Jan Fields Quotes

Imagine that everything you are typing is being read by the person you are applying to for your first job. Imagine that it's all going to be seen by your parents and your grandparents and your grandchildren as well.

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

If you are emotionally honest, you should mean what you say but also mean what you do.

I can't put much weight into whether the public likes me because the more important thing is that, as an actor, I can truly say that there's not a single director or actor who I've worked with who'd have a bad thing to say about me.

In terms of being a professional, I want to be professional with everyone.

The kind of leader and teammate that I was, at every stop I made, I was always honest with guys and honest with myself. I think that was the reason I grew to have the reputation I had in the league.

You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you don't have that anymore, well, you know, there you go. Trust was broken.

Trust is built with consistency.

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way.

If you are sincere and true to your work, you will be respected. And for me, respect is power.

I don't care about motivation. I care about credibility.

I've always told the truth. I think that's been part of the foundation of my career. I don't put myself above people. I don't put myself different than people. And I, for one, know that none of us is immune.

Keep your word. Honor commitments, and they will double back to honor you.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

My career is based on openness and honesty.

People want to work with somebody who feels shame, who worries about the perceptions of others. Dishonesty is something we don't like in others.

I try to live with honor, even if it costs me millions of dollars and takes a long time. It's very unusual in Hollywood. Few people are trustworthy - a handshake means nothing to them. They feel they're required to keep an agreement with you only if you're successful or they need you.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Better to just be real. Show up and do your job and be a nice person.

Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.

You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

Storytelling is based on the word, being an honorable person of integrity is based on your word.

For me, the key is I always have to be the same person. If someone was to hear me say something on Fox and hear me say something different on NPR, they would say, 'The guy is a hypocrite.'

Work hard to achieve integrity in your work and your relationships with the people you work with.