Marquise Goodwin Quotes

I applied for a job at 'The New York Times' many years ago, and felt correctly that my life depended on it.

I can't get hired in a studio movie. Everything is so uphill.

I can't worry about whether roles will be there for me when I'm older. They're there now, and I'm just not going to panic.

I never stopped working, but I did let my contract run out. And I didn't really actively pursue it.

I didn't have any great job prospects.

I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.

Right now, if you're a talented developer or designer, government is what you go into if you can't get a better job.

I'm not going to comment about potential jobs in the future because that's a rabbit hole to go down and get caught up in, but all I'll say is I'll go where the good scripts are.

I've had those periods in my career when I was sitting around waiting for a phone call and had an agent who was doing the same thing rather than going out there to shake the bushes looking for a job for me. It's a frustrating game, that's the downside of this business - the rejection.

As tough as it is for many college graduates to get their planned careers on track, it could be worse: They could be trying to find a job without a college degree.

There are a lot of good managers out of work because there are only so many jobs out there, and if you get it wrong two jobs running, it's hard to get a third one. That's generally the rule.

In my head, I felt if I'd stayed at City and got a chance, I could have done a good job. It was made clear that wasn't going to happen, though.

I never worry about whether or not I'll find a job.

I always said the whole time all I was waiting for was an opportunity and a chance to get my foot in the door.

My dad used to cut out newspaper ads and post them to me in the hope I'd get a proper job.

It's hard to get opportunities anywhere. There are a lot of coaches out there and a lot of talented coaches too. It's not easy. Quite often there's no perfect situation that emerges.

Whenever you hear news about jobless claims or the unemployment rate, you should translate that in your mind to one simple phrase: Stay in school.

The hardest work in the world is being out of work.

We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than working through a formal computer science curriculum.

When somebody is enthusiastic about a job opportunity - but gives off the feeling that this is not the only one they have on the table - they become more seductive in the employer's eyes. You become more desirable because it shows that you're making a conscious and thoughtful decision for the right reasons.

I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it was pretty easy to get a job in journalism. I went to work at CBS News when I was about 22, and within a year or so was reporting on the air.

There is so much talent out there and not quite as much opportunity.

There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career.

I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.

I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.