Les Dawson Quotes

Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

I'm just thankful to have a tour and work something I can focus on.

I love working. I love it! It makes me feel awake and alive and appreciative, as does my family, but in a different way. If I was told I couldn't do it, I think I would wither and die.

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.

A guy once told me that I sound like I'm a little ahead of myself. I can't wait to thank him at the Oscars.

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.

I have a family to support. And I'm not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.

It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.

I think, as I've gotten older I have realized what a huge privilege it is to even be in this business. I, more than ever, love what I do.

Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse.

I like what I do, and a lot of these projects have really interesting material and interesting people to work with. I feel lucky.

I don't know how anyone could stop working.

One of the most amazing things about my job is that I have arguably, maybe not even arguably - definitively - the best boss on the planet. Shonda Rhimes is the best.

It's annoying to sit at home and not go to work. But I feel it's better to wait and do something that will be seen and appreciated.

I consider myself very fortunate. I have a beautiful wife who supports my work and is raising our daughter when I'm out on the road.

Everything I do is for my parents and my family. The car is nice, the house is nice, but none of this matters without them. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here. I don't know where I would be, honestly.

I owe everything to my fans. They were the ones who cheered for me, and they were the ones who gave me the means to provide for my kids.

Toilets are the best place for awards.

It's a great feeling when your work is appreciated.

To work - to work! It is such infinite delight to know that we still have the best things to do.

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.

We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.

You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.