“Very often a job will come along that speaks to the place you're in as a person at that very moment. And usually once I've done it I feel like that part is over.” FeelsPersonsDoneMomentsJobsSpeak Author:Martha Plimpton
“I'm on my boat, training, rehearsing; I spend all my energy on the job that's coming up, and I found that's the way that works for me. The more energy you have on set, the better you'll be; it's all about being alive in that moment and listening.” WayMomentsJobsFoundEnergyAliveListeningTrainingBoatThat MomentRehearsing Author:Rory McCann
“There are always moments of despair when you get close to jobs and lose them at the last second. It feels like getting punched in the stomach. You feel like, 'Why do I do this?' Then you go to bed, get up the next day and forget about it.” FeelsMomentsJobsLastsNextLosesForgetBedDespairGet UpStomachNext Day Author:Ricky Schroder
“You do the best job you can. You take it step by step. It's hard enough to make a movie. If it works, that's great. If it means something beyond the moment to somebody, they can take it and it lasts through the years, we'll see.” IfsYearsMeanHardEnoughMomentsJobsLastsStepsDo The BestBest JobThrough The Years Author:Oliver Stone
“The job of the writer is to look at where he is now and make some sort of emotional sense of it, not only for that moment but for years to come.” YearsLooksMomentsJobsEmotionalThat Moment Author:Colum McCann
“I like to think of my best moment on the job as quiet victories. Victories over what? Over the "system", over the various bureaucracies not watching me, over my colleagues' indifference, over my patron's ignorance, over the very concept of horn-blowing pride.” ThinkingMomentsJobsSuccessIgnorancePrideVictoryQuietConceptsVariousIndifferenceColleaguesBureaucracyHornsPatronBest Moments Author:Paul Lester Wiener
“The only thing that I always do - is once I've taken on a job, even just to do one scene in a movie, I ask myself, "What's happened the moment the kid was born, until page one of the script?" To answer that simple question, I have an infinite amount of work to do. And I enjoy that part as much as I enjoy any part of making movies.” MomentsKidsJobsAsksEnjoyBornSimpleAnswersTakenHappenedAmountScenePagesInfiniteScripts Author:Viggo Mortensen
“Galvanized people can do careless things. It is in the extreme and emotion-laden moments that distance and coolness are most required. I am tempted to howl in rage. It is not my place to do so. My job is to try to dissect the event, place it in context and try to understand what has happened and why. From that, after the rage cools, plans for action can be made. Rage has its place, but actions must be taken with discipline and thought.” PeopleTryingMadeMomentsActionJobsCan DoEmotionTakenPlansHappenedEventsDisciplineDistanceExtremesRageTemptedCarelessHowlCoolness Author:George Friedman
“I had horrible moment at the end of a very successful day, where I realized I just felt nothing about it and I didn't care. And I had that fear that I would, because I was successful at it, that I would be there 20, 30 years down the road, doing this job and just not caring about what I did.” YearsEndsMomentsWould BeCareJobsFeltSuccessfulCaringI RealizedHorribleDown The RoadNot CaringSuccessful Day Author:Dan Povenmire
“[The church's] job is to provide permanent solace and spiritual leadership to the people as a whole, whatever their government at the moment, so long as it stays within the bounds of moral decency.” PeopleLongWholeMomentsGovernmentJobsSpiritualChurchMoralBoundsPermanentDecencySolaceSpiritual Leadership Author:James A. Michener
“Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist had a moment to develop the record visually. When the web took over and camera phones, it stripped the artists of the power to figure it out. So there's a need to bridge that gap and that's my job.” NeedsMomentsJobsArtistCompanyRecordsFourAliveFiguresDevelopmentCamerasPhonesSupremeTemptationBridgesGapsRecord Companies Author:Laurieann Gibson
“Life actually is this mystery and gift. And every moment of it can be full of real radical joy and wakefulness. And for some reason in our most difficult times, we have the best chance to wake up. Many people will tell you that their divorce or illness or loss of job was the wake up call.” PeopleRealReasonMomentsJobsJoyDifficultChanceLossMysteryWake UpIllnessDivorceRadicalDifficult TimesWake Up CallJob Loss Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“The reason that gets me is, and the greatest part of my job and what I do, is the humanity of it and there's certain moments where that really cuts through.” ReasonMomentsJobsCertainHumanityCutting Author:Kylie Minogue
“People aren't very good listeners, by nature. Part of being a good communicator is recognizing and understanding that and trying to make the complex simple. I try to capture a concept, an idea or a moment in a few words. If they remember it, job done.” PeopleIfsTryingIdeasDoneMomentsJobsRememberUnderstandingSimpleConceptsComplexesVery GoodCaptureListenersRecognizingFew WordsCommunicatorsGood Listener Author:Mike Tomlin
“There were moments when I wondered at the gossamer veil that stops licence from being libel. I suspect that taking on the job of England manager puts you outside the protection of the courts. It must be part of the job description that you will be held hostage by media speculation and can have your character tortured, molested and finally executed at the public whim, in exchange for a lifetime's supply of money.” MomentsCharacterJobsMediaFootballEnglandCourtLifetimeProtectionManagersSoccerDescriptionSuspectsVeilsSpeculationChairmanWhimHostageLibel Author:A. A. Gill
“The hardest part of this year has been learning to enjoy it. It's almost like a full-time job reminding myself to live in the moment and not look for more, more, more...I see now that people who make movies, this world of creative geniuses that I grew up idolizing, are just normal people who wanted to do something and made it happen. Everything that's happened to me in the last year has only made me feel more like a normal person, more human, but in the most beautiful way.” PeopleWorldWayFeelsYearsHumansLooksPersonsHas BeensMadeMomentsHappensWantedJobsLastsBeautifulEnjoyCreativeHappenedThis WorldGrewGeniusNormalGrew UpHardestMade ItLast YearLive In The MomentRemindingFull Time JobsCreative Genius Author:America Ferrera
“There is no moment where you can rest and think: 'Wonderful, I have that job now. I'm going to spend five years here.' There's a constant judgment on your work that's very strongly related to what you are.” ThinkingYearsMomentsJobsFiveWonderfulJudgmentConstantRelatedFive YearsVery Strong Author:Clemence Poesy
“Any actor has their moments of being stressed, but the great part about this job is that it's so unpredictable, and that's what I like. I love spontaneity. I don't ever want to be bored, doing the same thing from 9 to 5.” WantMomentsJobsActorsBoredUnpredictableStressedSpontaneity Author:Liana Liberato
“For me, the more talented the actor is that I'm working with, the easier my job is because the circumstances of a scene are easier to believe when the people around you are in the moment just as much as you are.” PeopleBelieveMomentsJobsActorsCircumstancesEasierScene Author:Marshall Allman
“I don't think there was ever a moment when I was like, 'Yeah, I want to be a singer!' I guess it just happened. I performed a lot when I was younger and stuff, but I remember getting to the point where I thought I might have to get a normal job.” ThinkingWantMomentsMightJobsRememberStuffHappenedNormalYeahSingers Author:Ellie Goulding
“The moment you discover in life that it's not about yourself, that it is about investing in others, I think you're entering a steadier state to be a great leader. Because above all, I think the main quality of a leader is to be a human being. There's no reason you are special because you happen to have this job or these responsibilities.” ThinkingHumansStatesReasonMomentsHappensJobsHuman BeingsQualityResponsibilityLeaderSpecialInvestingNo ReasonAbout YourselfEnteringGreat LeaderBeing ThereQualities Of A Leader Author:Paul Polman
“There are some scenes that you have to lose in order to win something at the end. A good director will keep pointing you that way, but it is also your job as an actor to understand that there are scenes that you do, particularly when you are the lead, where other people get to come in and steal and you have to let them. I understand that but a good director always reminds you where those moments are.” PeopleWayEndsMomentsJobsOrderActorsWinningLosesSceneDirectorsStealingPointingGood Directors Author:George Clooney