473 quotes
I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.
Martin Yan
Celebrity · Chinese
I wanted to make a movie, because the whole life of the movies appealed to me. You work hard for three or four months, then you don't work at all for a couple of months.
Gregory Hines
Actor · American · 1945 – 2003
Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.
Paul Coffey
Athlete · Canadian · b. 1961
Not everyone likes watching rushes, but it makes me work harder, and I don't feel I am watching myself, but watching the progression of the character.
Jacqueline Bisset
Actress · English · b. 1944
I work hard, and I tend to play hard. I very seldom rest hard.
The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.
Rob Lowe
Actor · American · b. 1964
If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than you.
Bart Starr
Athlete · American · b. 1934
You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.
Eddie Murphy
Comedian · American · b. 1961
I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five years in Las Vegas have been amazing.
David Cassidy
Actor · American · b. 1950
My personal philosophy would be don't whine, don't let opportunities pass you by, be willing to work hard, and remember that you don't know as much as you think you do, ever.
James Marsters
Actor · American · b. 1962
You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line... We're just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
Miles Davis
Musician · American · 1926 – 1991
My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.
Pola Negri
Actress · Polish · 1897 – 1987
TV's hard work. I don't know how the hell Angela Lansbury survived doing 'Murder, She Wrote' all those years. And sure, everyone wants to be Bruce Willis or George Clooney - they want to be in film for the range of characters you get to play.
Christopher Meloni
Actor · American · b. 1961
Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there.
Donna Rice
Celebrity · American · b. 1958
Ice skating is very difficult. It takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hard work. It's fun, but you are there on the ice every morning freezing and trying to do these moves and these tricks.
Michelle Trachtenberg
Actress · American · b. 1985
Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.
Tommy Lee Jones
Actor · American · b. 1946
And on top of that, when we work together we have a wonderful working relationship we push each other we challenge each other we laugh 80% of the time that we are together we're very fortunate.
Alex Lifeson
Musician · Canadian · b. 1953
And so I love films that are kind of rural in atmosphere. And you know, it's just a nice place to be day after day. All be it, it can be hard, it can be hard work. You can get hot.
Keith Carradine
Actor · American · b. 1949
It's not a very secure industry. I've spoken to a couple of people recently who had a successful TV show and then found themselves absolutely skint and struggling to find a job.
Mackenzie Crook
Actor · English · b. 1971
I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work.
Kristen Stewart
Actress · American · b. 1990
I'm glad that I'm being acclaimed as an actor. Today, when my hard work has paid off I can chill out about it.
Akshay Kumar
Actor · Indian · b. 1967
It's cool to have critical success because it's always nice for your peers to say, 'Good job.' But who cares about them?
Zac Hanson
Musician · American · b. 1985
I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge.
Stuart Pearce
Coach · English · b. 1962
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
Anna Pavlova
Dancer · Russian · 1882 – 1931
I don't think about those things, really. I work hard on everything I do. Everything is a struggle, everything is hard, everything is difficult.
Harvey Keitel
Actor · American · b. 1939
Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.
John Cale
Musician · Welsh · b. 1942
Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context, another effort by those assaulting my career.
Jack Abramoff
Criminal · American · b. 1958
It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.
Katarina Witt
Athlete · German · b. 1965
I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserve success. I have the drive to work.
Bridget Moynahan
Actress · American · b. 1970
I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now.
Ivan Lendl
Athlete · Czechoslovakian · b. 1960
You have to be willing to accept the information, you have to be willing to work hard. You have to be motivated to go to practice with an open mind. You have to be willing to be criticized. Only you can do those things.
Brandi Chastain
Athlete · American · b. 1968
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.
Willie Mays
Athlete · American · b. 1931
You know, it sounds corny, but I believe in myself. And I work hard.
Arthur Godfrey
Entertainer · American · 1903 – 1983
It's definitely a dream come true to be recognized and to be able to sign autographs. But, it's also a lot of hard work and can be draining. If you don't know already, you will quickly learn who your real friends are.
Christina Aguilera
Musician · American · b. 1980
Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering.
Rose Byrne
Actress · Australian · b. 1979
Work hard, earn a great living, get whatever you want out of life, have all the stuff you want. But there should be a ceiling on it-enough is enough!
Sandy Duncan
Musician · American · b. 1946
This work is the result of a meeting of minds from two of the most successful men in their respective fields.
Will Carling
Athlete · English · b. 1965
Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work, and you got two guys, when you're talking about Gary and myself, we have a God-given talent, but we worked at it and we're happy to be where we are today.
Jason Kidd
Athlete · American · b. 1973
I know that people will remember me as Miss Universe because it was my first great achievement, but I still have my whole career ahead of me.
Alicia Machado
Celebrity · Venezuelan · b. 1976
It was far more fun than work doing those shows for all those years, we all loved each other and loved going to work, we all understood how fortunate we were to be in that place, to have achieved that success worldwide.
Steve Kanaly
Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication.
Michael Diamond
Musician · American · b. 1965
I think the success of my work stems from being truthful.
Catherine O'Hara
Actress · Canadian · b. 1954
Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else.
Evelyn Ashford
Athlete · American · b. 1957
I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.
Twyla Tharp
Dancer · American · b. 1941
Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been painting all my life, now it's become a second career because of my success in the movies.
Tony Curtis
Actor · American · 1925 – 2010
I consider my musical ability to be a gift from the Creator. It's not that I try to work hard or nothing like that, it's a gift, it was given to me, and I appreciate it.
Erykah Badu
Musician · American · b. 1971
I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that.
Alain Prost
Celebrity · French · b. 1955
If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Musician · American · b. 1942