Facts of life Quote by Paul Haggis

I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.

— Elinor Lipman

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.

— Lee Child

I got a job working at a publishing company, Balmur Music, which was a company that Anne Murray was a co-owner in, as a…

— Blake Shelton

Eventually I became involved with somebody, and I was fired

— Tommy Kirk

One week after getting married in my thirties - while I was working as the main anchor at the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio…

— Gretchen Carlson

Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a…

— Jose Saramago

I was at CBS News on a fluke. I replaced somebody who was on vacation. I worked as a copy boy, then became a…

— James L. Brooks

The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.

— Ben Stiller

In my real life, hard work, doing my job, working well with others and finding solutions without drama has never gotten me fired before.

— Kate Gosselin

I'd been fired by CBS News in a semipublic way, and as the months went by, there was a perception that I was damaged…

— Mika Brzezinski

Pretty much any time in my career where I worked on television it was usually because of some financial woes or something.

— Brady Corbet

When I was in my twenties, I was a self-conscious, out-of-work actress. Then I decided to be a writer and got hired on an…

— Erin Foster