Professional Dedication Quotes

The whole time I've been an actor, from early in Houston, my goal has been to work - to keep doing it. I feel at my most satisfied as a human being when I'm working on a role.

Those who talk about the sacrifices that they make throughout a career, I do not understand too much. For me, the real sacrifice would be getting up early in the morning to work.

My first priority is my family. I am human. But my whole family knows what my priority is. Family is always first. But my work is under nothing else, except God.

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.

I was very burned out after Buffy. It was exhausting. It took me from essentially 18 on the pilot to being 24 and married when we finished. That show was my life. I was doing movies on the hiatuses and on weekends, but I needed to explore and live that gypsy lifestyle.

I'd rather not talk about myself in terms of stepping up a level or things like that because I prefer to do my work during the week and then show my best in the game.

Retirement is fatal. Luckily, in my profession, you don't have to retire.

I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.

I enjoy what I do every minute of the day, even when the going gets tough. When I first began writing, I used to work at a desk in the bedroom, of a small development house. My three sons all under the age of 3 would come running in and out of the room every minute.

Fresh out of grad school, I arrived for my first day of work at Deloitte ready for the long haul. For my generation, that's what those early years were about - laying the foundation for a lifelong career with a great organization. More than 30 years later, I'm still with Deloitte, and I have no regrets.

I'll never retire.

Once I've finished a film I just want to get on and make another one.

The one thing I'm not tempted to ever do is stop working. Retirement would be too tough for me. As a workaholic and an insomniac, I identified with my subject, General Dumas, who, according to field reports, would ride on patrols without sleep sometimes for two nights on end before going into battle - and winning.

Honestly, I'm just consumed by the work. Everyday, I'm trying to come up with new stuff and do new things. I don't take time off. I'm always recording and working on my brand beyond just the music.

I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.

Technology has been, and always will be, my one true passion professionally.

Work infuses my whole life. My creative life is my real life, so it's hard to separate.

I love teaching. I wouldn't take a job that didn't include it.

The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take.

I love newspapers. I've worked on newspapers, all my life. I've always loved it.

We now live in the era of the super-specialist - of clinicians who have taken the time to practice at one narrow thing until they can do it better than anyone who hasn't.

I'm much more interested in working and getting on with my music.

I'm always kind of off to the next movie, and focused on making sure that the one I'm currently working on is as good as the one that's already on TV.

I want the undisputed career. I want the best damn career. I want to be the best guy ever to do this.

When doing a job — any job — one must feel that he owns it, and act as though he will remain in that job forever.