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I learned that it's OK to be stubborn about your craft, and it's OK to demand excellence from the industry.
I love watching great TV, whether it's to educate myself more on my craft or to just simply be entertained.
After 'Laila Manju,' I made sure to go to an acting workshop, and that's when I fell in love with the craft.
I'm really proud to have been in The Craft. I will always be that chick from The Craft, no matter what I do.
Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind.
Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.
The best part of being on a television series for all those years is that you really get to hone your craft.
When I was a little younger, I realized acting is a wonderful craft, and it's wonderful when you are working.
Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.
I try to craft a menu that is very welcoming. I like to make vegetables and seafood, and I love to make pasta.
For people who write songs, it's a gift you're given. You become good at the craft, but you're given the gift.
There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there.
So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company.
I always go for the craft first because, to me, that's like an oil well - you either hit the oil or you don't.
Your self-worth has nothing to do with your craft or calling, and everything to do with how you treat yourself.
Being productive at your craft is important. Being productive in your devotion to grow as a human is essential.
Most craft is, you know, terrible, absolutely terrible, so I don't like the word, or the word 'artisan' either.
I started making my own short films as a way of being able to give myself something to do and to study my craft.
I just have no interest in the industry of acting, I don't want anything to do with it. But I respect the craft.
I'm really into the 'classic' thing - the craft of writing something that will last, that won't die by next year.
I think storytelling is a thing of beauty, and also very difficult. It's a craft you have to continue to work at.
For me, it was much more important to continue to learn my craft as an actor and get a bit of flesh on the bones.
And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.
At the highest level of your craft, you don't have to play games or make people feel small; you can just embrace.
Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.
I want to be known for my performances and doing my craft well, not for funny stuff I post on Twitter or whatever.
I'm a documentary filmmaker, I know what it means to craft a story, especially when you've shot a lot of material.
I started working on stage as a dancer when I was four; by 14 or 15, I knew I wanted to study the craft of acting.
I hope that by 2050 the entire solar system will have been explored and mapped by flotillas of tiny robotic craft.
I think I'll always prefer theater to working in front of the camera. It seems a more distilled form of the craft.
Bruce Lee took his craft very seriously, just as my dad took his stuff very seriously. I just loved Lee's attitude.
I am not skilled enough or energetic enough to craft a persona. I just have to be who I am and hope people like it.
The biggest thing is being a man of your own time, combining craft with the graft, creating your own opportunities.
You might be an elite-level athlete in the room, but if no one gets to see you display your craft it doesn't matter.
People like me for who I am, I don't wanna change that, if anything I just wanna hone my craft and get better at it.
I have a huge amount of respect for all Japanese designers because I think there is consistency and respect to craft.
You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.
I always had a great history of comics. I've been buying them since I was six years old. I was a student of the craft.
My parents have - my dad has managed to succeed at his craft. So, you know, it's not like I was struggling in my life.
The most important factors for any artist, is the honesty towards one's craft, hard work and passion that guides them.
As an actor just learning the craft, you literally do a scene with Jimmy Gandolfini, and you walk away a better actor.
I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.
No film survives because of a big name. If a film has to survive generations, it will survive on its content and craft.
For every prescriptive idea about the craft of fiction, there's at least one writer who makes a virtue of the contrary.
Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.
Journalism has become a form of idealism. It is no longer, first and foremost, function, craft, service - it is mission.
I love that there's a beginning, middle and end to a film and you can craft what the whole journey is going to look like.
I'm blessed, and I say it all the time that I don't take anything for granted. I studied my craft and just stick with it.
Whenever I have to work on my skills or add to my craft, I do theatre. It's one place where I can learn a lot as an actor.
If you have a great business, if you're great at your craft people should be coming in there. It shouldn't be this secret.