Top 100 My Craft Quotes
#1. I think the time in between albums, as much as it was not anticipated, it was much-needed, and very helpful, very useful. I've done nothing but hone my craft, and get better, and learn, and gather information in the process. So I'm grateful for it in retrospect.
Joe Budden
#2. I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
Al Pacino
#3. I am a good model because I have mastered my craft. I have accepted my body, I know it well and I know how to move in front of the camera.
Crystal Renn
#4. I don't spend that much time in the studio. When I first started doing music, I was in the studio every day just trying to build my portfolio. But now, even though I haven't totally mastered my craft, I'm at a pretty high level.
Fetty Wap
#5. I've been working on my craft for a long time. People never want to let go of the whole 'Glitter,' ... I'm like, 'It's eight years later, people. Let's move on.
Mariah Carey
#6. My only goal is to stay focused on my craft and make sure my life is as sharp as it can be to attack any character that is given to me.
Michael K. Williams
#8. I started making my own short films as a way of being able to give myself something to do and to study my craft.
Ruby Rose
#9. The competition, the naysayers, the owners who talk too much. The people who don't think a 36-year-old can do what I do. I take a lot of pride in my craft, I work really hard at my craft everyday, and I'm a true professional.
Kevin Garnett
#10. I don't want to live in a bubble, in my craft or in the world ... I can't, I would be cheating myself out of my generation and the world we live in.
Diane Lane
#11. I just started to understand my craft, what I wanted to do as an artist. It's just a growing process. Figuring out exactly what I wanted to do and obviously I toured a whole bunch. I did a lot of song writing for other people and then just settled back into my zone.
Young De
#12. In this perfect world, there are certain imperfections that catch your eye. That's what works for me. I don't concentrate on being perfect, but instead put that effort behind my craft and being true to myself. I don't conform to pressures outside of me. I am confident about myself.
Sonakshi Sinha
#13. I've always felt that if I worked hard enough and continued to refine my craft, while staying curious about our times and our world, I just might have something to contribute.
Jerry Pinkney
#14. I wrote several screenplays over the years to really polish my craft and learn from my mistakes.
Gabriel Campisi
#15. I've read probably 25 or 30 books by Balzac, all of Tolstoy - the novels and letters - and all of Dickens. I learned my craft from these guys.
Twyla Tharp
#16. I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.
Kage Baker
#17. I want to be like a Christy Turlington, still doing my craft and still killing it. I want longevity and to be able to do this for a really long time.
Kendall Jenner
#18. It's like going to the gym everyday. It really is. I work hard on my craft, I sweat a little bit, I run a little bit, I might sprain an ankle every now and them, but it's all good and the more you do it, the more in shape you are and it's like a machine.
Nia Long
#19. I want to go make an original movie. It's all very personal, but I want to define myself a little bit more as a filmmaker and hone my craft.
Colin Trevorrow
#20. That first year at Universal was a big blur and, naturally, I thought they were wasting me. I didn't realize at the time that I was learning my craft and acting more easily in front of the camera.
Kent McCord
#21. I'm dead serious about my craft and just really serious about making music in itself. I take pride in making songs and albums where no two songs sound alike. That's the challenge and that's what it's all about, to keep it original and fresh and funky.
Big Boi
#22. If I ever start talking to you about my 'craft', my 'instrument', you have permission to shoot me.
Drew Barrymore
#23. I wasn't a smart kid and I still don't think I'm too smart when it comes to book smart, but I was very good with what I knew and with my craft and I think that was my calling in life. But even today I never went to college.
Criss Angel
#24. The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving the investors what they want. Sometimes it's my job as an artist to know what I want to do, even when the fans tell me different.
Talib Kweli
#25. I've always been one to do the work and just hone my craft.
Malcolm McDowell
#26. Acting is a lifelong love affair, and I am passionate and respect my craft to the utmost degree, which gives me the strength to move on from adversity in my work.
Sebastian Roche
#27. 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.
Bobb'e J. Thompson
#28. I'm always studying my craft because I want to be the best at what I do.
Aaron Carter
#29. I always want to be growing in my craft. Any artist should - whether you paint, whether you do music or film - always grow and study.
LeCrae
#30. I don't master my craft or my style enough to have any philosophy or dogma to which I feel I belong.
Xavier Dolan
#32. I was going to go and do what I should do as a filmmaker and make slightly larger films each time, learn my craft, make mistakes and solve them.
Colin Trevorrow
#33. I am a story-teller working with a craft. My job is to use my craft - which is a different thing to my race - and tell a story well.
Gavin Hood
#34. As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.
Billy West
#35. I would be really happy to be working and be able to do my craft.
Melanie Griffith
#36. As I get into it more, I want to grow as an artist, as an entertainer, and basically perfect my craft.
Justin Bieber
#37. Obviously, I haven't really progressed that much at my craft.
Rod Stewart
#38. It's just the more you do it the better you get, or at least that's how I feel in my case. I think it's a combination of confidence and just having done it this long and just learning. I'm always learning. I'm still honing my craft.
Lucinda Williams
#40. For me, my craft is sailing on,Through mists to-day, clear seas anon.Whate'er the final harbor be'T is good to sail upon the sea!
John Kendrick Bangs
#41. And I'm very surprised that all this stuff actually worked out to where I could have a career in film, gain the benefit of my education, and be thankful that I was able to break into my craft as an actor.
Terrence Howard
#42. It's still incredibly hard. Not just honing my craft but kicking down doors, getting my work published. Early on, I could have wallpapered my house with all the rejection letters sent my way. I put thousands of hours and pages into four novels that never saw the light of day.
Benjamin Percy
#43. Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.
Marilyn Monroe
#44. I'd definitely like to study other things and keep on learning all the time, but I wouldn't want to do anything else. Ultimately, acting is my craft. I've always been interested in psychology and nutrition, but I don't know that I'd go and make that my profession.
Cindy Busby
#45. Nobody wanted me. I just kept writing books and learning my craft. Most writers aren't very good in the beginning.
Phyllis A. Whitney
#46. Actually the years when I was playing totally un - well, they were just roles that just went by the board, you wouldn't want to know. But anyway, I'm glad I had that chance to build my craft.
Angela Lansbury
#47. I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer.
Patti Smith
#48. After college, I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television gave me as a director.
Justin Chadwick
#49. I was turned down by every record label in L.A. Perseverance is three quarters of the game. Talent's only a quarter. Being able to withstand the word 'no' over and over can build you a pretty tough skin. I knew if I just kept at it, at the very least I'd get better at my craft.
Sheryl Crow
#50. I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.
Barkhad Abdi
#51. I loved my time on All My Children. That show was a family to me. I am so sad that daytime is slowly fading away. I owe so much to daytime. I learned so much about my craft and I made so many wonderful friends there and I am so sad that it is all going away.
Eva LaRue
#52. One thing that stays the same is my passion for music. Other than that, I've become more dedicated. I think that I really work much harder than I ever did when I first started at my craft; I'm more dedicated, and I have become a perfectionist.
Natalie Cole
#53. I'll need my whole lifetime to polish my craft.
Eva Green
#54. I'm not a - I'm beautiful, but I'm not working because I'm drop-dead gorgeous with a fantastic body. I think I continue to work because I'm good at my craft. I'm dedicated to bringing to life what the author is trying to portray. I try to make the producers cry and the crew laugh.
Adina Porter
#55. I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference.
Chloe Grace Moretz
#56. I love my career. It is a career. A difficult one that takes many hours and total dedication to my craft. It is also what I was born to do
tell stories and entertain.
Michelle M. Pillow
#57. With a clear mind that is reinforcing positivity back into myself and my craft, I am able to focus my energy on the task at hand and enjoy my experiences and day.
Allison Holker
#58. The more I grew as a human being, the better I became at my craft.
R.A. Dickey
#59. You can never let anything distract you from your main objective. My only goal is to be great. That's all I want. That's all I ever aspire to be. Greatness is something nobody can ever take away from you, no matter what happens. So I put all my energy and focus into my craft.
Larry Fitzgerald
#60. I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft.
LL Cool J
#61. That is another reason this transition for me into soaps makes sense for me, because I would get to work at my craft every day. I would be able to play this very real character.
Darius McCrary
#62. I hate being a writer. i tend to stick my emotions in things that cannot reciprocate. I've become a whore for my craft.
Darnell Lamont Walker
#63. A lot of people are like, 'So you want to be famous.' And I'm like, 'No, I want to be good at my craft. I don't care about fame, I don't care if I even ever make it. As long as people know what I am as an actress in this business, I'm set for my career right now.'
Chloe Grace Moretz
#64. Why would anyone want to be famous, certainly not me. My only goal in an acting career is to be able to work full time as an actor, filmmaker. When I get to that level, which I will, in this business where I can spend one hundred percent of my time honing my craft, then I will be complete.
Tim Holmes
#65. I know how I could beat myself: by not being disciplined, by slacking, by not dedicating myself to my craft, by not working hard, by not listening, by thinking I know it all - short like that.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#66. For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you're doing yourself an injustice.
Giovanni Ribisi
#67. I hope to never stop growing. I hope that with every role I play, I keep adding layers to my craft. I love acting and I study religiously with my coach.
Eva Mendes
#68. Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.
Hailee Steinfeld
#69. I've always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms of my craft. If hypothetically, I saw myself only as a sex symbol, or as some other limited stereotype, I think I would feel like a complete failure.
Viola Davis
#70. I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It took me awhile to understand that it is not always about your acting.
Zoe McLellan
#71. The making of stories is only one part of my craft -mainly, I'm a heart whisperer ...
John Geddes
#72. I want to be known for my performances and doing my craft well, not for funny stuff I post on Twitter or whatever.
Billy Magnussen
#73. When I watch a singer perform, or an athlete, I can't help but be driven to be the best I can be at my craft.
Jonathan Sadowski
#74. Whenever I feel I'm working in a groove it's invariably because I feel I am being the benefactor in the situation rather than the beneficiary. I am sharing my art with others, lending my craft to theirs, interest-free with no IOU.
Twyla Tharp
#75. Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft - not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
#76. I went from years of honing my craft to sudden recognition. It was quite a life changer.
Kathy Bates
#77. That's how I see myself as an actress. I may not be the best in the world, but I love my craft more than just about anything, and I will give everything I have to it, whatever the cost .
Anne Hathaway
#78. Disco B still rolls with me now. He's still doing his thing. He does clubs in different places. He was very instrumental in helping me perfect my craft.
Grandmaster Flash
#79. Creatively, I've always wanted to be different as it relates to my craft, and reggae, being a part of my culture, makes up a percentage of that uniqueness. The only definition I can think of to describe my style is 'OMI.'
OMI
#80. The single most important thing in learning my craft was being on the stage.
Michael Trucco
#81. In my Craft or Sullen Art
Not for the proud man apart
From the raging moon I write
. On these spindrift pages
Nor for the towering dead
With their nightingales and palms
But for the lovers, their arms
Round the griefs of the ages,
Dylan Thomas
#82. Anything you can do to express yourself is a form of art. That's why I love my craft so much. I always wanted to play other artists. If I can't play an instrument, then I want to play a character that can. There is an artist behind everything, and I think that's beautiful.
Emily Rios
#83. Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft, and I am a pretty happy camper.
Jimmy Smits
#84. I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
Kara DioGuardi
#85. My main goal as an actor, with my craft or whatever poncy way you want to say it, is to always take the audience with me. To make them feel for me, or to make them hate me, I want a reaction. I want their emotions. The worst reaction someone can have is, "eh."
Adelaide Kane
#86. I spent a lot of years just learning my craft and falling down in front of the camera.
Thomas Jane
#87. I guess people assume I have some sort of totally magical life, but I'm a working musician, fortunately. I've worked on my craft, and I'm very fortunate I've been able to survive in a very competitive industry and enjoy my success. It's not easy.
Debbie Harry
#88. I love watching great TV, whether it's to educate myself more on my craft or to just simply be entertained.
Rachel G. Fox
#89. A lot of people will say, "Oh, I got into acting because I wanted to explore my craft." They're a bunch of liars, unless they're Sean Penn, DeNiro or my dad. For the rest of us it was all about chicks and money.
Charlie Sheen
#90. The first choice for me is what's going to make me stretch out in my craft?
Kim Fields
#91. Growing up in Seattle, I had the opportunity to take classes since I was 7 years old. I did theatre. I auditioned for film, television, commercials, and built up not just a resume but also some confidence. I learned how to master my craft before arriving in Los Angeles.
Zoe McLellan
#92. I was really learning my craft as a jazz singer and working with some great players and all, really growing and feeling my wings.
Al Jarreau
#93. My parents are my major supporters. I look up to Denzel Washington, Jack Nicholson and Jim Carrey. They have all opened my mind and helped me with my craft.
Adam Hicks
#94. For me, success was finding the courage to be true to myself, and holding on to a sense of humor along the way while refining my craft. Sean
Jewel
#95. I've been on 'Hollyoaks' since I was 15, and I've grown up on the show. I'm so very fortunate to be given the opportunity to learn my craft in such a fantastic environment.
Emma Rigby
#96. There are people who say they want to write novels. They think, 'I'll learn my craft on the romance novel.' If you don't love the genre, it's going to show, and it's not going to be a good book.
Julia Quinn
#97. My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great schools that teach acting. NYU being one of them.
Peter Facinelli
#98. You're going to a bunch of auditions, and most of the time you're just getting denied, but just staying in there and keeping my head and being determined helped. Growing is what's challenging; you have to constantly practice your craft.
Natalie Martinez
#99. Stories that pander to your every readerly desire and whim are like overly loyal dogs that live for the simple glow of your approval. I'm a cat person. I like a little aloofness in my pets and my writing.
Alden Bell
#100. The only thing I knew to do with a man was what I'd learned from my parents: to fight or not fight. I had no idea how to craft a partnership beyond that one basic thing.
Veronica Chambers
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