Quotes about "Work & Career"

A huge part of Irish dance is balance, which is so good for any kind of combat - just being aware of your body. ”

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story. ”

I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in their professional and chronological lives. ”

I'm a mother myself, and sometimes mothers get a bad rap just because they've tried to do their job. Some people have more of a knack for it than others do, but almost all of it falls to, 'My mother's suffocating me.' Whatever. ”

When I started out in the industry, I felt the need to say 'yes' to everything. You wanted to be an actor, so you took acting jobs. ”

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. I know that because I don't come from a wealthy background. ”

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. ”

That's the thing - you do a job like 'Shameless,' and suddenly that's why you can get a job like 'The Virgin Queen', not because of all the classical theatre you've done. But we can be very snippy about television. It's absolutely the most potent and powerful form of storytelling we have. ”

We need to be at the forefront of technological development again. ”

One of the things that is very important to me is how I feel about my team. And not just what their jobs are but what they mean to one another. ”