Jason Clarke Quotes

The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.

One of the biggest guys I worked with was Sean Connery. People like Sean, Michael Caine, Denzel Washington, they've been going for a long time, and not for nothing. They want to get this job right, and they realise the weight of responsibility on their shoulders.

Superstars come and go. I want to make sure I am always a producer's actor. I may be refused to be called a great actor but I have never troubled any of my producers in my life. Honesty always catches the camera, and that is what my strength is.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

We're just enthusiastic about what we do.

I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.

I stay excited 'cause for me, this is something I love to do. I'm like Coca Cola with it. I been here for a long time, I just gotta keep it nice and stay up to date and also give them that quality taste that they been looking for. It's nothing to me. When you built for it, you born for it, you do it cuz you wanna do it, not cuz you have to.

Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year?

When you see the industry's fickleness so early on, you realise that you are only as good as your last release. It is all about your work. And that has set the way I look at my profession and what I do in my career.

I think that's why my career is going to be so long: Because I haven't given people everything.

Working is a bonus; working on something you love is a bonus, and getting to do it for a long time is the ultimate.

I always feel the need to work as if I don't have a deal, because that's what's going to keep me around for a long time.

I used to say that it won't be until I'm 40, 50, 60 years old, still working consistently, will I be able to look back on my career and say, 'Wow, I have been successful.'

I've always been able to work. I think it's an actor's obligation to keep working if you can.

My father said to me at one time, 'If you are still a disc jockey by the time you are 30, you better find another line of work.' Little does he realize, I am in my 70s, and I still do seven or eight hours of radio every day - or every week.

There are always a lot of guys that have potential, but to make it a certain amount of years in the league, it takes more than just potential. You have to be professional, you have to be a good teammate, do things the right way. So now, any chance I get to talk to younger guys, I do it.

I take pride in my craft, and I work extremely hard.

I just think of myself as a hard-working person who loves my job.

Career wise, consistency is one of the keys to longevity. When you are consistent people know what they are going to get, and that's the foundation for having a long career.

Undertaker, right up until his last day, was working full time constantly, even when he was beat up, had fire in his eyes. If he couldn't walk, he was flying around, and he was The Undertaker in every way. That was such an inspiration.

I thought I was passionate about my work. Then I saw Shah Rukh bhai and Bachchan saab at work. Their spirit was so infectious. I felt I had so far been just fooling around.

I will try to make my career as long as possible. For me, it's not about money, so I just love playing the game.

I love to support someone that is driven to their job and is passionate about what they do.

We are not in the playground anymore, it's not about who is the toughest, it's about my career, I want to have a long and successful career.