Joanna Lumley Quotes

I just like doing my job.

My main hobby is working. I love what I do.

My entire career, I've been a worker.

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

As long as I can contribute, I'll continue working.

You try to do your best at what you're getting paid for.

Just in any job, if you want to get ahead, take shorter lunch breaks, be happy to stay later, do the work, and finish it off well.

I want people to concentrate not on my job but on their jobs.

My two careers have been very service-oriented.

I like working, I just don't like to get involved in the competitiveness of it.

A man's prime interest in life must be his work.

I'm very professional. I always want to do the best job that I can.

That's the nature of the business. If you're not doing the job good enough then they're looking to replace you.

If you like your job, I suppose you enjoy working hard.

I come to work every day thinking I have to earn my job, and I really believe that. I don't have a given right to my job; I need to prove my value in my role every single day.

You see a lot of managers who are working and yet are already talking about other countries and other teams. But that's not for me.

You have to earn your job every day.

I would never have got involved in something that just meant turning up at eight and leaving at five.

It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do.

I think all phases of one's career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not.

I'm not in the type of work where you should rest.

Whenever I'm doing any film, I'm always just happy to have a job and I always just put 110% of myself into it.

I would pay to do what I do if I had to.

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so.

My work is a love for me; I'd do it for free, but don't tell my bosses.