- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know when acting came to be more about awards than about the work. Judging who's better than the other person shouldn't be part of why we're doing this job. It should be about entertaining people.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a gamer. I've never played any games. I was more a books and games outdoors kind of a person, so I was extremely daunted when I got this job knowing the size of the fan base and the commitment of the fans to 'Halo.'
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started doing regional theater. My first job was 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Dallas Theater Center.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went for endless auditions for tiny parts in obscure plays, and never got one job until I was in 'Four Weddings'.
- Hardest Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hardest thing in my industry is longevity, getting your next job. It's hard to get the first job, but it's so much harder to get the sixth or seventh as a woman.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor, my job is not to always play characters who make everybody happy. That's not interesting.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never had a terrible job. I've been a cook, waitress, bookseller, teacher, freelance writer. I know what the bad jobs are, and I haven't done them.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad got his first job when he was six years old, in a little village in Wales called Nantyffyllon, cleaning bottles at the Colliers Arms.
- Better Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we get government off the backs of our job creators, small businesses have a better chance of thriving. And when small businesses thrive, so does our economy.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020