Background Image
I love working. i'm a workaholic and i'm really privileged for some of the jobs i get offered and so i just want to keep going.
-Idris Elba
Please Wait....
Translating....

I Love Working. I'm A Workaholic And

Idris Elba
I love working. i'm a workaholic and i'm really privileged for some of the jobs i get offered and so i just want to keep going.
Views: 1
Cite this Page
Prevent plagiarism by providing proper attribution.
APA FORMAT
Embed this Quote
Copy this HTML code to embed the quote on your website or blog.
HTML CODE
Topic
Jobs Want Workaholic

More From Idris Elba

For example, the supporters of tariffs treat it as self-evident that the creation of jobs is a desirable end, in and of itself, regardless of what the persons employed do. that is clearly wrong. if all we want are jobs, we can create any number--for example, have people dig holes and then fill them up again, or perform other useless tasks. work is sometimes its own reward. mostly, however, it is the price we pay to get the things we want. our real objective is not just jobs but productive jobs--jobs that will mean more goods and services to consume.
Jobs Real Mean
I also feel like the kinds of jobs i want right now - i consider them aspirational. i want to raise the bar for myself, and i am in this interesting spot where i do get offered a lot of things, but frankly, the majority of the things i get offered i'm not really interested in doing. i want to do the things that i have to fight for.
Jobs Fighting Interesting
There's no destination. there's no getting anywhere. there's just the going. the key to life is to make the going really fun. because people that are like, “if i just get to this, then boom!” and then they get there and there's this dawning of an afterwards. whereas i'm just always in the going. and it's not a frantic going like, “i gotta keep going or i'm gonna go nuts!” i can not do anything for weeks or months if i need to and just sit and read books or watch movies. i'm just as fine consuming and absorbing new art as i am trying to make it. but it's all in the going.
Art Fun Book
Love is real, real is love, love is feeling, feeling love, love is wanting to be loved. love is touch, touch is love, love is reaching, reaching love, love is asking to be loved. love is you, you and me, love is knowing, we can be. love is free, free is love, love is living, living love, love is needing to be loved.
Love Real Knowing
The truth is, the older you get, the less variety of parts you are offered. if you're a star and you've spent most of your career being able to take your pick of the litter, you notice when the offers start to diminish. you're too old to play leads, so you're offered the supporting role - but many stars don't want to make that transition. they see it as a sign of symbolic impotence. and that the audience will no longer regard them as a star. i love acting, and i'm not going to determine what i do based on what i fear other people might think. i do what i want to do.
Stars Thinking Careers
The things and the projects that i want to be a part of are not the ones that i get offered. i get offered a lot, but it's not what i'm interested in. so i have to fight very hard for the things that i want to do and to work with the filmmakers that i want to work with.
Fighting Want Projects
Similar Quotes
Do you know him well?" i ask.i am too curious; i always have been. "everyone knows four," she says. "we were initiates together.i was bad at fighting,so he taught me every night after everyone was asleep." she scratches the back of her neck, her expression suddenly serious. "nice of him." she gets up and stands behind the members sitting in the doorway. in a second, her serious expression is gone,but i still feel rattled by what she said, half confused by the idea of four being "nice" and half wanting to punch her for no apparent reason.
Confused Nice Fighting
President al-assad and his army are the only force that actually fights isis.
Fighting Army Isis
I remember all the important fights. vividly. in detail.
Fighting Important Details
Don't live to fight, fight to live.
Fighting

Trending Author

Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl
Francine Pascal
Francine Pascal
Alexandra Guarnaschelli
Alexandra Guarnaschelli
Bob Ney
Bob Ney
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence
Category
Information
Inspirational
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Happiness & Joy
Life Lessons
Success & Business
Motivation