Quotes About Craft

For some producers who are technical-minded, making the song sound good is easy, and getting the emotion into the song is harder.

Writing was something that came easily to me and there's so many great producers who just teach you so much.

Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set.

Producing a drama is particularly difficult.

Doing gigs is great, but when you come together for a production in the theatre, that is something I have a lot of respect for.

Being productive at your craft is important. Being productive in your devotion to grow as a human is essential.

Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.

I feel like I have a lot of dedication to the acting profession.

At some point in time, you definitely have to go drama. Not to say that you're going drama just because everybody else does it. You do it to challenge yourself. You do it because, naturally, in the profession of acting, you want to show growth. You want to say that you take the craft seriously.

It's sad that people forget sometimes that there is a whole legitimate world of artists and actors out there that work their entire life, every day on perfecting their craft, but yet don't get any acknowledgement for their extraordinary commitment to their profession.

What I do on film is part of my profession.

Through all of this lovely interviewing, and nice things people say, and the rest of it, I have learned that I am an actor. That is my profession. That is my job. That is how I make a living. So I am just out there making a living.

He has made a profession out of a business and an art out of a profession.

Making movies is my profession. I like doing it a lot.

I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.

Painting is such an individual profession. I'm not performing. There's no audience.

The word 'star' is misused. A good film will never fail. And if you have become an actor to become a star, then your reason of being in this profession is wrong. It amounts to abusing the art.

I have a lot of respect for what I do, for this profession.

Writing is probably the least glamorous profession there is. This doesn't change when you become an author.

Growing up with a famous father, and one who mastered his craft, it's one of those things where, do you really want to be in the same profession? I can't imagine the pressure on, say, Michael Jordan's kids. But for me, I think it's molded me into the character that I am today.

Acting is only my profession.

There's nothing obvious or predictable in acting. That's what it means to be in this profession.

I grew up around food and in a restaurant, so it never dawned on me that this was a thing to do; it just was. Then I found it as a profession in my mid-twenties after years of bad decisions and depression. The first step was going to the bookstore and learning about this craft. Then applying in kitchens and just getting to work.

Solomon was a musician and David was a musician, so it's a profession that I take seriously.