Max von Sydow Quotes

I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more.

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• When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed.

  

  Lance Reddick
  • Work
  • School
  • Pretty

• I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
  • Work
  • Parents
  • Hard Work

• I like to work all the time and really immerse myself in the project.

  

  Zach Galligan
  • Time
  • Work
  • Myself

• All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.

  

  Kate Mara
  • Work
  • Long
  • Home

• Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.

  

  Laura Linney
  • People
  • Attention
  • Some

• The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

  

  Carlos Castaneda
  • Work
  • Happy
  • Same

• Making $30,000 on my first business deal was exciting, but not as exciting as the sudden knowledge that I did not have to work for anyone again.

  

  E. Joseph Cossman
  • Work
  • Business
  • Knowledge

• My mother raised us to think that if we worked hard, and if we put our end of the bargain in, it would work out OK for us.

  

  Ursula Burns
  • Work
  • Mother
  • End

• I've got a clear line between work and real life.

  

  Ed Westwick
  • Life
  • Work
  • Real

• I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting a comedy.

  

  Natalie Zea
  • Work
  • Comedy
  • Enjoy

• I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!

  

  Raney Aronson-Rath
  • Work
  • Mother
  • Connect

• I work hard and support myself.

  

  Zoe Cassavetes
  • Work
  • Support
  • Myself

• When I was in advertising, I did a great deal of work on television commercials. A co-worker and I wrote a screenplay, which led to a few more screenplays, and some were optioned by production companies. I was advised to move to California but didn't want to make the move. I decided to use another form of storytelling, so I wrote a novel.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Work
  • Great
  • California

• You've got to have a villain and they'll always make me a villain. I'm used to it – it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Work
  • Fight
  • Harder

• I'm really kind of boring - I'd rather go to bed early and get up early because I really value my time off, my time away from work.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Up
  • Time
  • Work

• Throughout my work with family and child support organizations, one thing that has stood out to me time and again is that getting early support for a child who is struggling to cope is the best possible thing we can do to help our children as they grow up.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Up
  • Time
  • Work

• As a CEO of a large company, clearly we need policies in the U.S. government that are pro-business, because at the end of the day, we all work within the framework of a country's policies.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Work
  • Country
  • Business

• What makes a lot of suspenseful films work is very, very particular points of view and very subjective use of the camera.

  

  Karyn Kusama
  • Work

• Myself, I try to search for the new way, always trying to set up a new possibility and to find the new tools to express myself. To reach a broader audience.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • Up
  • Trying
  • Search

• Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.

  

  Bill Walton
  • Question
  • Player

• Originally I was opposed to gay assimilation and targeted gay marriage as just another effort on the part of gays to resemble their straight neighbours.

  

  Edmund White
  • Marriage
  • Effort
  • Gay

• Given a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people like us. Who do extraordinary things.

  

  Joe Biden
  • People
  • Country

• I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more.

  

  Max von Sydow
  • Work
  • Retirement