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What I love about this job is it's literally a different day every single day, isn't it? One day you're a nurse, the next day you're in a band - you can just make it up. I'm just a big...

Quotes by Ella Purnell

My first job was when I was about 12, cleaning houses in the afternoons for different elderly women in town. I hated it.

Quotes by Elizabeth Strout

My plan was always to leave school and live in a flat with some friends, have a 9 to 5 job, and try to get as many gigs as I could. I wanted to keep writing and then eventually, in...

Quotes by Ella Henderson

This was what you did in the '50s: You get married, get a job, put your husband through graduate school, and have two kids - a girl and a boy.

Quotes by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

The first play I ever did was with Michael Langham, Brian Bedford, and Colm Feore, at Stratford Festival. That was my first professional job, and I got to work with Garland Wright and so many great artists.

Quotes by Elizabeth Marvel

OK, so I'm a working mom that also gets to kiss George Clooney. That's a little bit of a perk of the job.

Quotes by Elizabeth Marvel

So the English approach to show business and their work is more - and this is a big generalization, I hasten to say - but it's more, they work on it as a craft job.

Quotes by Elizabeth McGovern

My job now is to work hard and learn all I can.

Quotes by Elizabeth McGovern

Lots of people want to have written; they don't want to write. In other words, they want to see their name on the front cover of a book and their grinning picture on the back. But this is what comes...

Quotes by Elizabeth George

It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.

Quotes by Elizabeth George

It's definitely part of my job description not to be too fat.

Quotes by Elizabeth Hurley

For me to do my job effectively, we need to continue to earn public confidence. That involves transparency and accountability.

Quotes by Elizabeth Esty

Friendship is a difficult, dangerous job. It is also (though we rarely admit it) extremely exhausting.

Quotes by Elizabeth Bibesco

Our most important job in Congress is to provide for our national defense, and therefore, every year, Congress allocates funds and determines defense priorities in a bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA.

Quotes by Elise Stefanik

My job is to represent my district. That’s who I’m responsible to and for.

Quotes by Elissa Slotkin

I remember hitting Sarah Michelle Gellar with a right hook during my first week on the job. It was awful. They usually pair actors with stunt doubles to avoid things like that.

Quotes by Eliza Dushku

After I graduated high school and came out to do 'Buffy,' I was enrolled at my mom's university, and I was going to go get a real job. I never thought of acting and never really wanted to be an...

Quotes by Eliza Dushku

Better to just be real. Show up and do your job and be a nice person.

Quotes by Elisabeth Rohm

Being the chief minister of a regional government is just a pastime compared with the hellish job of being prime minister of two different communities brought together.

Quotes by Elio Di Rupo

Any reasonable economist will tell you that it's nearly impossible to isolate the impact of right-to-work laws on a state's job growth. A multitude of other factors intervene. However, one thing the numbers can show is that right-to-work laws have...

Quotes by Eliot Spitzer

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.

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