- Live
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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
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that's the way you build character.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I seem to be able to get along with anybody when I work because I really enjoy being there.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to have a career that would keep me at home in New York so I can work in the theater all the time and be involved in the creative process from the ground up.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The big business, Hollywood? I don't really work in that business. I peripherally work in it, but I'm not involved in it the way some people are.
- Doubt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.
- Joke
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian, even though we work 180 degrees differently, but funny is funny is funny.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just made the decision that I was going to try comedy, and if didn't work, then I knew it didn't work. Then I would go back and do whatever. But at least I wouldn't torture myself the rest of my life, wondering whatever would have happened.
- Difficult Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found the most difficult thing when you became successful - when I had the record album, it won Album of the Year - that you were cut off from the source of your material. Your material was everyday people, and you were kind of cut off from that, and you had to work at it.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best advice I was probably given and the best advice I could give someone who is trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you have to work to hone your skills.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know Chuck Lorre personally, and am familiar with his work going back to 'Roseanne' and 'Cybil.'
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
You may have done 20 great shows in a row and come to one, and it doesn't work. You never presume anything.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020