- Dodging
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- Nov 07, 2020
Get A Real Quotes
On chasing something that actually sticks.
These get a real quotes capture the gap between brief, guest-style work and something lasting, including a musician recalling family skepticism about writing as a full-time career. Related reading: our Job quotes.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're guest-starring, it's very nice, but you're there very briefly, and it's right there in the name: You're a guest. It's very hard to get a real sense of belonging. With recurring and regular roles, at least you have a sense that this is a home and a steady place.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be able to call myself a New York City based musician is just a pleasure and I still get a real kick out of it.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been grinding at music for over a decade now. Since I was 18, I decided that this is what I wanted to do. It's not an easy thing. When you start getting 25, 26, people are like, 'Oh you're a musician huh? That's what you're gonna do? When are you going to get a real job?' I never gave up.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up making music in my mum's basement, and I used to tell her I was going down there to work, and she'd say, 'That's not work. Go get a real job!' It took me signing a record deal to change her opinion!
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Zombie books were going to be my passion projects, but certainly not pay the bills. I thought I was going to have to get a real job on a sitcom or something, and have my zombie books to remind myself I was still a writer at heart. I never thought I could actually pay my bills and write what I wanted.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was writing full time after quitting a job as a high school English teacher, and I hadn't been able to sell anything, and my bank account was down to zero, and all of my friends were like 'What are you doing in the basement, when are you going to get a real job?', and my parents thought I'd completely lost it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always thought I'd go to university and then get a real job, you know. Now I want to do stuff that really makes me happy. Although I'm still trying to work out what that is. But for me there are always constants.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even as a kid, I would always imagine horrible circumstances in which I would find myself in my head, and imagine how I would feel, and act it out a bit for myself, because I was a bit of a freak like that. I love doing things like that, and I get a real buzz from it afterwards.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don't look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didn't appeal to me.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My aunt could never understand how writing could be a full-time job. She'd keep asking when I'd get a real job!
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother passed away when I was 14, so there were certain things I missed in terms of upbringing. Maybe my mother would have said, 'You have to get a real job.' I don't know because I didn't have that experience. My fortes in school were Spanish, sports, reading and theater. That's what they encouraged.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh, it's essential. I mean, you have to - if I'm writing about the Middle East, I have to go there, and if possible, stay long enough to get a real feeling for what's going on.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020