Colin Firth Quotes

Every job is a blessing. Everyone has to take into account what is available. Are you paying rent, who do you get to work with? There are a lot of variables in the job. What I'm drawn to is things that I don't completely understand maybe, and want to get a better feel for it.

I love working, wherever it is.

My job description? It is many things; it is a whole universe created around the things that I like.

I always try to pick projects by: Is this something that excites me? What are the people like to work with? Obviously you spend a lot of time in a room together with them, so I always try to find projects that hopefully have great people attached.

I'm not interested in the mad race. I just like working with good people.

You would think that when someone accepts a position with a company, they would assume that their life will be better off because they have that job rather than a different one.

I don't care where I have to go for work. I just care that it's a good project. That's what I want.

It's not like a corporate job where the more you accumulate on your resume and the more hours you put in, the higher up you get; it's simply not the case. That being said, if I had known that and known what kind of career I'd get into, I still would have pursued it.

You take jobs so much of the time when you don't need to necessarily work for a living, but it becomes important who you are going to work with.

Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy.

There's a level of ease that comes with working in Australia that can be missed working in other places.

I don't think I've necessarily been able to pick and choose in my career; I don't know how many people do. But I'll tell you what I've been able to do: I've been able to say no. It is the only thing you can hold on to sometimes, is that ability to say 'no.' And I think that in that way, you can create some kind of career.

I was never afraid of taking the wrong job because maybe it would hurt me. I was more interested in the experience.

It's never a matter of career decisions. I don't think in those terms. What matters is whether a role is interesting, if I will enjoy playing it, and if I'm confident I can do a good job.

I like working. I like getting up every morning and going somewhere. Where I do it or what form doesn't matter.

I'm a big believer in picking your boss, not the job. Great people create great jobs.

People from my father's generation didn't have the luxury to be unhappy in their job.

Well I guess I always look at other people who have maybe more traditional jobs and I think gosh their weeks are so much more stressful and busy than mine.

Emmerdale' is a great place to work and I genuinely wouldn't be here if I didn't want to be.

I always thought I would be the person who sat in the chair for 12 hours. Then I realized there are only three people who do that job.

You've gotta realize this - you could be working at Burger King or working for the biggest wrestling company in the world.

I'd go anywhere to work, so long as it's worth it.

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.

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

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.'