Quotes About Work

I try to take the pain and find a way to use it in my work; I find that it makes the work deeper.

Making the decision to do more serious work raises eyebrows. It's less easy for the industry to deal with.

Not everyone likes watching rushes, but it makes me work harder, and I don't feel I am watching myself, but watching the progression of the character.

I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected.

It was hysterical going to work. I would just walk in and think, 'What in hell? Am I here? What's going on? I'm going to wake up in a minute. I'm in a dream.'

There is so much work left to be done in the world and for me, I am hoping to make the change I can and do the work I need to do through this gift I've been given.

Work is a slice of your life. It's not the entire pizza.

The truth is, I just love to work. I love being on set. I love being around crews. I love being around my fellow actors. Anything that can keep that going is a joy for me.

Dad always told me that if you're going to work on something, it might as well be something you're proud of.

I think my family love each other so much and expect so much from each other, and I think we expect a type of honesty in the work that we all do.

I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work.

I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't overintellectualize music as a special medium that only some people deserve to do. I think it's something you do if you put the work in.

Most of us who work as professional futurists never really stop gathering information - you never know when a provocative, potentially disruptive new development might appear.

Inevitably in any work you do I think that there is a sense of continuity, and I like that.

I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.

I lost my passion for work. No, that's a negative statement. I just had a bigger passion for something else, for my son, and growing up with him.

I just love working. I really enjoy the work, whatever it is.

I love to see actors' work. I love to surf channels late at night and accidentally run into movies I hadn't seen before. It makes me very proud of the profession.

I got a woman I'm loyal to above all things, above my career. She's profound to me. I'm quiet. I live in Kansas City. I work.

It's basically the best job in the world. If you're fortunate enough - and I consider myself fortunate - you get to work with your friends and you get to work on projects that interest you.

I still work really hard, but I like to think I'm a little smarter about at least the type of movie I'm getting into.

I think as an artist or a writer it's OK to want to control your own work.

I'm just going to write my books and do my work and release it. Let the world decide what it is, and if it's any good or not.

I'm writing books. They're still a mix of fact and fiction and will continue to be. I think it's an interesting place to work.