Dave Franco Quotes

The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else.

I have a lot of friends, in and out of golf, and there is a mutual trust. I'm very serious at the course. Maybe if I joked around more around the press tent, your image of me would be different. But that's not me. And the golf course is my office. If I come up to you when you're writing a story, are you going to drop everything to talk? Or are you going to say you're too busy doing your job?

I'm not a light-hearted person, so I can't think light-hearted at work.

I don't do too much outside of football during football season, because this is my job and I take it seriously. I don't do too much, don't really go out at all that much, don't eat out or anything, try to stay focused and stay to myself.

Mr. Bergman was a man of great working discipline. He forced everyone to concentrate when it was important. No disturbing noise during rehearsal. A code of silence.

I approached work very seriously. I never went out. I couldn't fathom people who could go out to clubs... I mean, if I had a 6 A.M. call, I had to be prepared. I had to be in bed at a certain hour.

The hardest part of my job, daily, is to not laugh while we shoot.

I work really hard. Walk-throughs, I take everything seriously.

Most of the stuff I've done is quite serious, so I'm usually studious.

If this company is about anything, it's about discipline and staying focused.

When I go into the studio, I'm strictly for business... I don't like any fooling around in the studio.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily.

Working with Michael Chiklis is a lesson in professionalism and staying focused. That's what Chiklis brings all day long.

I can't get carried away with having a good time because everyone, especially the young guys, have to know there's a time and place for everything.

The bigger the game, the better I liked it. Not that I was about to let anybody know I was excited. I approached every game the same way. One pitch, one hitter at a time.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

I'm a higgledy-piggledy person in every way. On days that I work, I work for eight hours in a row, with my internet access entirely turned off, locked in my office.

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

There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.

Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business.

I take my work seriously.

If you are having fun on the set, you are not getting things done.

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

The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off - I'd rather stay in character.