Joss Whedon Quotes

I fondly remember good times working on 'Thor.'

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.

The future is not a gift; it’s an achievement.

Always remember, the goals that we have achieved pale in comparison to the daily commitments it took to get there.

I feel that I've worked so hard to gain the respect of the fans and my co-workers.

No matter how dope you are, if you ain't really built, if you ain't put that groundwork in, you gonna flop. Nobody gonna fill those arenas.

I know how it feels to work hard and to work with a celebrity.

I believe in hard work, not luck factor. The best efforts will reap the best fruits. Nobody can take all the credit. We don't even talk about the efforts of the director, the writers, other technicians, etc. They all together take a film to another level.

Awards do get you 'that profile,' but then you have to do the rest of the work - it's not just a case of 'now you don't have to do anything.'

I'm focusing on the day to day and all the accolades will come.

People from all walks of life and all over the world look at me and know my humble beginnings and know that everything I've done has been through hard work. People respect me as a marketer and brand builder.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad.

But all of this success came at the end of a long climb.

I was called the greatest director in Europe, but I was just a hard worker.

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.

We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

I think it's nice to work and then have success.

99.9% of the time, the people we see worked for it. People like Morgan Freeman and Harry Connick, Jr. work every day to continue the status that they have.

One must work; one must work. I have done what I could.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

In order to be something, you must do something.