Working quotes

“- Oishi Kazihiro: In Japan, when production lags, worker stays longer in factory.
- Hunt Stevenson: Okay, overtime. We can talk about overtime. I understand it now.
- Oishi Kazihiro: They do not do it for pay. They do it for company.
- Hunt Stevenson: Yeah, but that's there, this is here.”
Gedde Watanabe - Oishi Kazihiro
Michael Keaton - Hunt Stevenson

“- Maddy: Richard, tell me. Are you an agent?
- Richard: No! But I used to have an agent.
- Maddy: No! No. Do you work for the government? Are you a spy?
- Richard: No, of course not. I'm no more a spy than you're spy.
- Maddy: Richard... I am a spy.
- Richard: You're a spy?”

Lori Singer - Maddy
Tom Hanks - Richard

“We were all working at pretty terrible jobs for some awful bosses and we just thought, if we ever got a chance to be our own bosses, that we'd do things differently.”
Jason Bateman - Nick Hendricks

“The only thing you're gonna have is what you make.”
Jennifer Lawrence - Joy

“- Ed: And that's Otis, he's 77-years-old and worked here longer than anyone.
- Otis: I should've died years ago.”

Kel Mitchell - Ed
Abe Vigoda - Otis

“I'm a professional. I went to graduate school. I did all-nighters my senior year. I did a semester in Egypt. Do you have any idea what toilet paper feels like in Egypt? I delivered cinnamon rolls on a truck with bad suspension for three years! Do you know what that does to your kidneys? My poor kidneys! My freaking kidneys! My poor freaking...” (continue)(continue reading)

Oliver Platt - Peter Steinberg

“I just wanted to be one of the guys. And of all the guys I knew, you were the coolest. You were smart, quick-witted. This was my chance to do what I loved. And to do it for fun. That's all I ever wanted. I thought that's what you wanted to.”
Josh Gad - Steve Wozniak

“- Chuck Clarke: What do you do?
- Jim Harrison: I'm with the CIA.
- Chuck Clarke: Interesting work?”
Dustin Hoffman - Chuck Clarke
Charles Grodin - Jim Harrison

“Who am I? I'm a hard worker. I set high goals and I've been told that I'm persistent.”
Jake Gyllenhaal - Lou Bloom

“- Mr. Leung: A lot of money for a young lady.
- Nima: Took me two years. I work three jobs.
- Mr. Leung: American dream, huh?
- Nima: Is to work three jobs?
- Mr. Leung: These days, yes.”
Henry O - Mr. Leung
Jamie Chung - Nima

“I sell gasoline, I make a small profit. With that I buy groceries. The grocer makes a profit. We call it earning a living. You may have heard of it somewhere.”
Robert Mitchum - Jeff Bailey

“It's your professionalism that I respect.”

Bill Murray - Arthur Denton

“You know what the biggest jerk-off of all is? Beyond family even, because you can't control your family, is jobs. I mean, this totally mystifies me. Can you believe people actually accept this? It's like you work all day, people tell you what to do all day long. You know, and then on top of taking shit all day, they can fire you.”
John C. Reilly - Richard Gaddis

“My honor is my work. There is none greater.”
William Hurt

“Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.”
Alan Ladd

“I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.”
Michael Douglas

“Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom.”
Carrie-Anne Moss

“I always wanted to have a career that would keep me at home in New York so I can work in the theater all the time and be involved in the creative process from the ground up.”
Bobby Cannavale

My dad is really old school: "Whatever you do, just be the best at it." He didn't really care if I was a plumber or a roofer. It didn't matter what I did. He said, "Go out and find out what you like to do, and be the best at it."
Scott Eastwood

“Keep your head down, work hard, and don't ever believe your own hype, because... you just keep working.”
Scott Eastwood

“The funny thing about television is that once you start to do it you never get time to watch it.”
Kevin Sorbo

“- Nicholas Angel: Did you find anything?
- DS Andy Wainwright: Yeah, I looked at my watch, and I found out that it's way past time to stop working and that I should be at the pub.”
Simon Pegg - Nicholas Angel
Paddy Considine - DS Andy Wainwright

“I'm working on something that will change the world, and human life as we know it.”

Jeff Goldblum - Seth Brundle

“- Emily: Were you available for rides while we were fucking?
- Kumail: Yeah, but I only looked a couple of times.”
Zoe Kazan - Emily
Kumail Nanjiani - Kumail

“- Constanze Mozart: Wolfie, I think you really are going mad. You work like a slave for that idiot actor who won't give you a penny. And here, this is not a ghost! This is a real man who puts down real money. Why on earth won't you finish it? Can you give me one reason I can understand?
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: It's killing me.”
Elizabeth Berridge - Constanze Mozart
Tom Hulce - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart