Quotes About Work

I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.

I don't think being a star has ever been part of the plan. But I always want to do really good work, even when I made career moves with projects that made more sense in sort of a career way than in an artistic way... like I did with 'The Darkest Hour.'

Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.

I enjoy working with Melissa a great deal. We're always looking for projects to do together. I was happy to have her do the show, because she doesn't normally do episodic unless she's starring, and I was very happy with the results.

I could probably make more money if I did more commercial projects.

I concentrate on doing good projects.

For me, life is about experiencing many new things and working with good people, working on good projects, and in general, just having any kind of job.

It's nice to be asked to do good projects.

Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius.

I think I am incredibly generous with how much I give to my projects, but that's my generosity with the job.

When I go on the plane to fly home, I'm literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home.

I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play interesting characters. That's really it.

Building a professional relationship on respect as opposed to affection is a very good idea. Running your art projects the way you'd run a dry-cleaning business is also a really good idea. You shouldn't go into work like you're going on a date, like you're hanging out with friends.

I've just always loved really good projects. The things that draw me into a new project have very little to do with genre and have more to do with the characters I'll be playing, the people I'll get to work with and things like that.

I love my father, but I have worked to develop a separate and distinct identity in different projects I have worked on.

I've been lucky. The projects I've gotten to work on are projects I'd want to watch myself. That's what I try to shoot for.

I try to block a couple of hours of unscheduled time every day so that I can work on the day's most important projects.

Some of the best projects I've worked on - 'Dexter,' the 'Bourne' series - were leaps of faith. I couldn't read the scripts in advance.

I like what I do, and a lot of these projects have really interesting material and interesting people to work with. I feel lucky.

I'm not particularly prolific.

When I make films, I work with Mike Leigh, who's the most prolific director in England.

Our government makes the simple promise of a secure retirement to every American who works for many years and contributes to our retirement benefit system.

I made a promise to myself when I graduated from law school that I would never do anything that I didn't enjoy doing, and almost every day of the year since that June of 1963, I have awakened glad that I was going to work, glad that I was going to court, glad that I was going to grapple with a problem.

In America, we make a promise to seniors: After a lifetime of working and contributing to this country, you'll earn the benefit of a secure retirement, good health care, and peace of mind in your later years. To me, that's a commitment we have to keep.