Quotes About Achievement

I do not know how much my own work has achieved, and I must not pretend it has done more than it has.

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

In life, you don't get instant satisfaction. In life, you get to slog. You work. You grow. You take the long view. You fill the void with self-actualization.

I just hope to work with great people, and do things that are challenging for me and that I can be proud of and not have to hide my face about. Those are my guidelines.

I just want to play interesting characters, and I want to work with the best directors I can work with.

Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.

Why does Louis CK get named Comedy Person of the Year? I should be named Comedy Person of the Year just so I can parlay it into another few weeks of road work.

I really like to work a lot. It makes time go by fast.

I did become quite well known from 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', and it helped hugely. I wasn't as famous as Hugh Grant, but I certainly began to work.

I would have played street cop number three if it meant getting to work with Chris Nolan.

The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is the point.

The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.

I just would like to keep going. If I kept getting the kind of work that I've been getting for the last 20 years for the next 20, I'd be a bloody Dame of the British Empire. I'd be so happy.

I wouldnt say that I was a born performer, because I work very hard at it.

I'm not really keen on comebacks. Eurythmics was an incredible thing. When I look back on that work, I feel very satisfied with it.

Being an entrepreneur does require commitment. It is hard work, but it is also highly rewarding. So when you can look back and see yourself building a successful company.

Having been a chef for some many years, I understand what it's like to work really, really hard to get good at something, only to have someone piss all over it.

You want to do work that is remembered, you want to be a part of something that's remembered.

I think very often the price paid for a work is the trophy itself.

When I was 15, I worked at a dry cleaner because I wanted Abercrombie Fitch jeans. My mom told me I could have $20 jeans, not $70 jeans, unless I was willing to work for them. So I did!

I'm not into clubbing. I want to be known for my work.

Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it's never good enough. People say I'm the queen of Cannes, but in Italy I get turned down for work.

It's really cool going into a casting room and having them know who you are and the work that you've done.

I think that it's a myth that there's one job that makes your whole career, unless you're winning an Oscar. But even that doesn't work for some people.