- Perfection
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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
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a hard time being career-minded, but I want to be able to survive as an actor and do work that I think is important and that says something.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is a funny job because you're always playing a hundred levels of pretend, but when you're working with great designers who end up doing a lot of that work for you, you can focus on the things you want to focus on.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's people who can, like, dive into material for hours and hours and hours and work on one tiny little specific thing without getting bored of it. Learning how to do that was, like, very useful.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the feeling of having as close to a steady job as you can ever have as an actor. I'm not an extravagant spender, so when I work on a TV show for a season or do a bunch of episodes as a reoccurring, I try to spread the money that comes from that out so that I can do these movies that are important to me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My work is very popular with performers, and there are theatre people who get what I'm doing and what tradition I'm working in. I'm very grateful to them - they're my people, who understand why I work the way I do.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my stuff - you're not supposed to say that. But because I'm performer as well as a writer, I'm constantly interacting with my own work. I always get to find these little secrets that I left for myself, little notes - I find them all over the scores.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among video game developers, it's called 'crunch': a sudden spike in work hours, as many as 20 a day, that can last for days or weeks on end. During this time, they sleep at work, limit bathroom breaks and cut out anything that pulls their attention away from their screens, including family and even food.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Modern video games like 'Mass Effect' and 'Uncharted' cost tens of millions of dollars and require the labor of hundreds of people, who can each work 80- or even 100-hour weeks.
- Nov 07, 2020
I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The basic thing is that I want to do the best work possible, and I can only do that if I'm relaxed and have a lot of energy. And that can only come from taking time off.
- Creating
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a media artist and filmmaker, I'm constantly considering the role of situational context when creating my work.
- Five-Minute
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once I walked out of my house into to the Puerto Rican Day parade. It was usually a five-minute walk to work, but that day it took me a half-hour to get to 30 Rock.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am conservative, there's no doubt about it. But you can be conservative and still work with people, and that's what my intentions are.
- Goof
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- Nov 07, 2020
Voice-acting, on the fun meter, is off the scale. You show up, you don't have to be all primped up, or dressed up. And you get to work with some amazing people, and goof off for four hours.
- Possible
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- Nov 07, 2020