Gillian Jacobs Quotes

I've been lucky - I've been an actor for eight years and I've never been out of work.

None of my characters have really had jobs.

I'm just happy to be working consistently.

When it comes down to it, I just want to work.

People's jobs are the biggest asset that they have. The net present value of your job is worth more than your house or your stock portfolio. As people decide whether they're going to buy a car, they're more concerned about whether they have a job and are likely to have a job next year.

I really wait for the job to come. Whatever job comes up, I just want to keep working. The jobs don't always come, so you take whatever is available and hope it's a good one.

Work is at the core of human dignity.

Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money.

My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it.

Our present numbers are so happily proportioned to our wants that no man need be idle.

I've been lucky in that I've always loved my job.

You appreciate just being able to work because there are so many actors that aren't. You have to appreciate every single job just the same.

A television job that's working is the best job in the world.

Honestly, I know it sounds corny, but as an actor, I'm just so happy to have a job.

For my family, for my loved ones, my priority is to have a job and perform.

I'll just put it this way: I've struggled enough as a working actor - and, most of the times, a not working actor - to know that anytime you are working is a blessing.

Work is at the heart of human dignity.

Most actors feel only one way. We're just grateful to have a job.

A productive employee who is kept busy working at his or her job is far more likely to be happy at that job and less likely to look for employment elsewhere.

I've never had to get a job as a waiter or anything. I've always been able to support myself in 'the biz.' Which is great. It's really fantastic to be able to say that, because I know it's hard to do.

Happiness does not come from football awards. It's terrible to correlate happiness with football. Happiness comes from a good job, being able to feed your wife and kids. I don't dream football, I dream the American dream - two cars in a garage, be a happy father.

But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work.

'SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half.

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

I do have comfort, because as an actor you don't want that anxiety of wondering if you're going to continue with a certain role or if you're going to be employed the next year. It's nice to be comfortable with that and then you can concern yourself with the stories and nothing else. There's no other agenda than putting out a good product.