Working quotes

“Sheila Wynne-Sounds like work.
Greville Wynne-No. Tell them I’m in my chair.
Sheila Wynne-Yes, he’s just walked in.”

Benedict Cumberbatch - Greville Wynne
Jessie Buckley - Sheila

“Now, I know how life is in these parts, working a trade sunup to sundown. No time for reading newspapers. Am I correct? Let me do that work for you. And maybe, just for tonight, we can escape our troubles, and hear of the great changes that are happening out there.”
Tom Hanks - Captain Kidd

“Man who works for passion always richer than who works for money.”
Ralph Macchio - Daniel LaRusso

“To some degree, Hollywood doesn't know what to do with me because the characters I do are so different. But hopefully, that will give me longevity.”
Sharlto Copley

“I love doing theatre - any kind of theatre - anywhere. Some theatre was carnival or small town circus. I have never not worked. I never went hungry. As long as there were restaurants available, I would eat. Of course, I worked in those restaurants. I wouldn't want to do it again but if it has to be done, you do it!”
Peter Breck

“A slothful nature and a fondness for alcohol can be overcome with hard work and a willingness to change your life.”
Dakota Fanning - Sara Howard

“I only wanna make a drink a coal miner would want. Straight forward. Honest. Something that says, ‘I work in a hole.”
Jake Johnson - Nick Miller

“I think every actor should be always grateful when they work.”
Robert Knepper

“- Melanie Daniels: On Mondays and Wednesdays I work for the Travelers Aid at the airport.
- Mitch Brenner: Helping travelers?
- Melanie Daniels: No, misdirecting them.”
Tippi Hedren - Melanie Daniels
Rod Taylor - Mitch Brenner

“Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint.”
Rod Taylor

“- Miss Maudie Atkinson: Jem.
- Jem: Yes, ma'am?
- Miss Maudie Atkinson: I don't know if it will help saying this to you... some men in this world are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us... your father is one of them.
- Jem: Oh, well.”
Rosemary Murphy - Maudie Atkinson
Phillip Alford - Jem

“It's rich housewives who have the leisure to pursue esoteric culture. The out of work, discussing the out of print.”
Timothée Chalamet - Gatsby Welles

“- James Bond: Good evening, sir.
- M.: It happens to be 3 a.m. When do you sleep, 007?
- James Bond: Never on the firm's time, sir.”
Sir Sean Connery - James Bond
Bernard Lee - M.

“I only make movies to finance my fishing.”
Lee Marvin

“I can't imagine working without an audience.”
Bea Arthur

“Don't worry. Some of the best movies are made by people working together who hate each other's guts.”
Kirk Douglas - Jonathan

“I mean, I hate when actors talk about how hard their job is. It's ridiculous, because we have the best job in the world.”
Jon Bernthal

“If you can figure out how to get paid to do something you love, that's the dream.”
Jon Bernthal

“Gentlemen, I did not seek this command, but since it's been assigned me, I intend to make this regiment the finest on the frontier. I fully realize that prolonged duty in a small outpost can lead to carelessness... and inefficiency and laxity in dress and deportment. I call it to your attention that only one of you has reported here this morning...” (continue)(continue reading)

Henry Fonda - Lt. Col. Owen Thursday

“- Taxi Driver: If you can use me again sometime, call this number.
- Marlowe: Day and night?
- Taxi Driver: Uh, night's better. I work during the day.”
Joy Barlow - Taxi Driver
Humphrey Bogart - Philip Marlowe

“I still have the actor's disease. I always think I'll never get another job.”
Roddy McDowall

“There's lots of happiness in working hard. Maybe the most.”
Michael Chekhov - Dr. Alexander Brulov

“- Tim: Hey, would you be interested in coming to work in the factory with me?
- Sam Tucker: Are you crazy? What would I do in a factory? I'm a farmer.”
Charles Kemper - Tim
Zachary Scott - Sam Tucker

“Working with Quentin is the high point of my 35 years in Hollywood. He is the man.”
Bo Svenson On Quentin Tarantino

“- Leo Dalcò: You are a lucky boy, Olmo. You are.
- Olmo as a Child: Why?
- Leo Dalcò: Why? It took me 73 years to see a landlord working.”
Sterling Hayden - Leo Dalcò
Roberto Maccanti - Olmo as a Child