Job Preferences Quotes

I get better roles in television. I'm not going to do a lesser role just to be in a feature film.

Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.

I will take as a given that, for most people, somewhere between six and seven billion of them, the perfect job is the one that takes the least time.

I don't think I've found the perfect job for me, but I know what I like, so that's halfway there, right?

My goal was always to take a talk show to the network. I never wanted to be on MSNBC.

You need to ask yourself, ‘Where do you want to work: startups, mid-size or large companies?’ If you find yourself debating the ‘startup versus large company’ choice you’ve already chosen the big company. Entrepreneurship isn’t a career choice it’s a passion and obsession.

I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it, as far as being a judge was concerned... I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.

The things I wanted to be when I was a kid were an archeologist, because of dinosaur bones; a garbage man, because they got to ride on the side of the trucks; and a writer.

I'm not going to be a coach or a director - they are not roles that I would like.

One of the early tip-offs to me about the enormous changes that were going on with being in a Bangalore house, home, where the young woman from a nearby village, who had been hired to baby sit newborn twins, suddenly said after two weeks of work: 'I'm sorry, this is too much work, I'm going to try applying for call center jobs. The pay is better.'

If I didn't love acting, I would love to work at Google... if they'd have me. They have the coolest perks a workplace can have.

I never in my life saw myself as a game show host. I don't want to be a traffic cop.

Some writers are more natural public performers than others; personally I find it quite strange giving interviews. But everyone has parts of their job that they like more than others. You can't complain if you get to do what you love doing most of the time, can you?

If you put down a list of jobs, doctor, lawyer, janitor, teacher or movie star, everybody would pick the movie star. And why? So you could lie around the pool, drink margaritas and send money to your parents. So that's what I did.

It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.

When I first got to WWE, the head of talent relations was John Laurinaitis, who is now my father-in-law, and the first thing I thought when I saw everything that he had to do is, I thought, 'I would never, in a million years, ever want that job. You could not pay me enough money to have that job.'

I'd like to work more, but I don't just want to do kind of generic characters. I want to do interesting characters, and I'd like to be cast against type.

I have been offered films as well, but it's better to do good television shows rather than a small role in a film.

I would not like to try any high stress job. Honestly, I wouldn't like something like a PR job. I can't diffuse situations.

The director's job is full of all sorts of annoyances and details - like how many cars are on the street. Ugh. I don't want it. I like my gig. And I feel that for the next 30 years or so I can keep learning more about it.

I would definitely like to work in India. It is just that I am quite picky when it comes to roles.

I don't want to have to be a teacher so I can be a comedian.

When I was a child I wanted to be a petrol pump attendant. I suppose you have all sorts of thoughts as a child and at the time I figured that it was a way to avoid doing anything like going on stage.

I don't want to work for the government, the president's administration, the State Duma, or the Federation Council.

What self-respecting male wanted a job being photographed?