Job quotes

“The trouble with being the Prime Minister's sister is, it does put your life into rather harsh perspective. What did my brother do today? He stood up and fought for his country. And what did I do? I made a papier maché lobster head.”
Emma Thompson - Karen

“- Caroline Sexton: You poor, deluded little monkey. Who do you think brought you to these people? Without me, Brad, you would be nothing.
- Brad Sexton: I beg your pardon, but I had a very successful real estate career before I ever met you.”
Kirstie Alley - Caroline Sexton
Tim Allen - Brad Sexton

“- Nancy Hayes: I dropped out of high school, took a trip to Hollywood and hostessed at a strip club.
- Jack Ryan: Everybody hostesses, nobody strips.”
Sara Foster - Nancy Hayes
Owen Wilson - Jack Ryan

“- Vesper Lynd: You can switch off so easily, can't you? It doesn't bother you? Killing those people?
- James Bond: Well I wouldn't be very good at my job if it did.”
Eva Green - Vesper Lynd
Daniel Craig - James Bond

“- Victoria: So, the plan is, you have no plan?
- Harry Turner: Works in the movies.”
Gina Carano - Victoria
Kellan Lutz - Harry Turner

“I'm sick of chauffeuring these fucking entitled wannabe playboys who have never worked a day in their life. Showing them houses that I could never afford. Laughing at their jokes that I can't stand. All while fending off their gropes. But not all their gropes. Because you never know, one of these days I might just might get a full commission.”
Jennifer Lopez - Leslie Rodgers

“I don't wait for a job. I just go on to my own work.”
Grace Zabriskie

“Two weeks is too long to not know what my next job will be.”
Dennis Hopper

“I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work.”
Hope Davis

“It’s always nice to be able to show your friends and family what it is that you do.”
Shawn Roberts

“Don't even think of acting as a profession unless not doing it would cause you to sicken and waste away.”
William Lucking

“This star thing has never been the first consideration with me. Never. The work has always come first.”
Martin Balsam

“The people who know my work like my work. And that's great.”
Seymour Cassel

“My work... is my legacy.”
Patrick Swayze

“I don't look at my career as a blur, after over twenty years it's just a job to me.”
Noel Gugliemi

“Your job as an actor is to stay employed.”
Benjamin Bratt

“My business is not to show anybody anything; my job is just to do it.”
Eddie Marsan

“Good morning. I am Meredith Vickers, and it is my job to make sure you do yours.”
Charlize Theron - Meredith Vickers

“- Colonel Mustard: Is this place for you?
- Wadsworth: Indeed no, sir. I'm merely a humble butler.
- Colonel Mustard: What exactly do you do?
- Wadsworth: I buttle, sir.
- Colonel Mustard: Which means what?
- Wadsworth: The butler is head of the kitchen and dining room. I keep everything tidy.”
Martin Mull - Colonel Mustard
Tim Curry - Wadsworth

“- Frank Castle: I have work to do. Read your newspaper everyday and you'll understand.
- Joan: Which section?
- Frank Castle: Obituaries.”
Thomas Jane - Frank Castle
Rebecca Romijn - Joan

“I just take one project at a time when it comes in.”
Miguel Sandoval

“I don't like it when celebrities get voice work.”
John DiMaggio

“I entertain for a living and I role-play for a living, and I can't help but continue to do it.”
Ty Olsson

“I've worked with the great and the not-so-great. But mostly I've worked with men and women who loved their profession, and who like me, had kids to raise and houses to pay for.”
Harry Carey Jr.

“I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.”
Tony Shalhoub