Quotes About Work

What's important is the work that you're doing, not the country that you're in. I would much rather be in a play at the Royal Court than in Los Angeles making 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.'

I'm always working. My cousins call me the longshoreman of actors.

Some of my friends say that I only talk about myself. But it is funny: my house is covered in art but with nothing of my own, and when I'm working, I'm only thinking about what the client wants. So I don't see it that way, but maybe it's true. I mean, they are my friends.

I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly.

Some people go to their job. That's the job they have; they have to do it. They hate their boss and their coworkers, this and that. It's hard to get along.

I grew up cleaning stalls and milking cows.

I take my craft very seriously.

As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.

So the English approach to show business and their work is more - and this is a big generalization, I hasten to say - but it's more, they work on it as a craft job.

Being on set is really hard because there's craft service.

I have my little craft bag that I bring with me to set everywhere I go.

I focus on working on my craft and the rest will take care of itself.

Most craft is, you know, terrible, absolutely terrible, so I don't like the word, or the word 'artisan' either.

You know, at the end of the day, all you can do is work at it, perfect your craft, come in with a great attitude and just respect everybody in the building.

I don't sit at home and craft a joke.

With 'Korra' we've really taken a lot of time to craft it. We're aiming pretty high, and in order to keep up the quality it just takes a lot of time and a lot or work.

I think that our country would probably be better-served if we had people that were wearing work boots... crafting legislation.

I am not an artist. I am a craftsman.

I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.

I'd rather do one day on a really cool movie than six months on something crap.

There's something to be taken from every job, whether it's crap or good. Sometimes, on the awful ones, I get more of an education about other areas of my business.

With my own home, I feel like I'm the mechanic who drives a crappy car. I never have time to work on my own home.

The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something.

My job gives me the attention I'd otherwise crave.