Quotes About Professionalism

I think that from day one, when it became clear that 'Wicked' was going to have a life, that we have set a standard for ourselves that we are never going to shortchange the audience; that every person that we put into that musical is going to be held to the highest standards; and that nobody is going to be coasting.

You don't want to burn any bridges, but you also want to make sure you leave your character bridges wide open and you're never seen as one particular thing, or that's who you'll be, unfortunately, for the rest of your career.

I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master? Is this a wide? What are you doing? If I look up and notice the camera I go 'Oh, it's a big one today, must be an IMAX.' And that's kinda it for me because it doesn't affect what I'm doing.

These diva wide receivers want to go to the bathroom. As a defensive lineman, we didn't go to the bathroom.

It didn't seem fair that no matter how many passes I caught or how many touchdowns I scored, I was considered a 'lowly tight end' and would never be paid anywhere close to a salary as high as the elite wide receivers.

My personal code of conduct and compliance with a wide range of government ethics provisions have ensured that I have maintained ethical standards.

In a world of iPads and emails, nothing has really changed in the theatre. You still get in an hour early, do your wardrobe, put an old pair of tights under your wig, and you have, 'This is your call, Miss Jensen'. I got exhilarated by that.

I never had to carry a wig from one set to another.

Listen, even if you go wild, I like class. Everybody in show business never should forget that there is a line, and that you should have class.

TV is wild. You just play the role you're given, and you show up and do the best that you can.

I appear wild on the outside, but I'm a conservative businessman.

It's not a good thing to be friends with people you're covering. There's just no point in doing it. It's tempting, but they're not going to consider you their friend anyway. They just know that you're somebody that can do something for them.

I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer, I'm not a jerk, I'm a baseball player.

Ten years of being on TV, I'd never taken a sick day.

As far as feeling like I need to prove myself or this or that, I don't feel that way anymore. I've been in this business for ten years, so I'm kind of past all that. I was there where, as a female, you always feel like you have to prove yourself; you have to outwork them. But all I worry about now is being prepared.

Snooker's got bigger over the last ten years, but obviously it's still on a really small scale.

To suggest that you can't be both a mother who is completely in love with her babies, and a professional who is tough and tenacious, is ridiculous.

All good actors are easy to work with. It's the ones that aren't very good who tend to be very difficult.

Women have a tendency not to give up realms once they take over new ones. We are still proprietary over the domestic realm even as we take over new professional realms, and that is a real problem.

I think these days, new artists have a tendency to try to cut corners.

Usually, when you're working or you're on set, everything is very guarded. At parties, people have a tendency to relax.

My tendency is to be quiet and to stay focused and in character. Not the entire time, but certainly to stay focused while I'm on set.

Guys that are playing in the last year of their contracts are playing for their livelihood and that tends to come off as selfish.

I admire Roger Federer, not only for his tennis but also for his personality.