- Bubbling
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have had the opportunity to work with Andy Lincoln a lot. He's got a remarkable process. He just has these ways of sinking into the scene and into character that are very physical. He'll make these sounds and these grunts and these moans... I don't know what it is that he's channeling! It lets you know it's okay for you to do that, too.
- Competition
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whereas there's a wealth of galleries in Australia, everyone's got a gallery in Australia or wants your work. Because the art scene is smaller in Indonesia, there's not so much competition.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think one of the traps of theater - what makes it so amazing is that it's not able to be mass-produced, but it also makes it hard to get work seen by people because if you're a creator, you do a cabaret or something, and maybe 100 people will see it and then it ends the night that you close it.
- Go Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Knowing at the end of the day you get to go home and you can work on your own project is super rewarding as an actor.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've gotten to work with people like Kristin Chenoweth and Chita Rivera... Seeing their process is so interesting. Seeing that these people aren't immortal - that they go through the same motions as we do and ask for feedback and break down scenes... They have to work, too, and that's really exciting to see.
- Together
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've never slammed people over the head or made 'The Flash' an after-school special. With us, it's always been presenting the world in which we live. The world in which we live, men and women work together; different races work together, and you have gay friends, and people have relationships. We just try to show that.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always fascinated by the 'who would you like to work with' question. I've never really had an answer; it only really comes as you work with them.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did work hard at auditions, and three years at RADA isn't like a walk in the park. And then it takes a lot of sacrifices, giving certain things up in order to audition, in order to do a play, whatever it may be.
- Devote
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- Nov 07, 2020
The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a high school English teacher who made me really work at writing. And once, when I got an assignment back, she'd written: 'This is so good, Andrew. This should be published!' That made a big impression on me.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
But, in addition, there is, all through the tragedy, a constant alternation of rises and falls in this tension or in the emotional pitch of the work, a regular sequence of more exciting and less exciting sections.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Hillary Clinton is going to do very well in New York, because there's one basic advantage. New Yorkers know Hillary Clinton. She was here for senator. We've seen her work. We've seen her performance.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
My wife likes history and documentaries, but I'm not so keen on them. I generally go and do some work if there's one of those on.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a mother who was very emotionally demanding, wanting to be the centre of attention. As they say in EastEnders, she thought it was all about 'er. I spent a lot of time trying to work out what was going on.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020