Work Quotes

I would loathe to work on modern films.

I find shoestrings very hard work. I like big budgets.

It used to be that you could do these nuggets of a movie and it would attach itself in terms of credibility to your work and the style of work that you did, that people would be interested and curious about you and your work as an actor.

I remember thinking, 'I'll audition just once and if it doesn't work out I'll never think about it ever again.'

I've always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I didn't take advantage of it, so it was really fun to be working with him.

I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.

The Sookie Stackhouse novels were selling well before the TV show, but the TV show led to a lot more exposure and readers. And a lot went on to read my other work. It was a wonderful thing for my bank account.

Many counties in Maryland are above the average unemployment rate for both Maryland and the United States. We need representation in Congress who will make creating jobs the No. 1 priority so the people of Maryland can get back to work.

In Washington, I will never vote to raise taxes, I will fight to repeal healthcare reform, and I will work to balance the budget.

Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.

I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a result, they offered me more work and lots of commercials to direct.

The dripping... well, if it happens, it happens; it does not take anything from the work. The dripping just proves that you were not trying to control the work, but the work was developing by itself and if it drips, it's a natural part in the evolution of the work.

As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit.

Nobody paid any attention career-wise to me in America until 'Bronson.' It gave me a calling card and passage into America, where I've always wanted to work.

I'm always a little starstruck anyway. So to work with a movie star, which is Brad, I was excited about that; to work with a movie legend, which is Tony, I wouldn't have passed that up. Just to get to watch him and watch how he works.

I did everything I could to establish myself, but it just didn't work that way. I'm not angry about that.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

I put my heart in my work.

I value my reputation. I work hard to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

I don't think you want to hurt businesses that are making $250,000 or $500,000. Those are the real people who created the opportunity to put people to work.

I really like to talk about my work in a way that is complicated.

I felt it was really, really important, not just in the vein of feminist erasure or whatever but also just as an artist that I honored my work.

A baby's existence for the first three months is a one-way street. One person is doing all the work and the other is crying, sleeping and pooping. So the first moment when you're actually able to do something and they acknowledge your presence, that's a big deal. A very big deal.

Does anyone actually think I'm going to call Tiger Woods and tell him what to do with his swing one day, and he's going to go out and do it, simple as that? It doesn't work like that.

I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has emotional problems, so I don't have to take his films seriously. By using this argument, the viewer retreats from the challenges of the film.

I didn't become a comedian to work this hard.

Some people can only be happy being a star. What happens if and when the work dries up?

I'm not sure how a world leader reacts to the work of a clown.

I have to give the SNL crew props - it cannot have been easy to work with me.

When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.