Quotes About Professionalism

I don't go to journalists' houses and start dishing about anything private.

I have such respect and awe for journalists who are able to communicate important information to the masses without sobbing.

I really don't want to be a journeyman.

I don't think a judge should be too much involved in outside activities.

In life, you don't judge people on how they are at home, you judge them on how they are at work.

I would never criticize a federal judge, particularly if I had a court case in front of him, but you would certainly never, ever criticize them based on their ethnic background.

There is a particular set of values commonly associated with being professional. Experience, expertise, trustworthiness, wisdom, and good judgement are all attributes aspired to by senior professional people, be they doctors, engineers, lawyers, civil servants, or the clergy.

I'd work with anyone that the script requires me to. I'd never let my personal biases rule my judgement.

I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.

I'd jump to do a film with Aamir Khan. Aamir thinks through things before starting a project.

You don't want to jump in on your first day on a show and start improv-ing and changing the show.

I've enjoyed my time at every club I have worked at, I've been lucky, but I won't jump in and finish up working with a chairman I didn't like very much.

I don't want to be jumping from team to team.

Knowing when and where to sit is something every young executive should learn. A junior person who comes barging into a room and takes any seat he wants catches the disapproving eye of senior management.

I make sure the best of what I do each year is the only material that gets on my albums; I don't want people to think I put out junk.

I try to stay away from the craft services table on set! That's probably why I am able to still get work in this business: I stay away from junk food.

Everyone Instagrams all the people they are with. I get that it's part of the job. But there's a point where it's like, 'Can't you just be a person and have a separate life to your job?'

If I were Elizabeth Sloane, I wouldn't be wearing makeup. I'd just be focused on getting the job done.

It's fun to play dress up for work, but when you have those off-days, it's nice to just be low-key.

To be a backup singer, you have to walk into any situation and just be perfect from the first take to the 50th take.

Just because I've got blonde hair and haven't been to Bosnia doesn't mean I'm a bimbo. I am still a serious journalist.

I try not to date where I work. It makes life easier. I don't say no to anybody because I'd hope that people wouldn't say no to me just because I'm an actor - but they'd have to be pretty extraordinary.

I actually just keep things very professional. I don't need acceptance from anyone but God, so that's just kind of where I focus it all.

There's a guy I used to pay to work with me who'd call me 'kiddo.' I said, 'There's nothing that justifies you expressing that to me, your boss.'