Zawe Ashton Quotes

At the end of the day, I just do my job. I love my art.

I only want to do better work. That's the focus of my life.

I've been kicking around in this business for 20-something years now, and there's actually few times where you can look at the piece of work that's put out there, and you can actually be proud of it.

It's great working with great writers and directors because you're getting paid for something you love and want to do.

I'm not going to sit here and go to college for something that I don't care about.

Even if I do one or two films a year, what is important is whether I'm getting to do the kind of work that I'm interested in.

I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.

I wouldn't do a project if it weren't a story I wanted to tell. That's rewarding in itself, as a writer, if you're working on a story that you enjoy telling.

After 'Secretary,' I was wanting very badly to find something to make that I really cared about.

My goal is to stay happy in my work and to do quality work.

For me as a filmmaker, I do the projects I'm really excited about.

I've been lucky. The projects I've gotten to work on are projects I'd want to watch myself. That's what I try to shoot for.

I do have comfort, because as an actor you don't want that anxiety of wondering if you're going to continue with a certain role or if you're going to be employed the next year. It's nice to be comfortable with that and then you can concern yourself with the stories and nothing else. There's no other agenda than putting out a good product.

I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had but I know that I don't. I feel like I have to work really hard to keep myself afloat, doing what I do. But I find it pleasurable.

I always watch the work I do.

When I'm working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it.

Acting is not terribly important work, and I have always felt a bit of guilt about pursuing something that is so selfish. I love doing it, but it is never something that feels like it's going to change or save the world.

I'm happy with my place in the firmament here. I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.

My feeling about work is it's much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are really great and make lots of money are miserable to make, and vice versa.

My whole goal is to make good records and keep myself inspired and able to accomplish what I need to accomplish.

The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you're an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level.

I never did films for the money or because I needed to buy a house or car. I do it because I love my job.

I don't write for a particular audience. I work as an artist, and I think the audience of one, which is the self, and I have to satisfy myself as an artist. So I always say that I write for the same people that Picasso painted for. I think he painted for himself.

I always try and hold to that saying, 'I want to work on things I'd want to see.' The vast majority, that's been true.

I always consider myself as good as my last film. I tend to analyse my work very critically.