Short-Term Employment Quotes

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government job.

I worked in a supermarket for a year; I worked in a finance department at a university, a pub, busking and singing. I tried to be a nanny for about three weeks.

In this business, you can come and go in a second.

I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired me was out of town Tuesday.

I worked as a clerical assistant at the Department of Health and Social Security for about three months before I went to drama school.

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

After having seen the job done on that first show of mine, I realized that I felt like I wanted to work again for a short while. Two, three years, then stop.

I'd never be tied down for five years interviewing TV personalities.

You must prepare to quit, and they should start doing that from day one because the average life of a pro-football player is only three and a half years. It's not five. It's not seven. It's not 10.

The NBA is a beautiful job in a lot of ways. But for living stability, thinking you're going to be somewhere for a long time, it's not for that.

I could never hold a job for more than three months, which works out well because that's how long a movie shoots.

I worked in Toronto for two days. And by work I mean sit in a trailer for 15 hours, say two lines, and leave.

Nothing lasts forever in my profession.

Well, it's not full time - my dancers are only paid for six months of the year in two three-month blocks; but yes, it is possible we could do it in another year.

There's just no real job security when you're shooting a show about an apocalypse, and anybody could die at any time.

A five-year contract is worth no more than a six-month contract these days; it's very concerning.

I was a typical French student of the 1990s - I imagined that, after a short excursion, I would work the rest of my life at home.

I don't say that I have a job. I have a gig, or a piece, or a film, or a show, but it's never a job.

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

Straight out of college, I worked at the Conservative Party but that was just a couple of years.

People actually aren't moving on from companies much more quickly than in the past, but there's a perception that they do, so companies are investing less in talent on the assumption that young employees won't stay long.

Before I was an actor, I was never able to hold a job for more than 3 months for some reason. It just wouldn't hold my interest, so there was some way that I wound up quitting or getting fired from it. But being an actor is perfect, because movies usually take about three months to shoot. Then it's over and they say, 'Hey, great job!'

I would love to work in America. I wouldn't love to live there, but I'd love to experience working there.

I borrowed a lot of money from my parents in the years leading up to the 2000 Olympics, and I worked odd jobs.

I am just a journeyman actor. Most often I take what's offered me, and I've been able to work year after year. I was in 'Scarface.' Some people think this must have done me a world of good. Truth to tell, six months after 'Scarface' I had to take a job with a real estate development friend for a few months just to get by.