Alice McDermott Quotes

I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught.

Work is hard, and jobs can be dull. But you can't just take a holiday when you feel like it. You turn up because it is the right thing to do.

I pride myself on what I do every night. I pride myself on my work ethic and how I carry myself. I want to be mature in my approach but focused and disciplined.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Acting like an adult and being professional on set and getting my work done has just been a lifestyle for me. It's not something I have to try hard to do, necessarily.

The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job.

My principal at RADA once told me, 'You'll know you're a professional when you don't feel like doing it but you have to do it.'

Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.

My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work.

If you've worked in Australia, you can't get away with bad behaviour like showing up late. We take our work ethic very seriously.

This is my job and I respect it enough to concentrate on it.

I developed a really strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.

I have a strong work ethic.

I have the ablest staff that ever served any President in my memory. There's not a playboy among them. They aren't sitting around drinking whiskey at 11 o'clock at night. They aren't walking around with their zippers unbuttoned.

I have a good work ethic.

When you have to stay late, you stay late, and when you don't have to stay late, you go home. But, you do whatever it takes to get the job done that day.

I am blessed to be doing what I do. So if I have to be at a photo shoot, do an interview, or make a TV appearance, I am not going to sit around whining and complaining about how I don't want to get up early or I don't feel like talking.

I know what I try to do. I try to be professional, turn up, not make too much fuss, do the job.

Developing a good work ethic is key. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you're a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.

The crucial thing for me is that I stick to my job.

I have a job to do, and I'm going to do my best.

There's a lot that's out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.

Whoever I suit up for... I'm going to do my job.