“I like to work as much as I can, but I only really have the hiatus to work on other projects. I've kept myself busy recently. I voiced a character in 'Ice Age 4,' which was a lot of fun. I also did another small movie called 'The Scribbler.'” I CanCharacterAgeFunProjectsBusyIceIce AgeHiatus Author:Kunal Nayyar
“Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? I made that decision when I went to Juilliard. I wanted to be an actor. So, if I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I’m going to do that.” IfsWantMadeWantedActorsOpportunityFunDecisionInterestingProjectsJuilliard Author:Anthony Mackie
“I want to work on projects that I feel passionate about and do things that are fun and challenging. I would love to do a live musical. I'm not interested in doing the same thing over and over or the fame and exposure that comes with it. When people keep doing that, they just end up doing the same dumb stuff again and again.” PeopleWantFeelsEndsFunStuffChallengesFameProjectsMusicalPassionateDumbNot InterestedAgain And AgainExposureDumb Stuff Author:Holly Madison
“I love what Chris & Katy are bringing to the table with Coal Train Railroad. It makes ME feel like a kid again! I think children of all ages will love the humor, silliness and the catchy, cool, and crazy music that reminds us all that music should be fun to listen to. I’m honored (and slightly tickled) to be part of this wonderful project. Thanks!” ThinkingFeelsShouldChildrenKidsAgeFunWonderfulCrazyProjectsTablesTrainThanksCoalHonoredRailroadsCatchySilliness Author:Jeff Coffin
“Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project.” PeopleFilmFunActingTelevisionProjectsResponsibleOutcomesWorking With OthersFilm Acting Author:Alex Borstein
“We could go work on curing cancer. We could go work on building spaceships. We could go work on art projects. What's fun about working at Asana is we get to work on all of them at the same time.” ArtFunBuildingProjectsCancerSpaceshipsAsanaArt Projects Author:Justin Rosenstein
“Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, "You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?” FeelsYearsMeanSaidTwoHardLastsFunResponsibilityBoysMillionsPlansWeekPrideProjectsDollarsExecutivesVacationLast YearTaking ResponsibilityEightyTwo WeeksMillion DollarsRespondingDummy Author:Lee Iacocca
“For actors, being successful is generally getting a job. If you can work a lot, you're really successful. If you work a lot on projects that are interesting and intelligent and great fun to be part of, then you're hugely successful. And I feel hugely successful. I can't believe that I get to be involved with the projects and the people I work with.” PeopleIfsFeelsBelieveI CanJobsActorsFunInterestingSuccessfulInvolvedProjectsIntelligentBeing Successful Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“To do panels where you get to interact with your fans, in a really intimate, awesome way, and to let them ask all of the questions, is fun to me and it shows them that you care about their opinions, their thoughts, and their passion for your project.” WayShowsCarePassionAsksFunOpinionFansProjectsIntimate Author:Zachary Levi
“With scheduling and the way projects come up, I take the first thing that interests me and that moves me. If it's going to be fun, if I'm going to have a good time, and I'm going to enjoy the people I'm with, then that's a good enough reason to do it.” PeopleIfsWayFirstsReasonEnoughMovingFunEnjoyInterestProjectsCome UpGood TimesGood EnoughHaving A Good TimeScheduling Author:Nathan Fillion
“Don't worry that you can't seem to come up with sure billion dollar winners at first. Just do projects for yourself for fun. You'll get better and better.” FirstsSeemsFunWorryProjectsDollarsCome UpBillionsWinnerGet Better Author:Steve Wozniak
“I'm really passionate about the song Sky Spills Over. It was fun creating it in the studio and I've been overwhelmed at the response it gets when we perform it live every night. My son Ryan is a really talented filmmaker so I always enjoy working with him on a project. But what made this project even more special was that 3 of my own grandkids were in the video. This video was a lot of fun to make. I hope people enjoy it!” PeopleMadeNightSongFunEnjoyMy OwnSkySpecialSonProjectsCreatingResponsePassionateStudiosVideoFilmmakerOver ItMy SonEvery NightOverwhelmedSpillsGrandkids Author:Michael W. Smith
“I am excited by this collaboration: this is the first time H&M involves a Fashion Director in a special project. This is the sign of an important evolution in fashion, and I am both thrilled and humbled to be the one chosen to lead it. I wanted to create precious accessories that are impossible to find. As a stylist I know accessorization is essential: it is the personal touch to any outfit. With these pieces everybody can have fun, turning an ordinary day into a fantastic fashion day” KnowsFirstsImportantWantedFunPiecesImpossibleSpecialFashionEvolutionDirectorsEssentialsProjectsOrdinaryFirst TimeExcitedChosenFantasticHaving FunCollaborationAccessoriesStylistOrdinary DaysPersonal Touch Author:Anna Dello Russo
“The silliness-much of which is clearly intentional-is blended with some genuine grandeur. The Pixar touch is evident in the precision of the visual detail and in the wit and energy of Michael Giacchino's score, but the quality control that has been exercised over this project also has a curiously undermining effect. The movie eagerly sells itself as semitrashy, almost-campy fun, but it is so lavish and fussy that you can't help thinking that it wants to be taken seriously, and therefore you laugh at, rather than with, its mock sublimity.” ThinkingWantHas BeensHelpingEnergyFunQualityLaughingTakenEffectsProjectsSellsDetailsWitGenuineVisualsScoreEvidentGrandeurPrecisionMockUnderminingSillinessPixarSublimityFussyQuality Control Author:A. O. Scott
“I want longevity. I don't want to be a flash in the pan. I want to continue to do good work and projects that inspire me, and if I can have fun while doing it, that's the dream.” IfsWantI CanDreamFunInspireProjectsHaving FunFlashGood WorkLongevity Author:Skylar Astin
“"Mansome" was one of those projects where it was a great change to do something fun and look at the subject in an engaging way. My next film is not going to be about pedicures.” WayLooksFilmNextFunSubjectsProjectsEngagingGreat ChangePedicures Author:Morgan Spurlock
“My only real requirement is that I like the projects to be good and I like the people that I work with to be really nice people and great people, and as long as that's the case the music is fun to do always.” PeopleLongRealFunCasesNiceProjectsMusic IsBe GoodBeing RealRequirementsGreat PeopleReally NiceNice People Author:Christopher Lennertz
“It's getting harder to make decisions to work for the sake of working. Like everybody, I'm trying to find things that are extremely challenging or mean something to me deeply. Sometimes something like The Tourist comes up and it's just fun, but it's not as easy to find projects that I have to do. I have to be home and I have to do other things, but I don't have to work as much.” TryingMeanSometimesHomeFunEasyChallengesDecisionProjectsHarderSakeCome UpTourists Author:Angelina Jolie
“I tried [being a mogul]. It bores me. I don't really want to produce other people's movies. Because they're either grown-up filmmakers like Steven Soderbergh or Kathryn Bigelow that didn't really need me - and I've produced both of them. It's fun to sit around with them and be collegial, but they don't need me. They can make the film without me. I make my own stuff. There are tons and tons of other things I'm interested in that have nothing to do with movies or are documentary projects.” PeopleWantNeedsFilmFunStuffMy OwnProduceProjectsFilmmakerBoresDocumentariesMoguls Author:James Cameron
“I choose a project based on whether it feels worthwhile working on when it comes to me. But secondly I choose it if it sounds like fun. Projects are determined by just how they strike me at the moment, as they have done throughout my whole life.” IfsFeelsDoneWholeMomentsFunSoundProjectsDeterminedStrikesWhole LifeWorthwhile Author:Steve Martin
“If I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I'm going to do that.” IfsActorsOpportunityFunInterestingProjectsJuilliard Author:Anthony Mackie
“Someone once told me it's more important what you turn down than what you take, and I think that rings true, especially when you're trying to make decisions about how you want to be viewed. It's hard, because I also want to have fun, and if there's a project that's super-small or low-budget or silly but it happens to have friends involved, I'll always take it, because my number-one priority is that I want to have fun with my career.” IfsThinkingWantTryingImportantHardHappensTurnsFunDecisionNumbersCareersInvolvedProjectsLowsPrioritiesRingsSillyHaving FunBudgets Author:Kristen Bell
“There are things you do for the fun of doing them or to work or to hang with certain people. But the projects that I've invested myself in and cared about most deeply have absolutely been activated by a desire to chase something that I relate to, or that I see as having the potential to speak to someone else directly.” PeopleDesireCertainSpeakFunProjectsRelate Author:Edward Norton
“I'd argue that everybody wants to do something that matters, and the fact that Linux has had a huge impact on the tech market and is used virtually everywhere is obviously very personally satisfying. I think programming is fun, and the community around the kernel is great, but a project has to be relevant too.” ThinkingWantMatterFactsUsedFunCommunityHugeProjectsImpactArguingProgrammingSatisfyingRelevantLinuxKernel Author:Linus Torvalds
“I'm still producing scripted features, and I am already working on a new documentary project with Norman Lear and Lara Bergthold. It is about the Declaration of Independence and the relevance of the document today. And it will be fun and engaging - I promise!” StillsTodayFunPromiseProjectsIndependenceFeaturesDocumentsDeclarationDocumentariesEngagingRelevanceI PromiseDeclaration Of IndependenceLear Author:Linda Goldstein Knowlton
“The only way to describe my involvement in Planes is that its an absolute dream come true for me. Getting to be a bad guy in any project is fun, let alone being a Disney villain. I cant imagine anything getting better than that!” WayDreamGuyFunImagineProjectsAbsolutesPlanesGet BetterVillainDreams Come TrueBad GuysCantInvolvement Author:Roger Craig Smith
“I've been poked fun of throughout my career by fellow actors for my notes that I take. I have spiral notebooks that I carry with me on every project I do, and I take notes just so that if I have to relive a scene, if I have to go back, I know what I did.” IfsKnowsActorsFunCareersSceneProjectsFellowsNotesNotebookSpirals Author:Anna Chlumsky
“There's usually a sense of humor about all of it. It is what it is. I had two characters that were equally detestable, in very different ways, that hit the airwaves, at the same time. It was a very interesting year in my career, in that way. But I have no fear, on that note. I have a new project for HBO, where I'm going to play the good guy. That's going to be fun and exciting, and shift the paradigm a bit.” WayYearsTwoDifferentPlayCharacterGuyFunBitsInterestingCareersProjectsExcitingNotesDifferent WaysSense Of HumorNo FearVery InterestingParadigmGood GuyHave No FearIt Is What It IsHboNew Projects Author:Pablo Schreiber
“I'm selfish when it comes to work. I'm like, "Oh, that will be fun! I wanna do that!" I never think beyond my participation in a project.” ThinkingFunProjectsSelfishParticipation Author:Holliday Grainger
“Not only do we have the handsomest voice cast out there, along with the very lovely Black Widow, we also have an incredible voice cast, in terms of being able to handle the drama, the fun, the excitement and the promise that Marvel brings to every single one of our projects, which is epic adventure on the human spirit.” HumansAbleSpiritFunBlackVoiceTermAdventurePromiseDramaProjectsIncrediblesCastsLovelyHandleExcitementEpicHuman SpiritWidowsBlack Widow Author:Jeph Loeb
“More and more, I play myself, as I get older. Even as a writer, I never got typecast. I've always bounced from project to project, or initiated my own things. I was never known as the guy who wrote romantic comedies or sci-fi, or whatever, but that's fun to me. The first two films I ever had made, as a writer, were both thrillers, which was great. There was nothing funny about either of them, or not intentionally. I actually love that.” FirstsMadeTwoPlayFilmGuyFunMy OwnKnownComedyProjectsSci FiThrillers Author:Jim Piddock
“I love the idea of doing totally different types of guys for different projects. I love that I get to do this. It's so fun.” IdeasDifferentGuyFunTypeProjectsType Of Guy Author:Ben Schwartz
“It's always fun to be able to have a voice, because it helps me to stay in tune with the project and the people that I am working with. Ther's nothing worse than being on a project and not being able to have a voice. I don't like that.” PeopleHelpingAbleFunVoiceProjectsHelp MeTunes Author:Martin Lawrence
“I have a ton of fun, I mean luckily I've been balancing a ton of projects for a lot of years now, and I'm better when I'm busy and I just do my job in a way where I really totally compartmentalize.” WayYearsMeanJobsFunProjectsBusy Author:Neal H. Moritz
“I imagine that when I am creating a song or a project or an album or putting some clothing together or cooking a meal, whatever it is, I don't really have a recipe. The fun part is to throw that big piece of clay in the middle of the table as hard as I can, and whatever shape it takes, that's what shape it takes, and then I start to carve away.” I CanHardBigsTogetherSongFunPiecesImagineMiddleShapesProjectsCreatingTablesCookingAlbumsMealsClothingsImagine ThatRecipesClay Author:Erykah Badu
“In the beginning this was just an idea. Then it was a short story. Then it was a script. Each step was pretty exciting to see people come on board to support the project. It's gratifying to know that more people are seeing my work in this form than my work as a playwright. And it's been fun to hear people's response to seeing it. I've been having some deep conversations with strangers and friends about how much it has made them think about slavery and its impact today.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMadeIdeasStoriesTodayFormFunStepsSupportSeeingConversationProjectsExcitingSlaveryImpactResponseScriptsStrangerBoardsShort StoryPlaywrightStrangers And Friends Author:Steven C. Harper
“I probably have the most fun on projects where there's some room to improvise.” FunRoomsProjects Author:Andy Daly
“Having toddlers always means that there's a fair amount of chaos at home, but that's part of the fun. And from a work perspective, we have projects under construction all over the world, including many right here in the US.” WorldMeanHomeFunPerspectiveAmountProjectsFairsChaosIncludingConstructionToddlerUnder Construction Author:Ivanka Trump
“John Farrar, my dear friend and songwriter/producer of most of my hits (he wrote "You're The One That I Want" and "Hopelessly Devoted to You," among others), wrote the song ["I Think You Might Like It"] and it captures so much fun and joy! Having that reunion as well, with John and John - made the project even more special!” ThinkingWantWellsMadeMightJoySongFunSpecialProjectsDearProducersCaptureDevotedSongwritersReunionDear Friend Author:Olivia Newton-John
“I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.” KidsGirlFunBlackWhiteProjectsUniversityPilotsBlondeBlack Girl Author:Russell Simmons
“I thought about what I wanted to do besides playing violin and singing backup in a band. Don't get me wrong, playing and singing in That Dog was really fun, but I wanted to work on other musical projects and sing more. So I started a vocal project, i.e. Imaginaryland.” WantedFunDogBandProjectsSingingMusicalVocalViolinBackup Author:Petra Haden
“Between pets, comedy and toys, I try to surround myself with as much fun stuff as I can. That's how I pick projects. It's about whether I'm going to enjoy myself, enjoy the other actors, and enjoy the other people that I'm working with.” PeopleTryingI CanActorsFunStuffEnjoyComedyProjectsPicksPetSurroundToysFun Stuff Author:Eric Stonestreet
“I was extremely lucky to get this project [Brief Interviews with Hideous Men]. It was one of those things that I worked on in college. A friend of mine asked me to do a stage reading of that book and I was just completely blown away because, at that point, I was like, 'Acting's having fun with your friends and making people laugh.'” PeopleMenBookReadingFunActingLaughingStageMinesCollegeLuckyProjectsHaving FunInterviewsMaking People LaughHideousBlown Away Author:John Krasinski
“I don't feel qualified to comment on whether or not the internet has damaged collaboration and creativity. That is not my experience... my experience is that I have had access to meeting people online that I might otherwise not have met, gone on to meet them in real life and collaborated on fun projects.” PeopleFeelsRealMightFunCreativityGoneInternetMetsProjectsMeetingsAccessReal LifeOnlineCommentCollaborationQualified Author:Horace Panter
“I think the fun thing about doing a project under your own name is that literally anything could be a follow up, it doesn't necessarily need to be a record, it could be film related, it could be book related, it could be anything.” ThinkingNeedsBookFilmNamesFunRecordsProjectsRelatedFun ThingsFollow Up Author:Frank Iero
“I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It's fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it. I can't believe it when writers tell me 'I don't want to show my work to anybody'.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsBelieveKindI CanCharacterShowsActionTogetherFunFoolProjectsPaidIncentives Author:Elmore Leonard