Doing beautiful things is its own reward.
I'm saved every day by the intrinsic value of the work I do, which I truly enjoy.
Getting sacks are like prom night. It never gets old.
I'm happy in what I do, and I just like cracking on, doing what I love. The people around me know who I am, and that's what means the most.
I just - I love my job. I love doing it. It's a passionate endeavor. And sometimes you can get close to something that you believe is the truth. The truth of something. Not all the time, but sometimes.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.
It's easier to work hard when you're passionate about what you're doing.
Whatever course you have chosen for yourself, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving.
You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.
You try to find the romance in the struggle, or at least that's what you keep telling yourself. But you talk to successful actors, and the struggle always is what they miss the most.
I'm overwhelmed by and in awe of the work that I do. I adore my work. I live to work.
I wouldn't change what I do for the world - every single day, I'm lucky to be doing what I'm doing.
The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for.
There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure. Do not mistake a child for his symptom.
In the beginning, I didn't have to love them, my acts. It was mostly about being successful, getting a trophy, and making some money. Now if I don't love the idea of it, I don't work on it.
One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
You have that first joy of finding work, and then to become part of a show like 'Call the Midwife' - which I have watched religiously with my mum since it started -is doubly brilliant.
I get a kick out of just working, making people happy - whether it be in the movies or just playing my guitar.
It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.
