I worked really hard in college, and I came out a completely different person and performer than when I went in. I did the work, and I found a craft.
A job is something we do to get a paycheck and pay our bills. Jobs are legitimate, at times, but work is why we are here in the universe. Work and calling often go together.
To be a series regular for two seasons taught me so much about what it takes to be on a TV schedule and work those kind of hours and just work in front of a camera in general.
I have an ability to work collegially across a wide range of interests in the caucus and in the Congress, and an ability to work on a bipartisan basis. Appropriators pride themselves on that.
130 of Automattic's 150 employees work outside of our San Francisco headquarters. Why are so many companies stuck in this factory model of working?
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.
My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work.
Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.
If I'm nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it's playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.
In the past, if I didn't work, I didn't eat but now I feel I can not work and I won't starve.
To be a parent, you must be authoritarian. If the Zambians want to succeed, they must learn to work hard, and they should not expect to be treated with kid gloves.
I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.
I consider myself a man of the world; I connect very strongly with Nigeria, but I see that the work exists all over the world, and I will go where the work is.
My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.
Human exploration is something that's been going on for thousands of years, and the models that worked 500 years ago are likely to work again today.
The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind.
I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.
If there's one operation for a disease, you know it works. If there are 15 operations, you know that none of them work.
We work with every one of them to see if their character wouldn't say a certain thing or if something is worded awkwardly - we work with them to rectify that.
A musician's attempt to summarize his or her work leads to all this prescriptive chatter, or what I call the 'Modifier's Madness.' A lot of adjectives working overtime.
You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.
