Will To Work Quotes

For me it's always God, family, and then my work.

Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.

Don't say yes until I've finished talking. - Attributed to many Hollywood executives Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

I could play everything but could never take a lead. My brain just doesn't work like that.

Agendas in general don't work. The agenda is a thing that is perpetually destroyed. But through that destruction, something really interesting comes up.

It's always nice when people appreciate your work because it means you've affected them, which is great. And so that feels good.

I think that certain directors are better at choosing actors that match well with each other. And I have feelings about actors and who I think I'd work well with better moreso than others.

I think for everyone it's good to have your own personal work on a character and a film before you even start rehearsing, to have an inner life.

I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with.

It's such a private thing - 'my process' - I can just say that the work that I do is like therapy between me and the character.

I have to be below 140 to really look good. I have to work my legs like crazy. Actually, do you want my real goal? My real goal's always too low. I love the way I look at, like, 128.

Being a mother is quite tiring. There's not much time to do anything. You just rush around and it's hard work.

I should probably confess that I get bored easily, which explains my reluctance to work with formula, tropes, whatever.

What will I do when I can no longer dig?

My own advice to people who would be in office for two or three terms is that they must accept democratic rotation. Ideally not put themselves up for re-election and allow the system to work.

You need to be careful not to over-reach and also assess the capacity you have to work with.

Revolution by its nature can not be overly programmed or directed. There are so many forces at work that you don't know where and how it all ends.

The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. Answering why he had not implemented organizational reforms after five months when 'God created the universe in seven day

In such an environment, I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me well when I eventually entered the work force.

Whenever you try and simplify how people speak, it's just hard to squish them into a simple rule. Language doesn't work that way.

For me, juggling mommyhood and work is a challenge, but each day I learn little tricks to make it all come together.

The biggest thing I learned was that the harder you work for the thing that you love the most, then everything that you want is going to come true.

I cherish my work and all of my readers.

I've always hated the big United Way drive at work. Not because of the United Way. Great organization. Because of the smell of solicitation in the air, and because we are usually in the middle of it.

Don't ever marry a man who loves his work more than he loves you.

I work in a creative industry. My work isn't terribly hard, it's artistically explorative, so I have no complaints.

I think your significant other should be way more important than your work. Personally, I love working. I don't know that I'd say I'm a workaholic because I also love maxing and relaxing.

Everyone has dated or been with a person who is obsessed with their work, and it's immensely frustrating. You're like, "I'm right here! I'm a person! I'm interesting, too!"

The fundamentals of what I'll do to prepare for a role don't really change. They evolve as you work with more actors and you pick up more tricks.

I have some friends who are actors. I've watched them work. And I would say that of all the arts, acting is the most grueling, thankless. Never apologize for your work.

Women inevitably have to work a little bit harder to be heard. Hollywood is disgustingly sexist. It's crazy.

I do want to work on writing, because writing's a skill. Writing is something that you can train yourself to know better. To know yourself better. And it's intimidating as hell.

Both my parents work in film. They're crew. I love movies, and I just wanted to be involved. I got really lucky. I auditioned for a while and then started making films.

I think the way I approach things has something to do with growing up and seeing my parents go to work every day.

There are always a lot of leading questions and opinions. Of course, our work is creative, and it's subjective.

I think that when you are famous, it can work against you, people have preconceptions about your image.

I'm just happy when people want me to work for them.

I do a lot of comedy and I like that. I am happy doing funny films. I am often the straight person in a comedy, which is great as long as there are talented people to work with.

I'm a journeyman actor. My experience as a journeyman actor is that you have to go where the work is. I've never been the lead; I've never been in that position.

I have a feeling I will work for a long, long time. I like it a lot... and I don't know. I just have a feeling that I'm going to be one of those people who go on for ever.

I think people do work too much. I've never been able to understand the whole 'make hay while the sun shines' thing. Either I want to work or I don't want to work.

With the theatre, your whole day is geared towards the evening's show, and that's the job. People usually go to work about 9 and come home around 5, or maybe 7.

When it comes to women, our perfectionism gives us a lot of grief. Women want to be super moms, super partners and super performers at work - and all at the same time. That's stressful.

Not careers alone make people happy. A successful professional life and joy in work are certainly a part of it, but I couldn't be happy without a fulfilling private life.

Having parents who were hard working, blue collar, and staunchly independent, neither political party's positioning really impressed me.

Leaving a great organization and a lucrative contract is not easy, but it allows me to take a deep breath and work on things that can make me a better driver and a better person.

I always had to rely on humor and sarcasm. And when I started having kids, that doesn't work with kids. Kids don't understand sarcasm, and they certainly don't understand my humor.

I got all of my out-of-work time done in the years when I first came to L.A.!

I just don't feel like - I've never felt like - part of the entertainment industry. I still just feel like I'm trying to work my way in. And that's weird.

I started out old, but I have to say that I've been very lucky to work consistently since I started. I've really never been out of work.