Work Quotes
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A lot of writing depends on being comfortable around the people you work with. I want it to feel like I'm working with friends.
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Everything is an idea for something, something that touches the imagination, a fact that seems relevant or maybe just a statement I find interesting — either because it resonates or because I disagree. All of it is fodder for continued work or thinking on the topics. It’s also important to me to record the ideas that my instincts tell me are bad.
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In polo, you jump on a horse and you play. To play tennis, you have to train every day. It's your legs that do all the work. In polo, it's the horses' legs.
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It is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing.
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No matter who you are, what you've accomplished, what your financial situation is - when you're dealing with a parent with Alzheimer's, you yourself feel helpless. The parent can't work, can't live alone, and is totally dependent, like a toddler. As the disease unfolds, you don't know what to expect.
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ou have to put in the work to be ready for the next opportunity that comes to you … If you do the work, and you’re prepared when the opportunity comes to you, it’s all going to work out fine.
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It's important to know that words don't move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains.
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In the end, when you love what you do, it never feels like work.
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It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. It dictates to us our emotions, our passions.
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I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
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Knowing at the end of the day you get to go home and you can work on your own project is super rewarding as an actor.
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I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.
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The toughest workout can never match the pain of being out of work.
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It's a great asset to you, on your first film, to bring some people with you from the television world because they understand the speed that you have to work with to get your grand ideas down.
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Seeing your work go into storage in an art museum is obviously a tragedy of any cultural product - which doesn't mean I am anti-institutional.
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Some people don't need to work hard because they are so talented.
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Don't worry about your rating, work on your playing strength and your rating will follow.
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I encourage all players to work to be their best, which includes looking for opportunities beyond the playing field.
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You can't come out of drama school and think, 'It's all going to be amazing.' You have to expect to work in a bar for at least five years and be a waitress for maybe two!
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I try to look at the whole thing and say 'yes' to the projects that I cannot stop thinking about. If I read a script and the subject stays with me - then that's when I want to go to work.
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I write speculative fiction, and in my view, speculative fiction is really just a very intense version of the work of literature in general.
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If I ever lose a role because of my tattoos, I'll quit Hollywood and go to work at Costco.
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I can imagine wanting to work with this ensemble and this company always.
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My work speaks of the finite and the infinite, of the macroscopic and the microscopic, the internal and external, by the masculine and feminine powers, but sex is like a snake, it slithers through everything.
