Jonathan Banks Quotes

You can't do things for money. You just can't act them. There's gotta be something about the script that you really want to do. I wouldn't do a job if I didn't think I could do the best work I possibly could.

I get very picky. There's sort of a line you have to walk between working and doing something you actually want to be a part of, as opposed to just working for the work. That often puts you in a place where you have to choose whether or not you want to wait for good material to come along.

I want to work on interesting parts that I can believe in.

I should be satisfied first as an actor with my work. I will not do something because everyone is doing it.

I'm choosy to a fault. You want to hold out for a project that means something. You're the one who's there working fifteen hours a day, and if you don't believe in it, it can feel a whole lot longer.

I do my work to the best of my capacity. I don't pick a role looking at its length. I take up a film because I would like to see it.

When you're working in service to a big project, there's always the question of, 'Is there total freedom to do what I think is right artistically, or is this a job?' It's okay for things to be a job. I'm perfectly comfortable working. I don't need to sit around and quench whatever personal artistic thirst I have at all times.

I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.

I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's never going to change, under any circumstances.

After 'Secretary,' I was wanting very badly to find something to make that I really cared about.

I'm not striving for happiness, I'm trying to get some work done. And sometimes the best work is done under doubt. Constantly rethinking and re-evaluating what you're doing, working and working until it's finished.

I'd love to do films, but I'd feel bad in my gut if I did anything just for the money. I want to wait for something I'm really passionate about, even if I don't work for a year.

My rule is: the second you find yourself doing something you hate, quit doing it.

I've been offered a couple of shows that have been very successful, but they weren't right for me. It has to be something I could be excited about for a long time.

I came to filmmaking because it's my passion. I decided I can't have it distorted or marred by someone else deciding what it should be.

I had to work and it never occurred to me not to. But then it's never really been about the money.

Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.

I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.

I give 110% while I am working. I know I do, because I have been doing this since I was nine. This is a way of life for me. So whether it be successful or not is not in my hands. I still do my job, the best I can.

I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.

I keep on working when other people are out having fun. But I love what I do and find it hard to stop.

I work because I want to work. Work keeps me going.

I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.

I always say to my agents, you go through one of these big kind of movies, everyone makes money, but like, I said, 'I'm the one who's gotta go make it, and if I don't have my heart in it, and it's like a love affair, I'm not going to do a good job. Then, and I don't want to just get paid. I just, I don't want to do that.'

I'm very organized - and the best thing - when you love your work, you don't mind putting in 15 hour days. It's joyful.