All Quotes

I was working at a non-profit for five years. But I could always create music after work. All throughout those years, I was writing songs and recording music and performing around town.
‐‐ Jussie Smollett

I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.
‐‐ Chi McBride

I was working at a restaurant, I booked the role in 'Twilight,' put in my two weeks' notice, got fitted, flew to Portland, filmed, and then it started getting hype. That helped me get my foot into certain doors before the movie even came out.
‐‐ Ashley Greene

I was working at a restaurant in L.A. when a producer came in. He said I should audition for this movie 'Cellular.' I did, and I got the part. It actually makes me sick to tell that story because it's obnoxious.
‐‐ Mircea Monroe

I was working at the 'Evening Standard' when I heard that there was a job going as deputy literary editor on the 'New Statesman.' I remember thinking, 'That's perfect.' It was three days a week, and I had children, but I could make that work - so I applied for it and got it.
‐‐ Claire Tomalin

I was working at the 'New York Times,' ruing every second of my life, thinking how was I ever going to get out of here, and thinking that one could only do it the way newspaper people have always done it. I needed a scoop, and I would go out and I would dream upon coming upon fires or the sky falling in front of me or anything.
‐‐ Michael Wolf

I was working at the store on the Sony studios in Culver City. And I was literally holding a shirt when they came in and told me I'd got the part! It just shows dreams do come true.
‐‐ Derek Luke

I was working at this club in downtown L.A. from four to eight at night, just Eddie Rubin, the drummer, and I.
‐‐ Johnny Rivers

I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?
‐‐ Malik Bendjelloul

I was working for the Socialist International, after I left university in 1959, as a researcher.
‐‐ Stephen Lewis

I was working for Time-Life Books from 1962 to 1970, as a staff writer, and after that, I was a journalist. Eventually, I became an editor at 'The Saturday Review' and 'Horizon.'
‐‐ Edmund White

I was working full-time and going to school at night and on the weekends. It was just crazy.
‐‐ Chelsea Clinton

I was working in a music store in London, and this particular place happened to be the importers for Rickenbacker guitars into England. So I started seeing these basses coming in.
‐‐ Chris Squire

I was working in Camden Lock market from the age of 13 to 16, and people often suggested that I should be a model. I knew a girl working on a stall who was with Take Two model agency, so I decided to go along, and they took me on.
‐‐ Saffron Aldridge

I was working in Chicago, in theater and in commercials and anything that anybody would let me do. When I moved to L.A., I had made a choice to be a character actor, meaning that I wanted to become somebody else. That's what attracted me to becoming an actor in the first place.
‐‐ Janina Gavankar

I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lot of clients. I just wanted to get away. Track and field was sort of like the elimination thing. I just wanted to go and do something. Exercise my brain and my body and kind of gravitate to that.
‐‐ Donovan Bailey

I was working in customer service and had a verbally abusive boss. One day, I decided to quit and pursue my acting passion with everything I had. One week after quitting, I booked 'One Life to Live.'
‐‐ Tika Sumpter

I was working in email in the early days in the late '80s, and people weren't using electronic communications at all in the way we take for granted today.
‐‐ Suzan DelBene

I was working in Lexington when I recognized this actor, Michael Shannon, and I was like, 'What do you do?' He told me to get into a theater company, so I got into a theater company near my hometown. I was a carpenter there. And then I slowly got some work.
‐‐ Boyd Holbrook

I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
‐‐ Sally Schneider

I was working in theater, so I didn't get to go to my prom.
‐‐ Kenny Ortega

I was working, like, 14-hour days on 'Fargo,' and now if I schedule more than two things in a day, I'm like, 'Whoa, you guys. That's two train rides, and I have to plan for an hour-and-a-half lunch with my cat.'
‐‐ Allison Tolman

I was working like a dog as a housekeeper, barista, nanny, cook, so I could save enough money to really sit with my instruments. Whenever I had 20 minutes, I would practice a new chord or write a new verse.
‐‐ Valerie June

I was working my first adult job, a quasi journalistic job, writing content for a website. In the offices, we had banks of TVs, papers, a constant media stream, which was unusual for 2001.
‐‐ Garth Risk Hallberg

I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job.
‐‐ Douglas Leone

I was working on 'Harry Potter' while I was growing up, and the attention it brought me made me feel quite isolated.
‐‐ Emma Watson

I was working on the farm to get in shape, about a mile away from my parents. You know, I did everything as a kid to stay in shape - jogging, work on the farm, driving the tractor. I'll never forget.
‐‐ Guy Lafleur

I was working out at a gym in Montreal when I was doing 'The Bone Collector.' I walked in and said 'Where do I sign in?' Somebody behind me, without even seeing my face, said 'Excuse me, are you on 'Star Trek'?' They recognized me from my voice.
‐‐ Leland Orser

I was working part-time as a cleaner while I was going to college and then babysitting after school.
‐‐ Alek Wek

I was working probably at the age of 10, when I had my first paper route. I had every different kind of job you could possibly imagine as a young kid.
‐‐ Howard Schultz

I was working straight for nine months and I'm exhausted. I'm ready to relax for a little while and read. I don't want to work for work sake; I have to be excited about it.
‐‐ Sanaa Lathan

I was working with a great actress - a superior artist in every way - and she really liked Celine Dion. I tried very hard, but I couldn't understand it. I just can't listen to Celine Dion! So I guess music is a deal breaker.
‐‐ John Cusack

I was working with Bill Graham management at the time and it was obvious to everyone concerned that albums like Open Fire, while they were good for me creatively, were not going to be commercially successful.
‐‐ Ronnie Montrose

I was working with C. L. R. James; I believed in Marxist ideas about the labor and movement and the workers being the secret to the future. And I learned differently just by being in Detroit and being married to Jimmy Boggs.
‐‐ Grace Lee Boggs

I was working with stem cells as part of a NASA programme. We realised that the science of stem-cell proliferation was also fundamental to cancer cells when cancer enters the phase of metastasis.
‐‐ Patrick Soon-Shiong

I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.
‐‐ Anatoly Karpov

I was World Series champion in individual and synchro for the first time which was awesome.
‐‐ Tom Daley

I was worried about being the nut that ruined 40 years of Bond history.
‐‐ Rick Yune

I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself.
‐‐ Monica Lewinsky

I was worried for a while that it was some sort of reflection of me that all I seemed to be getting were these characters that were a tad bit loony. But I love it. Those are the most fun characters to play!
‐‐ Torrey DeVitto

I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were up against the wall.
‐‐ Frank Stella

I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could. The sense of humour here is great - once I could have a giggle, I settled down.
‐‐ Parminder Nagra

I was worried that in London I would be judged for who I know rather than what I do. In New York, I am known for fashion.
‐‐ L'Wren Scott

I was worried that one day, 40 years from now, I would look back and wouldn't be able to remember the details of my life, so I've written them all down.
‐‐ Alicia Keys

I was worried when I returned that I might be booed or barracked. Nobody has waved fivers at me. I am touched by the reception since I have come back.
‐‐ John Higgins

I was wracked with insecurity.
‐‐ Ray Romano

I was wrapping up my stint on 'Daredevil' co-writing with Andy Diggle during the Shadowland story, when Marvel asked if I was interested in doing something else with DD but a bit different. When they explained the purpose of the 'Season One' books, I was intrigued - I'm a big advocate of books for people new to the medium - and said yes.
‐‐ Antony Johnston

I was writing a book about sustainable energy, and a friend asked me, 'Well, how much energy do you use at home?' And I was embarrassed. I didn't actually know.
‐‐ David J. C. MacKay

I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.
‐‐ Edward Tufte