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I really feel that a big part of my job - besides getting the money - is to see to it that Woody [Allen] has what he needs to make the film that he has envisioned.

As a younger actor, my motivation may have been 'Do you want that job or don't you?' Now it's 'Do you want to look like crap on film?'

It's easy enough to plan jobs, to plan a lot of work.

If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character.

I really do think that if you're doing your job right, you're never gonna be what the other actor was, but you can be influenced by his intelligence and his choices.

You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job.

Our jobs as artists is to make sure our art tells a real story and let people see themselves in these characters. It's about having a conversation about being better people.

I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.

I love MySpace; it's done an amazing job for me and it's been insane over the past couple of weeks, but I'm not a poster girl for them.

People recognize me all the time now, and there's lots of autograph hunting and smiling. But then I get to play gigs, which are amazing. It's a good job.

I will say that I've been lucky enough never to have to do a job I didn't want to do, or a play I wasn't in love with.

We're giving jobs to people who would otherwise be out of work if we weren't exploiting cheap labor.

We get the job done. So what happens if we win?

There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode.

I have to hit the gym. I have beauty appointments. I have to work toward my next job and maintaining my image, just like an athlete.

I don't get cast for every job and I understand that.

After a week of the contained chaos that is my job, I need some solitary running time. On Sundays, I can unwind and reconnect with the natural world.

I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time.

The confirmation for both jobs - 'AMC' and 'Smallville' - came through on the same day, so there was a lot of wine flowing in the Hartley house that night!

It's okay for someone to chase me and then try to cut me off so I ram my car into a tree . . . I mean, I know this guy was trying to do his job, but his "job" almost landed me half-dead.

I don't think that anyone can prepare for raising a child. I think it's one of those jobs that is far more overwhelming than you could ever expect and far more satisfying than you can ever expect.

It helps if you really enjoy your jobs. If you don't, then just think about the money.

I love my job, and I love books. I read anything, including cereal boxes. I care deeply about what people think of my books, and I memorize my reviews. I love to hear from my readers.

Growing up, I stayed in a child's place. My father was murdered when I was 20. I was a model and never had a real job and my parents took care of me.

I believe the more prepared you are physically, the better prepared you are mentally and the more you can then cope. Mentally you have to focus on the job in hand 100%.

I tend to only write productively for one to two hours per day, so there is plenty of time left over for me to work a day job!

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

The first time I took acid, I made the decision that I would stay in New York and find an independent film company to get a job with.

Luckily, I've never been offered a directing job that was lucrative. I've never heard, "Here's $800,000 to remake Sisters."

A lot of times, when I'm approaching pre-production and my job, and trying to research and work on the script and whatnot it's always different.

The world is made by the people who show up for the job.

Too late, he recalled Miles's dictum that the reward for a job well done was usually a harder job.

I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.

My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.

I don't really usually push an agenda, and I don't feel that my main job is to persuade people of something. My main job is to help them think about something.

Obviously input is helpful to faculty in trying to come up with a curriculum, but ultimately it's the faculty's job to know what students need to know. Make a decision about it and present it.

Technology has no function except to save labor. Yet how often do we hear that the purpose of new capital formation is to create jobs?

Sometimes I think I have the best job in the world.

I want to do the best job I can.

To help break the cycle of domestic violence, we must allow survivors to take time off from work without fear of losing their job, to go to court, to see a doctor or to find a safe place to live.

Connecting people to jobs and to each other is absolutely vital to a city's economy (and to the wider economy).

It's estimated that by 2030 there will be virtually no unskilled jobs in the British economy.

I always find it funny when I watch actors talking about, "I chose to do this part." A lot of times it's you're lucky to get the job. We're like, "Thank you so much."

Im always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, Im always recording songs, writing, whatever I gotta do. Its like my job is my vacation.

In order to succeed in business a man does not need a degree from a school of business administration. These schools train the subalterns for routine jobs. They certainly do not train entrepreneurs.

We cannot continue to close our eyes to the fact that we have to truly embrace green jobs, new technologies and alternative sources of energy.

I feel very lucky and very blessed. I just hope that I can keep doing my job and that people keep liking what I do and that the opportunities continue. That's the best that I can hope for.

I just try to do the best job that I can, as an actor. Hopefully, that carries through. That's all I can do.

That's the interesting thing about writing. You can start late, you can be ignorant of things, and yet, if you work hard and pay attention you can do a good job of it.

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!