The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice.
My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This is something I really know about. Even when I was a kid, it was a profession my father couldn’t stay in, because he couldn’t make enough money.
I have a lot of respect for what I do, for this profession.
Acting, for me, has never been about wanting attention or wanting to be seen. It’s funny that I’m in a profession where that’s where I am. There’s so much I want to express; it’s about connecting with another person and the intimacy of what that is, and so I have to overcome my shyness.
Economics profession, they’ve been – they’ve been confident in various formulas, but economics is not physics. The same formula that works in one decade doesn’t work in the next. Economics is a difficult subject.
This game is a profession now, it’s not a hobby any more. You can earn great money and there are loads of people earning a living out of the game.
There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like ‘Down to the Bone,’ you have the opportunity to be of service.
Writing is such a ‘pretend’ profession. Nobody is counting on you at all. You can’t ‘pretend’ to be a lawyer or a teacher. It takes a lot of grit to continue.
Well, any teacher or coach derives his greatest pleasure in their profession or their process when they see their pupil succeed, so I would say I definitely enjoy that part of the game.
If you judge me only by my profession, you don’t know me at all. Those people who do that? They’ll never know me.
A placebo is a phony cure that works. This is very hard for the medical profession to get their teeth around because they hate placebos, but scientifically, placebos work in about 30% of cases that are psychogenic diseases.
I don’t think I was ever cut out for a 9 to 5 white collared profession.
My profession is to change myself according to my role and I work hard on it.
Eight years of steady acting training nonstop… three years in the profession. And I’m still in the apprentice mode and I’m still watching everybody and learning.
It’s sad that people forget sometimes that there is a whole legitimate world of artists and actors out there that work their entire life, every day on perfecting their craft, but yet don’t get any acknowledgement for their extraordinary commitment to their profession.
The more confidence you get as far as games under your belt, time spent with the guys, time in an offense, dealing with all the bull crap that you deal with in this profession. At some point you’re kind of like, ‘Screw it. I’m going to be me and do everything I can to win and if they don’t like it, then oh well.
The characteristic shared by people at the top of their profession is that, to get better, they crave criticism. Most people don’t like criticism, but if you are trying to shave two tenths of a second at 800 metres, that is what you crave.
Nobody likes to be found out, not even one who has made ruthless confession a part of his profession. Any autobiographer, therefore, at least between the lines, spars with his reader and potential judge.
Hollywood does tend to portray CIA officers as totally the honey trap. Looks matter as they do in any profession. But the most important thing for me when I was working was blending into my environment.
When I got fired from coaching, I started coaching high school because my son played. I realized real quick that high school football is in trouble. There’s no budget. A lot of kids have got to pay to play, and every year, coaches are getting out of the profession. Kids aren’t playing like they used to. It bothers me.
Lobbying is a legitimate profession… Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
Money management has been a profession involving a lot of fakery – people saying they can beat the market, and they really can’t.
Sometimes you just don’t show up, and in our profession, it’s a bad day.
Growing up with a famous father, and one who mastered his craft, it’s one of those things where, do you really want to be in the same profession? I can’t imagine the pressure on, say, Michael Jordan’s kids. But for me, I think it’s molded me into the character that I am today.
Many novice real estate investors soon quit the profession and invest in a well-diversified portfolio of bonds. That’s because, when you invest in real estate, you often see a side of humanity that stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and saving money shelter you from.
I’m always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is 80% permanently unemployed. So, to be working in any sense is to be privileged.
Many people have a profession or a job – most people do, I should think. And they do it. And that’s what I did.
I don’t come from a film background. I haven’t learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know everything about my profession. I want to learn about cinematography, about editing, about music recordings, about post-production. So when people in the know talk, I willingly listen.
Journalism should be more like science. As far as possible, facts should be verifiable. If journalists want long-term credibility for their profession, they have to go in that direction. Have more respect for readers.
We are spending most of our time in American health care fixing the mistakes that either we in the profession are causing or our patients are, without recognizing it, causing to themselves.
My mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn’t work out.
No one was happy about me entering the entertainment industry because I belong to a Syed family. But I believe no profession is a bad profession, rather it’s all about the mindset.
I think it’s the same to be an actress anywhere because the profession is about attitudes towards events – it is a process to try to understand life. I think this is the case for actors across the world.
I wasn’t funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession.
The architect who first inspired me to follow this profession was Sir John Soane and his Regency home; well, his three homes, now a museum. The place is like an encyclopedia of paintings, antiquities, furniture, sculptures, and drawings.
Our family is in love with this profession, and I am really fortunate that I have got an opportunity to prove myself and to do what I love to do… My effort will be to put my heart and soul in my work, and I will try to make not only my family but the entire country happy with my work.
Don’t even think of acting as a profession unless not doing it would cause you to sicken and waste away.
There are days when there’s no will to do anything. It’s not easy for someone in my profession, because you are always meant to be in the limelight. I can’t just not turn up, as I will come across as unprofessional, and people won’t work with me anymore.
That feeling of being the NBA Champion is really unparalleled, because you’re the best in the world. Without question. How many people can say that in any profession?
Growing up, I always wanted to always be something new. I thought if I was an actress, I would have a chance at doing it all. What’s incredible about this profession is every role you play; you learn a different skill set. That really appealed to me.
You want to strike that happy medium: the balance of being able to find creative satisfaction in your profession, be able to afford a roof over your head, but still have the freedom to live a relatively normal life.
Commerce is a noble profession, and Jews should get over any self-hatred they might harbor from contemplating the capitalist spirit of diaspora Judaism.
It’s a question of economics. If you’re paid the same as a man, which now you are in this profession, you’re equal.
When I first started doing screen work, I thought, ‘I’m not beautiful enough for this profession – all the actresses I watch on screen are gorgeous and beautiful goddesses, but I’m just a scrawny, scruffy girl from southwest London.’
I’m a night owl, and luckily my profession supports that. The best ideas come to me in the dead of night.
Acting is the most insecure profession in the world – you’re insecure if you’re successful, you’re insecure if you’re not. A tightrope walk without a net. It’s a miracle I’m still standing!
I suspect there isn’t an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family’s questions after his first day’s activity in his future profession.
Journalists run many risks. It comes with the profession.
I don’t have any artifacts of my profession in my house; the Oscar is in storage.
When chefs like Wolfgang Puck became household names, that became a compelling reason for an intelligent young person to go into the cooking profession. There have been no waiters who have turned into household names. The service and hospitality aspects have clearly lagged behind the kitchen.
Read, listen to and watch everything you can. Explore the corners of popular culture and the arts. And, of course, these days you have to stay maniacally plugged in to the cutting edge of whatever technology is taking your profession into the future – otherwise you’re toast.
