Work Quotes
“I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied by artists who work in freedom. They have the gratification of intense interest: the authorities want to put them in jail, while there are younger readers for whom what they write is pure oxygen.”
“The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.”
-- Bette Davis
“I'm Jewish. I don't work out. If God had wanted us to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor.”
-- Joan Rivers
“A lot of me is very up, and you have to have light and shade. They are both important and you have to be able to balance them. You have to admit that sadness is part of you and that it enriches you. I use it in my work.”
-- Imelda Staunton
“I think what makes our marriage work amid all the glare is that my husband is my best friend. He inspires everything in my life and enables me to do the best that I can. I want to hang out with him more than anyone.”
-- Faith Hill
“A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.”
-- Jeff Bridges