Work Quotes
Quotes on the meaning of work.
Several quotes here describe work as a solitary process, one that takes real effort to protect from distraction, while others connect a person's politics directly to the character of their work. Related reading includes Growth Quotes.
I believe that if I do good work, something in the universe will fall right for it.
People don't remember my work in my earlier films, as 'PKP' has been etched forever in their minds. So, I get similar kind of roles.
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I take my time to understand the nuances of a character and prepare for a role, which is why I take time to do films. I work hard on myself to fit the character.
It is not necessary that the scion of a singing family, even if he sings, can excel in it. In order to reach his peak he has to work very, very hard.
I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English.
But no, I've just been very lucky. But I've worked hard, and the harder you work, the luckier you seem to get.
In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented.
I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.
The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity, balance, contrast, and a sensitivity to the material out of which it is made.
By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions.
Particularly when you're dealing with very high ranking people, you know, you have to get their attention, they are used to, by their rank, of having their own way and doing their own thing and when it's necessary to all...
A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing.
With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.
When you shoot a musical, you're shooting to lipsynch tracks, so we had to figure out our choreography and work out what we wanted to do with each number before we did it.
If you're in the groove, you get something back from the audience that is so exciting and rewarding that no film or television work can possibly compete.
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
Every time I've flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I've learned something new that can be applied to buildings.
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There's also a lighter side - people unwinding after work to talk through life's bigger questions over drinks. See Effort Quotes and Goal Quotes for more on getting things done.
