Alternative Employment Quotes

I have no desire to switch companies or go to UFC or anything like that.

Keep in mind that in 1975, when you became a cook, it was because you were between two things: you were between getting out of the military and... going to jail. Anybody could be a cook, just like anybody could mow the lawn.

I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.

Never go into debt to become a writer. Always find other ways to support yourself so you can do the work you truly love for the right reasons. Never ask your art to support you. If you ask your art to support you it will either end up comprised or you'll be disappointed with it. It's a lot to ask of creativity for it to provide for you financially. Find a scrappy way to get by and then do the work you love for the reasons you love.

Before boxing I was a car salesman but I was horrible at it and had to make a living elsewhere.

As far as unwed mothers on welfare are concerned, it seems to me that they must be capable of some other form of labor.

If I lost my job, I'd get a job at McDonald's.

There were definitely a few ways I could have gone after 'Totally Biased' ended. One of those was getting a job at Starbucks.

There isn't a single windmill owner in Holland who doesn't have a second job, for when there is no wind.

I guess if everything went tits up, having no work whatsoever, obviously you have to do something else. At the moment I don't see myself quitting, but I'm open minded about it.

Another occupation might have been better.

I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living.

Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don't know what I'd do.

I was still making movies so it wasn't as if I were working in a bar, but they were independent films that couldn't find distributors.

I've done everything from stocking shelves at a natural food co-op, to baking bagels at Brueggers and bussing tables. Then I realized that jobs suck, but if you could get up at 6 A.M. and bake your own breakfast, that is very satisfying.

If I have to work in McDonalds, fine - I had a really great run and made a living at music for 20 years, and how many other people can say that?

I think I've exhausted all my options in the U.K., unless I become a game show host.

O.K., my family isn't, like, stupid-wealthy. But I'm coming from a place where if football doesn't work out, I don't have to work at McDonald's.

I actually quit the business. I went and drove a truck for a year and a half.

For a lot of young managers, especially those who have not played at the top end of the game, there is also a financial need to work. Some of them could find employment in another field, but you can't beat making a living out of something you really enjoy doing.

If it wasn't for the music bein' my outlet, I'd probably be hustlin', I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to go and get a nine-to-five, I never finished high school or none of that.

If I only did theatre I would have had to waitress, and I didn't want to waitress.

I don't do so much acting work now, as there aren't the parts except for 'Tango'. So if I didn't have the cabaret work, I don't know what I would be doing.

If I had to depend on what I actually get from sales, I'd be tending bar between sets.

It's a good thing I have another job because the UFC doesn't pay very well.