My first job, honestly, was as a proofreader. I say that a little disparagingly, but it actually was this sort of incredible thing, where I got this job proofreading for a cable television magazine.
The most that somebody in Mexico City will get paid for a job in construction is 100 pesos a day.
Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.
Krush Groove was a movie at the time. That was my first break. I just got to New York. I was right out of college and I was happy to have a job.
Nobody can refuse a person who comes and asks for a job. Nobody can refuse a poor man when he goes and asks for food. Nobody can stop any Indian if he asks a question of his government. This is what the Congress party and the UPA have done over the last 10 years.
Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human.
I am doing the job with the mentality that I am going to be here a long time and I hope that I am.
I do think the Roman Catholic religion is a disease of the mind which has a particular epidemiology similar to that of a virus. . . Religion is a terrific meme. That's right. But that doesn't make it true and I care about what's true. Smallpox virus is a terrific virus. It does its job magnificently well. That doesn't mean that it's a good thing. It doesn't mean that I don't want to see it stamped out.
I studied acting in school and then, of course, couldn't get an acting job.
The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
We do not wait for inspiration. We work because we've jolly well got to. But when all is said and done, we toil at this particular job because it's turned out to be our particular job, and in a weird sort of way I suppose we may be said to like it.
My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life.
Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I really would have preferred to work with Stryker than with my department, which was more artistic if you wish.
The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.
Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is, head down and focus on the job.
I have great respect for the office of the presidency and I really do believe that Donald Trump wants to do a good job.
My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the one predictable thing in any organization is the crisis. That always comes. That's when you do depend on the leader: The job of the leader is to build an organization that is battle-ready, that has high morale, that knows how to behave, that trusts itself, and where people trust one another.
I saw a sneak preview of Jack Reacher and give two thumbs up to Tom Cruise. He did a great job with the role.
I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough woman in 'The Fighter' was a surprise. People saw her as a princess.