Quotes About Professionalism

An actor's job is to do their job. It's great if it's successful and it's fantastic when it's a huge hit, but at the same time, you're there to do a job and make sure you do it well.

Any time you choose not to hide your tattoo, you're limiting your social sphere, because they're not popular in big business.

To me, it's my job not to laugh, no matter what's said. By the time we shoot, I'm ready for all that's coming. I probably do most of my breaking in rehearsals, when I know that I can.

When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation.

But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month it is half the time when he's working.

Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business.

I mix talents and friendship, which is not very professional, but it's my way of thinking. So I love Azzedine Alaia, because I've known him for 30 years, and he's making my dresses most of the time.

I loathed William Frawley and the feeling was mutual. Whenever I received a new script, I raced through it, praying that there wouldn't be a scene where we had to be in bed together.

Woody [Harrelson] and I actually worked together years ago on North Country. So I felt completely at ease.

What sets a professional nose apart from an everyday nose is not so much its sensitivity to the many aromas in a food or drink, but the ability to tease them apart and identify them.

Also, giving a coworker a gift (which is sometimes against office policies, so check first) is appreciated too. It is a great way to build comfort and establish rapport. For

Do not play with jewelry because it will make you look nervous and could be distracting for the listener

I think I'm fine. Maybe it hasn't hit yet. Is that bad? It's not bad or good. It just is. That's something you'll find out if you decide to go into this line of work. You have to take things as they are, not how you hear they're supposed to be.

The doctor's detachment is not a defense against excessive empathy, but a "downright negative" emotional stance

I knew from her deportment she was trained. Therefore likely to be working with an organization, rather than on some sort of private mission.

It might be beneficial for him occasionally to be reminded that I work for myself. That he was a stagehand, not one of the actors.

One of the most important commitments in a family or a business is never to bad-mouth. Always be loyal to those who are absent, if you want to retain those who are present

The PC principle is to always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.

An effective sales person first seeks to understand the needs, the concerns, the situation of the customer. The amateur salesman sells products; the professional sells solutions to needs and problems.

Although it's risky and hard, seek first to understand, or diagnose before you prescribe, is a correct principle manifest in many areas of life. It's the mark of all true professionals. It's critical for the optometrist, it's critical for the physician. You wouldn't have any confidence in a doctor's prescription unless you had confidence in the diagnosis.

There's a reason I always look nice when I go to work." I kept a scowl on my face while she hustled me upstairs. "Because you'll get fired if you look like a slob?" "Because, my little grouch, it makes me feel better on the inside if I like how I look on the outside.

A true leader has the courage to represent upper management, not run it down. A true leader says we.

Both scary and down-to-earth, he [John Belushi] once told me, 'I never yell at the staff, only the department heads'.

As journalist Nancy Gibbs once quipped in Time magazine, "IQ gets you hired, but EQ gets you promoted.