Julia Leigh Quotes

Even though acting is my job, I do this because I love it, and when the love is gone, I'm not going to do it anymore.

I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.

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.

If something happened where I couldn't write music anymore, it would kill me. It's not just a job. It's not just a hobby. It's why I get up in the morning.

When you're young, you don't think about your career or your future - you perform because you love it.

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

I only am in this business because I enjoy it. I think that is the only way to be in the business.

If you find an occupation you love and spend your entire life working at it, is that enough?

I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.

I was working straight for nine months and I'm exhausted. I'm ready to relax for a little while and read. I don't want to work for work sake; I have to be excited about it.

Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.

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

I just think to be a manager you've got to live and breathe and have this incredible enthusiasm for football, the whole thing. And while I love the game, and it's been a large part of my life, it's not the only thing in my life.

I love to work. I absolutely love to work.

The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.

What drives me is I love my profession. I love to do it.

Converting your own passions into a job is the fastest method for eliminating any passion you once had.

I will work as hard as I do because I love it.

I love to work. I have a passion for what I do.

The most important thing in my life is my work.

If I quit having fun, then it's time for me to quit working.

A couple years ago I was going to back off and actually thought about retiring, but it keeps calling me back, and I'm going to keep going back as long as it calls me. I really think it has something to do with the good vibes that I feel I've spread through my performance and through the time that I've spent with fans.

Find your passion is in life, and do what you can to integrate that into your work life. That's not to say you won't have occasional frustrations in your job - that just goes with the territory - but at least you'll feel better inside, and that, over time, will mean more to you than you might think.

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.

I can't tell you how many times I quit only to realize that when the work has been your life, you don't really have a life without it.