“As a director, I do very few takes, because I feel like you hire the right actor and they'll do the job right. And the directors that I've worked with and had the best luck with - Jason and [ Steven] Soderbergh and the Coen brothers - all have been that kind of director.” FeelsKindHas BeensJobsActorsBrotherLike YouDirectorsLuckJasonCoen Brothers Author:George Clooney
“I started my blog as an online diary. I moved to New York for a job, and I kind of wanted to keep my pictures all in one place. Also, I just love style blogs and wanted to join in on the fun!” KindWantedJobsFunStyleNew YorkMovedOnlineDiariesBlogs Author:Ashley Madekwe
“My first job was a film called 'Storm Damage' for the BBC. I was 16 and working with really respected British actors. I didn't have an agent at the time, and it kind of threw me into real acting.” FirstsKindRealJobsFilmActorsActingBritishStormAgentsDamage Author:Ashley Madekwe
“The life of an actor is very random. It can be exhilarating but terrifying - you do wonder day to day where the next job will come from. Some of my friends are very talented people, but you see them out of work - which can be tough. If you wanted that kind of security, though, I guess you wouldn't be an actor in the first place.” PeopleIfsFirstsKindWantedJobsNextActorsWonderSecurityMy FriendsToughDay To DayExhilarating Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“Relationships take time and energy, and your job kind of sucks that all out of you. It takes an extra effort to stay present in a relationship when you are working so many hours.” KindJobsEnergyHoursEffortExtrasTake TimeTime And EnergyExtra Effort Author:America Ferrera
“don't talk about legacy. I have a job to do, and I'm doing it. And I'm not expecting a legacy and I'm not expecting to get pride from some legacy, I'm doing a job that I believe needs to be done. I am willing to do it for the time, and I am not looking for some kind of an accolade or whatever. I don't consider myself anything special. I work hard.” NeedsBelieveKindHardDoneJobsI BelieveSpecialWillingHard WorkPrideLegacyExpectingAccolades Author:Frank Lowy
“I love research and being educated. It's a great job being able to step into all kinds of professions and into other people's shoes.” PeopleKindAbleJobsStepsResearchShoesProfessionAll KindsEducatedGreat Job Author:Denzel Washington
“Most of the earth's inhabitants work to get by. They work because they have to. They didn't pick this or that kind of job out of passion; the circumstances of their lives did the choosing for them. Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring - this is one of the harshest human miseries. And there's no sign that coming centuries will produce any changes for the better as far as this goes.” HumansKindEarthJobsPassionCenturyHavensProduceCircumstancesPicksMiseryBoringChange For The BetterLoveless Author:Wislawa Szymborska
“By the end of the third decade of this century, all of American life - politics, international relations, our homes, our jobs, our industries, the kind of cars we drive - will be forever transformed by the climate and energy challenge.” KindEndsHomeJobsEnergyChallengesForeverCenturyCarIndustryThirdsRelationClimateClimate ChangeInternationalDecadesTransformedInternational RelationsAmerican Life Author:Joseph J. Romm
“The great thing about celebrity culture is that they can't seem to stop themselves from displaying their ridiculous behaviour. I feel it's my job as a serious investigative journalist to witness all kinds of behaviour and then report back to the audience through the prism of my own anger and bitterness.” FeelsKindSeemsJobsCultureMy OwnAudienceSeriousAngerRidiculousGreat ThingsAll KindsWitnessJournalistReportsBitternessBehaviourPrismsCelebrity CultureAnger And Bitterness Author:Kathy Griffin
“Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.” KindLongStillsDoneChristianJobsFightingNextSleepLevelsMorningStruggleAchievePoetWake UpJewBuddhistGoing To SleepBeing FreeGood ChristianNightfallZen Buddhist Author:Maya Angelou
“There's a beauty in work and I love it, all different kinds of work. That's what I consider it. Rock is my job, and that's my work. And I work my ass off, you know.” KnowsKindDifferentJobsRocksAssDifferent Kinds Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I love the students - they are remarkable, inspiring people. I would miss teaching if I stopped doing it. The kind of work I do is pretty diverse: I can cast a play while doing a polish of a screenplay, while thinking about a new play and revising another. In other words, the kind of work that I do during my work day is not just writing, yet it is all part of the job of being a playwright.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingKindI CanPlayJobsTeachingMissingStudentsCastsRemarkableDiversePolishPlaywrightScreenplaysRevisingWork Day Author:Donald Margulies
“There are probably only a certain number of people who can understand or tolerate how long a job will take and what demands it puts on you. And why should they? It breeds a strange kind of selfishness immersing yourself in a character for so long.” PeopleShouldKindLongCharacterJobsCertainNumbersStrangeDemandSelfishnessTolerateImmersing Yourself Author:Dominic Cooper
“When I told people I was going to be doing the movie and the voice of Dobby, they were kind of awestruck, the people who knew about Harry Potter. I felt rather guilty that I didn't really understand the scale of the job I was about to take on. Now, I am well aware of what I'm doing, and actually, it feels a very serious acting responsibility.” PeopleFeelsWellsKindJobsFeltVoiceActingResponsibilitySeriousScalesGuiltyHarry PotterOld PeoplePottersAwestruckDobby Author:Toby Jones
“There's a rumor that President George Bush had a nose job, that he had some kind of plastic surgery, that he actually had a nose job. If this is true, that's the first new job he's created since taking office.” IfsFirstsKindJobsPresidentOfficeNosesPlasticSurgeryRumorPlastic SurgeryNew Job Author:David Letterman