Quotes About Work

My father is a street sweeper, my mother works in a shop.

A book is not a short-term project. It's essentially your baby, so it takes a lot of work.

The character I play in Star Quality says acting is the be-all and end-all of her life. I'm not like that. I do enjoy working and I give every job my best shot but I never feel, What on Earth am I going to do now?

There are very few actors in L.A. who can call their own shots. If you're able to work on something that you actually like working on, you're a very lucky person, and if you're able to keep it going, you're very fortunate.

I'm not going to go out and shoot 20 shots a game because I got paid a little bit more money or anything like that.

You trust your work. You understand throughout the season everything isn't going to be perfect, stay confident, continue to take the shots you've been taking and whatever happens, happens.

I don't read anything about my movies before or after I do films, or any part of show business. I think that keeps me in a kind of place where I can do the work that I need to do.

I'm in show business, and I'm an entertainer, but I also see myself as an artist doing social and spiritual work.

All my kids grew up around showbiz so they know it's just a job.

I worked all day, every day. I thought about Tinder in the shower and dreamed about it at night. It wasn't just my job - it was my life.

A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.

People can be very serious with me, and expect me to be very businesslike all the time. So I have to help them get over that by showing them that I enjoy life.

I wasn't thinking about awards or becoming rich. I just wanted to be able to make my living by working as an actor.

Any time I get to work a home game, it's awesome.

I don't feel like I have to apologize for being a technophile, ever. Technology is awesome and lets me do so much. Nor do I feel like I have to apologize for loving my work.

I always at least try to come from some sort of human place no matter how ridiculous the character is. That's really awesome. That is more the work that I'm leaning towards doing.

I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.

I think writing well takes a little bit of talent and an awful lot of work.

You get royalties from certain songs that you do when you do background. It's according to the work that you put in.

I know from my own experience that great films and great actors can have a really big influence on you. There is a place for art in the world, and if you're lucky enough to be good at something and to keep being given work, it's not such a bad thing.

I can't imagine losing my wife or daughter or only being able to see them every so often. If my work made that happen, then music would become a bad thing.

I don't want to be known for bad things in life, ever. I should be known for my work. People should love me for my work.

There are certain filmmakers who look at the kind of work you have been a part of or if you come with a baggage of bad films.

When I was 19, I began work at a French sourdough bakery in Balmain.