Quotes About Profession

It has been pointed out to me, more than once, that for someone who chose a profession steeped in procedure and protocol, I had little use for either.

I'm an actor. That proves how lazy I am. It's foolish to take on any other jobs.

have been in the scholastic profession long enough to know that nobody enters it unless he has some very good reason which he is anxious to conceal.

I grew up thinking that writer and secretary were the same, except that a writer usually smelled of cocktails and came more often to meals.

My father was a lawyer. I was fascinated to become a lawyer, too.

It's fascinating to see actors who do voiceovers every day.

Sometimes I just think we get caught up in the entertainment aspect of this business and people kind of forget that this is the way we feed our families and this is our livelihoods.

I can't speak for anyone else, but in my case, I sort of fell into acting.

The field of medicine is one you have to have a lot of dedication to enter.

I think what it is, is that fighters have become business people. I actually love what I'm doing. When you're a business person, sometimes you think of it as, 'Ah, it's work.' I love what I do, but then, on the other end, some guys do this as a living.

I don't watch scripted television, and I finally figured out why. It's my line of work, you know? It's what I do.

I like considering myself as someone in the film business.

Filmmaking is a very serious job, and I want to concentrate on that.

I don't really enjoy finance and accounting.

My older son works in finance and private equity, which he loves, and Lucas works in film and theater.

Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.

I would have been a fine orthodontist.

I don't want to be pigeon-holed as a firefighter.

My mom works at an accounting firm; my dad's a math teacher.

I'm not very actorish. I don't play actor 24 hours a day. When the job is done, I go on to be myself, whoever that is.

I feel lucky that I can have people laugh solidly for a whole hour by just saying what I think and getting paid for it.

People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.

The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.