Ashlyn Harris Quotes

You take the job very seriously and between action and cut, that's where your focus should be. And then there's a lot of levity in between and a lot of good fun.

I take my job seriously, which means I'm going to need to get acquainted with the subject matter on a personal level.

I work really hard. Walk-throughs, I take everything seriously.

My job's to play basketball. My job's not to be here to be friends with anybody.

A lot of people in the NBA don't even take the game serious or take the same approach that I do.

I'm definitely not joking around on set.

I just like doing my job.

Play every game as if your job depended on it. It just might.

I just take this job very seriously. It's almost like you play a kid's game for a king's ransom. And if you don't take it serious enough, eventually, one day, you're going to say, 'Oh, I could have done this, I could have done that.'

I never took the work less than serious, my work ethic is ingrained in me. But I've always had a sense of humor about myself.

Take your job seriously, but not yourself

Writing's not precious to me. It's not a thing that requires specific environment. You know, it's my job. Just like anybody with a job, you have to do your job when you don't feel like it, regardless of how good or bad the conditions are, regardless of how good or bad you might feel on any particular day.

You have to be serious-minded in business, but not take yourself seriously.

I'm not a light-hearted person, so I can't think light-hearted at work.

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.

Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.

They all matter to me, whether I'm working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or I'm the star of my own TV series - I take it all very seriously, and I have a healthy respect for the work in general, despite the role.

Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business.

I take my work seriously.

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

I have a problem with players who don't take the loss personally. At a professional level you should - it's our job, it's our livelihood, it's who we are at this level. Every loss should be taken that personal.

About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient.

I went to work. That was a turning point. When you have to do eight shows a week and your name is on the marquee, no matter what is going on at home or what's on the cover of the newspapers, you've got to do your job.

Mr. Bergman was a man of great working discipline. He forced everyone to concentrate when it was important. No disturbing noise during rehearsal. A code of silence.

You have to have a work ethic, and you have to be educated in what you're doing. You have to take it seriously. It doesn't mean that everything you do has to be serious. But you've got to have the tools.