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Job Quotes

What a job costs, and what it takes.

Quotes about "job" here focus on careers in the arts — a warning that a comfortable day job can quietly end a musician's ambitions, and advice to take any first job just to get into the industry. For work-focused reflection, see Doing quotes.

Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate.

Quotes by Agnes Macphail

I went to college, got a job. Not a good job or anything but I was fully set to be an office employee for my life.

Quotes by Aesop Rock

Without social media, I wouldn't have young girls messaging me from Australia or Mexico City or the Midlands, but I do wonder if I'd be on it if it wasn't part of my job.

Quotes by Adwoa Aboah

Mostly I sit alone in a room and cry and do my job - so when they let me out of my cave to go on tour, I really listen to my readers.

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

Day Quotes

And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

I love my job and I love my children. It's really about figuring out your schedules and getting everything down that you need to do and sticking to your plan.

Quotes by Adriana Lima

I used to be very shy. When I first started, I had to go to a casting, and I had to go in a bikini. I thought I was too skinny. But I went in and got the job! And...

Quotes by Adriana Lima

Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.

Quotes by Adriana Lima

The ramifications that you set for yourself can inspire you to do things that you would have never thought of because, once you're trapped, your job is to persevere.

Quotes by Adrian Younge

Doing Quotes

What was a very private childhood hobby turned into a very a public, professional job, and I think that there's a lot of inhibition that can grow from that.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

I was so nervous that this was 'True Detective' and that I needed to do a good job that I would just dig into every scene.

Quotes by Adria Arjona

I am a singer; my job is to create music and harmony. Wherever I see harmony, I would go towards there.

Quotes by Adnan Sami

Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

As an actor, technically, when you are off a film, you are out of a job. An actor goes from job to job. By virtue, acting is an unsure profession.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

Good Quotes

Over the years I've grown to love the industry, my job, and the profession itself. It's been a journey full of ups and downs. For the first few years, it was a journey of self discovery where I grew to...

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

I'm here to play certain characters and give them a voice that they might not have had. That's my job, and like it or not, that's what I'm here to do.

Quotes by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.

Quotes by Adepero Oduye

I just think of myself as a hard-working person who loves my job.

Quotes by Adena Friedman

Being on TV is kind of the best job in the world.

Quotes by Adelaide Kane

Great Quotes

A footballer who says they don't want to start games is in the wrong job.

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

Frequently Asked Questions

What career advice or reflections show up in these "Job" quotes?
Several practical takes - a warning that a comfortable job can be "the death knell for any musician," advice to take any job in the industry you want to break into just to get your foot in the door, a director's take on nudging performances, and a description of an actor's job as embracing emotions people usually avoid.
Is there a quote about breaking into an industry?
Yes, one quote advises taking "the first job that you have in the business that you want to get into," regardless of what the job actually is, just to get your foot in the door. For more on taking action, see the Doing page.
Is there a quote warning about getting too comfortable in a job?
Yes, one quote calls a job you like that pays well enough to stay forever "the death knell for any musician," framing comfort as a risk to creative ambition.
Is there a quote about directing or filmmaking as a job?
Yes, one quote describes a director's job as nudging performances, referencing the idea that "90% of the job is casting," while focusing mainly on getting the best shots to cover the story. Browse the Great page for more on craft and process.
Is there a quote about what acting requires emotionally?
Yes, one quote describes an actor's job as embracing "emotions and situations that in real life we spend all of our time running away from." For more day-to-day reflections on work, check out the Day and Good pages.

Other entries describe what the job of directing or acting actually involves day to day, from casting decisions to sitting with emotions most people avoid. Continue with Good quotes or Great quotes.