“I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted it.”

“People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.”

“You musn't force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex.”

“The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.”

“Work alone is noble.”

“Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.”

“The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.”

“People need to be made more aware of the need to work at learning how to live because life is so quick and sometimes it goes away too quickly.”

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”

“The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.”

“I work to stay alive.”

“I'm Jewish. I don't work out. If God had wanted us to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor.”

“Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.”

“I think I can work with any type of actor.”

“I have learned not to read reviews. Period. And I hate reviewers. All of them, or at least all but two or three. Life is much simpler ignoring reviews and the nasty people who write them. Critics should find meaningful work.”

“Nothing will work unless you do.”

“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.”