Jim Evans Quotes

Whatever I do, it's crucial to me that I give it 100 per cent. It doesn't matter if it's a short film, stage, theatre, TV or blockbuster. It doesn't matter what level of budget or prestige it is.

I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best.

I'm very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the best at what they do, and if that turns you into a perfectionist, then maybe I am.

I expect people that come to the studio to work to come with the same energy I come with. If I see less than that, I get very strong about, if you want to do this, come with a sense of pride, come with eagerness and anxiety.

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

My dad taught me to work hard and to be the same guy every day. If that's going 100 miles per hour and working hard, then that's what I'll do.

If you don't have that ambition you start to be sloppy and that is not what I like to be.

I don't need an Emmy to tell me to go to work. I've been working.

You've got to be able to work hard. There must be inner drive that you want to be the best in the world at what you do.

Every time I have gotten into anything, I have wanted to do it well. I've always been like that as a young boy, every time I've wanted to go on that pitch.

The compulsive, obsessive, high-end, achieving people, those are the ones that keep pushing harder. I'll name you the greatest players I ever coached, and every one of them have that same trait.

Do things close to heart, and work hard with passion and dedication.

My passion is my driving force.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

I've always surrounded myself with people who are driven. You can be gorgeous, but if you don't want to work for it, nothing is not going to happen.

Beyonce was just always full-out. She's like a beast. So you learn that no matter how you feel, just do it. Just like Nike: 'Just Do It.'

I love what I do and I strive to be better; that's what keeps me going. I'm never a slacker, always a striver.

I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way.

I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of my abilities. When I party, I take exactly the same rule book with me.

I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn't like to miss or lose.

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.'

Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be.

I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.