“I used to audition like crazy - I would go on a hundred before I got anything. It took me a long time to get any jobs at all. It was hard until I booked 'Galaxy Quest,' and then it started to get easier.” LongHardJobsUsedCrazyGoes OnEasierLong TimeHundredQuestsAuditionsGalaxy Author:Missi Pyle
“I could have easily never worked again after 'Precious.' I could be back at my receptionist job and no one would be surprised, but I'm having a very crazy little career that no one thought would happen. Although that was never the plan.” LittlesHappensWould BeJobsCareersPlansCrazyReceptionists Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“When I look back on my career - if that's what it is - it looks a bit like a crazy quilt, and I think it's just really because, when one job has finished, I've never really been in a position where I had three or four options.” IfsThinkingLooksJobsThreeBitsCareersFourCrazyPositionFinishedQuilts Author:Alfred Molina
“Upon graduation, go out into the world and try to find yourself. What do I mean by that? Read Socrates, no. Get a job? Not yet. Go out and do some crazy stuff. Don't hurt anybody including yourself, but take some risks. Travel a little bit. Make big mistakes that you have to apologize for. Do stuff that will make you relatable to the world. And whatever jobs you settle into, you will be better at it, for it.” WorldTryingMeanLittlesBigsJobsStuffBitsHurtMistakeRiskCrazyLittle BitIncludingSettlingFinding YourselfApologizingRelatableBig Mistake Author:Megyn Kelly
“You tell yourself that you're not auditioning but of course you work like crazy, and you prepare like mad. And you think, "Well, I won't get that job. But maybe they'll have another job sometime, and they'll remember that I was good."” ThinkingWellsJobsRememberCoursesCrazyMad Author:Bill Nighy
“The great thing about acting is the longer you do it, the more you realize that all those realities are inside you. No matter how crazy they are, you can pretend that they are a part of you. The great thing about this job is you get to play with every aspect of your id and who you are.” MatterPlayRealityJobsRealizingActingCrazyAspectWho You AreGreat Things Author:Matthew Lillard
“Some men enjoy the constant strife Of days with work and worry rife, But that is not my dream of life: I think such men are crazy. For me, a life with worries few, A job of nothing much to do, Just pelf enough to see me through: I fear that I am lazy.” ThinkingMenEnoughDreamJobsEnjoyWorryCrazyConstantLazyStrife Book:Complete Poems Source: Complete Poems
“What I proposed was a computer that would be easy to use, mix text and graphics, and sell for about $1,000. Steve Jobs said that it was a crazy idea, that it would never sell, and we didn't want anything like it. He tried to shoot the project down.” WantSaidIdeasUseWould BeJobsEasyCrazyComputerProjectsSellsCrazy Ideas Author:Jef Raskin
“At one point cinema and photography weren't treated as art. Now it's crazy to think they're not. The key question is "What is art today?" The most important artists of the last 20 years are Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive, because the influence they have had is incredible and they've changed the world. That is art.” ThinkingWorldYearsArtImportantTodayJobsLastsArtistCrazyInfluenceChangedKeysPhotographyIncrediblesTreatedCinema Author:Ferran Adria
“It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age.” PeopleFirstsHardAgeJobsWifeCrazyTwentiesManageMiserableHatedGood TimesHaving A Good Time Author:Frank Stella
“Kiefer Sutherland is a crazy jerk on '24,' but you love him because he gets the job done. And I think that that goes for a lot of action stars, I mean Steven Segal is a jerk, but you want to watch him because, eventually, he's a jerk who can beat up bad people.” PeopleThinkingWantMeanDoneActionJobsStarsWatchesCrazyBeatsBad PeopleJerkGet The Job Done Author:Paul Scheer