Quotes About Professionalism

Good people need room to develop. They have to find their own voice . . . each IBMer is a businessperson working within the framework of the company structure.

I want to be a good person, and a person that people enjoy working with, 'cause I certainly enjoy working with other people.

But sports photography isn't something you just pick up overnight. You can't do it once a year for fun and expect to do a good job. And I take pride in what I do.

I always use my clients' products. This is not toady-ism, but elementary good manners.

The professionals must set a good example.

Of course, you have to have a good reputation, especially as an artist, as a musician, so that other musicians would like to play with you.

A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case.

Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'

It's so weird for me to be watching The Good Wife while I'm still shooting The Good Wife.

I'm so lucky to have such a great family. I respect them so much professionally, and they've been unconditionally supportive in the choices that I've made. It's been very good having them on my side.

I'm such a perfectionist. I always feel overpraised or whatever. In the abstract, I know I'm a good person, a good professional. But it's nice to be noticed a little bit, ain't it?

When you're working with the best, it helps you to be good because then you are focusing on what you have to do.

I can't eat before I go onstage because I've learnt that burping on stage isn't a good thing. It's all about acid reflux.

After three takes, [George Clooney] is like, 'We got it,' and I'm still thinking, 'I'm just getting used to this. I shouldn't have done it in a Russian accent.' No, he's great. He's a good guy.

I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.

I'm going to do my job and I don't care if I'm not friends with anybody. I don't need to be best friends with all my co-workers to do a good job.

Don't be late. Learn your lines. Be good to people. Treat people nice.

When you're working with really good actors, it raises your own game and you get better.

I've had the pretty good fortune of working with some decent guys and gals.

My good friend Josh Bibby happens to be a pro skier and has used my music in 2 international ski films.

It was a good experience working with Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda.

It's a good thing I'm a professional and could see the pure genius talent behind the raw sexual beauty.

The long experiment with professional politicians and professional government is over, and it failed.

But we don't have to react. That's what I'm saying. A police force, like a government, should be above that. Just because we're provoked doesn't mean we have to act. -- Still Life