eat McDonalds."” PeopleFeelsLooksLongI CanFactsHomeHappensJobsTalkingExerciseLuckyEatingLong TimeBlessedComplainingCooksMealsBowlsLook At MeTouringSubwayMcdonaldsWeird ThingsLettuceGood Meals Author:Bethany Cosentino
“I do a job and am lucky enough to do a job that I love, but it is a hard one. I'm not saying it is as hard as working in a coal mine, but it is still difficult in a different way. Sometimes you have to go through very strong emotional journeys and then come back to yourself. And that can be difficult to control.” WayStillsDifferentSometimesHardEnoughJobsStrongDifficultJourneyEmotionalMinesLuckyDifferent WaysVery StrongCoalStrong Emotional Author:Javier Bardem
“If you don't have the good fortune to work a lot then you take any job you get offered, whether it's a good job, fun job, a bad job, horrible job, whatever, you just take what you need to take. But I'm lucky in that - at the moment anyway and hopefully forever, but who knows - I get the chance to pick jobs for the kick of it and the fun.” IfsKnowsNeedsMomentsJobsFunChanceForeverLuckyPicksFortuneHorribleHopefullyKicksGood JobGood FortuneBad JobsHorrible Jobs Author:James McAvoy
“If I get a script that's set in the jungle it goes to the bottom of the pile because I don't think the playgrounds are going to be very good there! I'm really aware of how lucky I am but I have the kind of job where I can bring my child to work.” IfsThinkingKindChildrenI CanJobsLuckyBottomVery GoodScriptsMy ChildrenJunglePlaygrounds Author:Kate Beckinsale
“If you ask men why they did a good job, they'll say, 'I'm awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?' If you ask women why they did a good job, what they'll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard.” IfsMenHardJobsAsksLuckyAskingGood Job Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“When 'American Pie' happened, I was so lucky to get that opportunity and I just tried to do a good job in that genre. But the films that inspired me as a kid were, like, Malcolm McDowall in 'A Clockwork Orange.' He was my hero.” KidsJobsFilmOpportunityHappenedHeroLuckyInspiredGenrePieOrangeGood JobMy HeroSo LuckyClockworkAmerican Pie Author:Sean William Scott
“When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses - it was right after 'Roots,' and for society, not me, it was great. Nice richly dark-skinned people was the fashion, and I was not.” PeopleSchoolJobsDarkActingNiceFashionLuckyRootsActressesAfrican AmericanHiringDark Skinned Author:Anna Deavere Smith