Will Forte Quotes

I've worked in television long enough to know that when you stop enjoying that type of thing you go home and do something else.

It was the best job I ever had. I just left because my whole team was leaving and the new guys were coming.

Honestly, I have had a very positive work environment and career at Fox News. I really like the people I work with.

I worked for three years in a small IT firm in Chicago. I managed our client base, so I translated into human speak for our technicians. But our company was sold, and the atmosphere and the culture really changed, so I quit without having anything else lined up.

In a lot of work places, you work at a lot of jobs and people work more with their colleagues than with their family.

I didn't want to come to the end of my career and think, 'What next?'

Normally, the job sucks but work is kinda fun, because you see your friends and flirt with girls and stuff.

I don't love being an actor, but I'm not qualified to be anything else. I was an auto mechanic and drove a tow truck and tried to go to school to be a paramedic.

'The Daily Show' was like my family. We had dogs in the office every day, all day. It was just such a warm, beautiful, sweet experience for me. Choosing to leave the show was so hard because I really, really loved everybody there, and I loved what it gave me and the platform it gave me.

No matter what the figures are in the workplace in terms of wages, you either feel a valued member of your staff, or you don't.

I was a welder for about three or four months, and I was lucky enough to get out of it because there was a guy who wanted to support me and pay for my racing.

If you work hard and there's not a good atmosphere, the work doesn't mean a thing.

But it's true, I was a sports organiser at Pontins - one of a series of terrible jobs I had before I started doing comedy full time.

The people I worked for before I was doing 'Vampire Diaries' were very generous to me.

I thought I'd become a welder if my racing career ended.

People always ask me if I'm best friends with everyone I work with in telly - but no, not everyone you work with is your friend.

I loved my 12 years at ESPN. And I loved working with Stephen A. - and trust me, it's hard to even talk about it, because I miss him. But the truth was, I never quite fit on a Disney-owned network.

You look at the staff, the whole staff, from the security to the nutritionists, everybody. Everybody's happy. They want to be there. They look like they want to be in the UFC.

I don't know if I'm going to be a manager forever. I don't know if I'm going to be producing films or television shows.

There'll be some opportunities for other things post-playing, but it's like, 'Man, I don't want to give this gig up.'

The best advice I give to young people starting out is choose your boss. Regardless of gender, I think it is important to have someone who supports you and lets you take risks without fear of failure.

In 'The Travelers,' everyone is defined by his or her relationship to work. I put each character on a different rung of the ladder: from the lowliest assistant to a powerful man in the world of media.

We work more than we do anything else in our lives, but the average person only interacts with four to five colleagues. Outside of that, they don't build that many relationships.

I just love working.

Members of the workforce must feel valued.