Do The Work Quotes

Mort Meskin was a consummate professional, dedicated to his work. A great talent.

I won't do anything bad, and I resent very deeply bad people who haven't got the ability, who try to interfere with the kind of work I'm trying to do because nobody's going to benefit from it.

I'm a believer in routine. I like to see people work out at the same time each day.

You've got to work at living-99 and 9/10 of Americans work at dying!

I am fairly average in my expenses as a person in a technical line/CEO of work.

For the pride of trace and trail was his, and sick unto death, he could not bear that another dog should do his work.

I never thought in terms of typing myself, because I wasn't that successful. After an actor has done a few pieces of work, his naïveté is the part of the craft he has to nurture most.

As a means of supporting experiential element in film, once I begin to work on a particular movie I consider myself to be the tool of the director.

As an actor, I want to give in to the collaboration with the director because I don't want my work to be all the same. The more this can be done with comfort, the more variety my work has had.

I have never felt brutalized as an actor. Many actors do, some times, but I've never had that experience. If I'm not happy with the balance, I just won't work with that person again.

I would never say, "I'm retired." I believe if I decided to just not work, in six months everybody would just forget whether you were working or not.

For an actor, style comes last. You first have to implement the whole thing, but your style comes from the subconscious, which is the best part an actor brings to his work.

I don't believe in God now. I can still work up an envy for someone who has a faith. I can see how that could be a deeply soothing experience.

Nick O'Leary loves to compete. His work ethic is fantastic, and that's what I like about him. He works, and works, and works; and if he has to get better, he gets better.

Not surprisingly, work-life moaners tend to be a phenomenon of below-average performers.

I believe I am a better director than actor. I enjoy acting if the part is right. Directing comes very naturally to me. I enjoy it. I am very confident in my work.

The Bottom Line: If people don't LOVE our work, we will not be able to sell what we make.

The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.

So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?

I don't think I'll ever want to do pop music. I think I'll only ever want to do classical crossover because it's something that I love, and pop just doesn't work for me.

Making fake promises while wearing a fancy dress... that isn't enough. Promises take more work than that.

Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.

I hope you feel better today. Please ring me at work if you are dead.

I want to work with Justin Timberlake.

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.

I try to take the pain and find a way to use it in my work; I find that it makes the work deeper.

Nicola Tesla didn't say, 'I have to make wireless electricity!' The brain does not work that way.

Making the decision to do more serious work raises eyebrows. It's less easy for the industry to deal with.

Not everyone likes watching rushes, but it makes me work harder, and I don't feel I am watching myself, but watching the progression of the character.

I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected.

I'd like to work more, but I don't just want to do kind of generic characters. I want to do interesting characters, and I'd like to be cast against type.

I consider myself a character actress, and that's working out. I'm getting chances to do things. I like the process - I don't want to pretend I'm something other than what I am.

It was hysterical going to work. I would just walk in and think, 'What in hell? Am I here? What's going on? I'm going to wake up in a minute. I'm in a dream.'

Just start Don't wait for perfection. Just start and let the work teach you.

I still feel that the kind of leader I want to be is one that spends time understanding our work in a way that allows me to translate it for policymakers and people who have real access to resources.

There is so much work left to be done in the world and for me, I am hoping to make the change I can and do the work I need to do through this gift I've been given.

Work is a slice of your life. It's not the entire pizza.

For wealth to translate into wellbeing, you need a spiritual element within you. Without that, your success will work against you.

The very way you breathe, sit, stand, eat, walk, work - everything can become yoga. You can use any process of life to transcend your limitations.

Modeling gave me a strong discipline of professionalism where you work very long hours.

We fell in love quickly. We got married very quickly. It didn't work out the way we wanted it to. There's nothing more to it.

The truth is, I just love to work. I love being on set. I love being around crews. I love being around my fellow actors. Anything that can keep that going is a joy for me.

Im always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters.

Dad always told me that if you're going to work on something, it might as well be something you're proud of.

I think my family love each other so much and expect so much from each other, and I think we expect a type of honesty in the work that we all do.

I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work.

I prefer to work with first-time directors.

I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't overintellectualize music as a special medium that only some people deserve to do. I think it's something you do if you put the work in.

I would never never read a work of fiction and want to know about the person's life.

The difference between e-mail and regular mail is that computers handle e-mail, and computers never decide to come to work one day and shoot all the other computers.