Quotes About Professionalism

I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'

The first rule of your relationship with your boss is to understand that it's a business transaction.

The relationship you have with your immediate boss is one of the oddest you'll have in life. You generally don't choose this person, you generally don't care for this person, yet you have to honor and obey this person.As you rise, that relationship only becomes odder and more slippery.

The attitude of exclusive professionalism (which restricts the label of professionalism to the advisor) manifests itself in a number of dysfunctional ways. It reinforces a misleading belief that the advisor's job is to solve problems rather than to help the client solve problems.

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It is not enough for a professional to be right: An advisor's job is to be helpful. David

McDonald's likes to describe professionals that serve them (such as advertising agencies) as having "ketchup in their veins.

On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'" ( One On 1 , interview with Budd Mishkin; NY1 , March 25, 2007.)

If you use your mobile for work, then it's highly advisable to have a separate mobile for your personal life.

Be polite, be professional, but have a plan

Oh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That [kissing her co-stars]s not in my contract!

Humble us, O God, under your mighty hand, and let us rise, not as professionals, but as witnesses and partakers of the sufferings of Christ.

It's more important for a photographer to have very good shoes, than to have a very good camera

Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously is as good as it gets.

To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not alone good manners, but equally good business.

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

A smart model is a good model.

Professionalism is not sportsmanship. If you don't succeed, you won't be in your profession for long. In our society, it's not about good or bad. It's about who's on top.

Good design should follow looking into the products and reputation of clients who approach you, but this does not mean you have to follow them into bed.

I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's never going to change, under any circumstances.

One take, so you better be ready and you better be good. One take and that was it. It was something that was spontaneous. Both Sid Caesar and Jackie Gleason was like that as well.

Slater's a big star and he's been in the business a long time. He's always in a good mood and easygoing but he takes his character very seriously.

I'm an entertainer. If people are paying good money for tickets they deserve the best show they can see. I don't get into lighting stuff on fire, but I do believe in going the extra mile.

I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.