Ben Mendelsohn Quotes

Most people sort of enjoy going to work because of the socialisation, a chance to flirt with co-workers and so on, but actually hate the job they do.

When I speak with people who love their jobs and have vital friendships at work, they always talk about how their workgroup is like a family.

When you work on a Dick Wolf show, it's as if you've joined a second family.

While the women of the older generation were thankful if only they succeeded in obtaining 'a work and a duty,' however monotonous and wearing it might be, the will of the younger generation for a pleasurable labour has fortunately increased.

Even though people spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else, people underestimate how work influences their overall wellbeing and daily experience.

The women themselves say they're far more likely to care about flexibility. The men say, 'I'm far more likely to care about money.'

I have a job that I truly love, and an enormous crew of people that can do things better than I can!

I get to choose the people I work with.

We might be workers, but we are not happy go-lucky jungle bunnies.

It was a great way to work. In those days, you had to be there. It was your world. It was your club. Your friends were there, your associates were there, your security was there.

There's something really cool about TV. TV, you get the luxury of having the same people around. It is such a blessing when you get a TV job. You really have a chance to get to make, like, work friends. I think TV is one of the few mediums where I've had the opportunity to get to know my crew members.

Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.

The average person has eight different jobs over the course of their lifetime. You get a little antsy doing the same thing.

The one thing that people don't get about GE is that, to the people who work here, it's not a company. It's not just a job. You feel like you're part of a 120-year-old ever-growing, ever-improving family.

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

Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre.

If I did not have my work, I would not have any life.

I really got to see my dad enjoy every day that he was working. Everybody should be able to have this much fun when they go to work.

I can't imagine leaving the restaurant. It's hard for me to separate my life from my work; I'm really thinking about what we're doing every day.

We're moving toward the kind of work world which has less security. But we hope it has more creativity and possibility of real engagement.

I don't feel like my job is to be beloved.

The physical lot of … workers had notably improved, with unemployment insurance, social security, and the new health services, while their children's school education was assured by the government-operated schools: in addition, they had, for intellectual or emotional stimulus and diversion, the radio and the television. But the work itself was no longer as various, as interesting, or as sustaining to the personality...

It's really fun to come to the same place to work every day.

I love my job every day. So whether it's for four years or for two weeks, it's still... And when you're working on a set, it feels like a family straight away.

At the risk of being glib, I would say if you really want to make America great again, you have to make work cool again.