Work Preferences Quotes

As far as television is concerned, I'm just not interested in working on a series. Why should I settle for being someone's second banana? And that weekly grind is unrewarding and too demanding.

I wouldn't say that I'm aggressive in going out to find work and stuff like that. I just sort of, if something comes along, and it's something I like, and they want to hire me, I'll do it. I won't just do anything.

The day after the Oscars, I flew back to London to film a television play for Anglia. It was a big mistake because you never really get acknowledged for wanting to work in England, as I did.

I'm always going to be an actor first and foremost, but I certainly want to have a voice in the kind of work that I'm doing.

Given a choice I would only want to work with Salman again and again, but that's not how the industry works.

There are people who like to work in chaos, and some people work better under that, and create that sort of chaos, but that makes a set not necessarily very fun. I like to work on sets that don't have that.

I'm not going to comment about potential jobs in the future because that's a rabbit hole to go down and get caught up in, but all I'll say is I'll go where the good scripts are.

My mom's not working, my dad doesn't want to stop working because he likes to be engrossed, so everybody is happy.

I have always enjoyed my work and have chosen only what I thought was interesting by way of a role.

There have been moments when I was on a modeling job, and it was the most fantastic thing in the world. And there have been moments where I've realized, 'Okay, I'm ten years old, and I've spent the past six hours outside in the rain.' It taught me how to be specific about what kinds of projects I wanted to do and what kind of work I wanted to do.

There's lots of people I'd love to work with.

If work came along I liked, I would do it. If it interfered with home life for too long or took me away, I wouldn't.

I really enjoyed working on a building site. I also worked for a couple of months in a mobile phone repair shop. That just wasn't me.

My four criteria: I don't want to work with people I don't like; I don't want to work in a business I either don't like or don't understand; I don't want to work for nothing unless I choose to, and I do a fair amount of that already; and I want to have some fun.

It was never someplace that I said, 'In my career, I must work at Disney.'

Two of my favorite actresses are Meryl Streep and Angelina Jolie. So, I would love, love, love to work with them. But I also really love AnnaSofia Robb. There are a lot of great actresses I would love to work with.

I could never be in a situation with a job where I was not allowed to listen to music all day. I would rather work at a fast food restaurant where I could turn on the radio all day rather than be in a situation where I have to sneak and listen to music.

The directors you want to work with are in the television world.

Men, by and large, make more because of some of the things they do. Their jobs are, by and large, riskier. They don’t mind working nights and weekends. They don’t mind working overtime or outdoors.

Would you rather work forty hours a week at a job you hate or eighty hours a week doing work you love?

All of the directors I've worked with I have loved and would work with again. I have no favorites.

There are just more roles for me in America. Sadly. Because I love working in Britain. It's my home.

I don't regret leaving 'Homeland,' because I wanted to work with the Bhatts. The dates were clashing, and I had to make a choice.

There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.

I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home.