Frank Shorter Quotes

My mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn't work out.

Obviously, I'm going to graduate college. So if sports don't work out, I'll have something to fall back on.

If I hadn't made it as a footballer I would have been an electrician. I studied to be an electrician even though I was progressing at football because you never know at that stage if you are going to be there for sure.

I think I put myself in a position where I have all kinds of opportunities available to me, if God forbid something doesn't work out, at least I have other options.

I have a backup plan. Everybody should have a backup plan. I am a banker. The day you all get bored of me and don't want to watch my films, I will go back to banking.

The odds are stacked against you becoming a footballer, so my family made sure I always had a backup plan.

If you fail to make a mark, you might not get good work later. So, it is important for every actor to have a plan B to bank on. Here, nothing lasts forever. That's why my husband pushes me to do different things in life.

Education lays a strong foundation. I was keen on films, but my mother insisted on me finding all about the line I was planning to take. I am into films but I know my Plan B is ready, just in case.

You don't know where a sport can take you, so I want to make sure that I have an education behind me in case things don't work out.

I need something to fall back on if fame doesn't work. I'll have to become an economist or something.

Hollywood is fickle; your career can end pretty fast. If the acting jobs dry up, you have to have something to fall back on. In fact, that would be my advice to kids interested in acting - make sure you get an education too.

Right now I'm just thinking about school and trying to get those grades and keep them up! In case I become a Norma Desmond when I grow up, I can have something to fall back on!

I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.

I was at the mercy of somebody else to just give me a job in the years after 'Boy Meets World' ended, whereas if I had gone to college and had when a Plan B, and it was something else that I loved, I could've walked away at any point.

When I started acting, everyone told me to get a backup in case it didn't work out; if there was something else I could have done, I would have done it. Acting should never be your chosen path if you can help it.

I have a Plan B, Plan C, but my Plan A is working, so I'll keep doing that.

Snowboarding is a huge part of my life, but I also feel like it's important to have a plan B or a back-up plan for after my career because I can't snowboard for my whole life competitively.

I've put myself in this position where I haven't set myself up with a Plan B. I don't have a safety net; it's all in.

Great teams always have a Plan B. Look at Barcelona. Their Plan B is to stick to Plan A

Plan B. You've always got to have a Plan B.

Careers can disappear just as quickly as they're made, so I'm in no hurry.

I'm not going to pre-empt anything regarding how my career's going to go because I'm always prepared for the worst.

I didn't know at all I wanted to do TV. I thought I might go to law school. I might want to become a history professor.

My whole thing is I want to have a backup plan because maybe I won't get another acting job after 'Fame', maybe I'll want to give up on acting in five years or whatever and I want to have something else that I enjoy just as much as I enjoy acting.

If the acting don't work out, I'll have a future in construction.