John Ratzenberger Quotes

The only advice my Dad's given me is: If you ain't having fun, it ain' working, so always have fun with what you're doing. If you don't love it then there's no reason to do it. And don't do it for fame or money- do it because it's something that you feel is right.

When you love what you do, it pays off, and that's the best reward you could have.

To do this job, you really have to love what you're doing.

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

The most important thing I have learned from the people I've worked with is that you have to love what you do. That passion will drive you anywhere you want to go.

I love what I do, so I don't mind working.

I love to go to the studio and stay there 10 or 12 hours a day. I love it. What is it? I don't know. It's life.

I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.

Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.

I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.

The unspoken factor is love. The reason I can work so hard at my writing is that it's not work for me.

All work is empty save when there is love.

If you do have something you love to do, the fun part of the job is no different than what was fun about doing it in high school for no money. I thought there would be some greater reward in succeeding.

My best advice: Fall in love with what you do for a living.

Make sure you're doing something that you love, that you're willing to do for the rest of your life. If you're doing it for money, that's the only thing you won't make.

I've never worked a day in my life. Don't get me wrong. I work at track. If you love what you do, it's not work.

Anybody that has a decent job or career has it because they love what they do.

You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard; but when you work... if you love your work, you will find your reward in that.

Your work should be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience.

I care about being paid fairly for what I do. When I approach a project, I put my whole heart and soul into it. Because I really care about it.

The Josh Brolin character in that movie [Hail, Caesar!], he's given a choice to leave, to do something where he wouldn't have to work as hard. And he'd rather work and deal with the madness of what he's doing because it thrills him, because it gives him meaning.

I want to be in love with what I do at all times, and I want to stay in love.

I never do anything for money; I get paid a lot of money as a by-product.

It's a privilege to do what I do for a living - to take people out of their miserable day, or to educate somebody, or make somebody laugh, or fall in love with an idea. How good is that? And I get paid to do it!

Make sure you love what you do or it will eat you alive.