I toured for 13 years, and it was very lonely, and it was hard work.
— Sia
When you're entertaining all day long and that's your work, you end up really very tired. You don't have a lot of energy left over for your loved ones.
Language should not be a barrier for an actor; I want the world to see my work and not limit it to Hindi-speaking audiences.
— Shweta Tripathi
I am one of those who will not do anything and just sit at home if I don't like the work coming my way.
Be it television, theatre, or radio, I can work in any medium. I don't want to limit myself to just movies.
I'm not one of those artists that can go away for six months and tour America and have 20 producers back in London or L.A. doing everything for me and I just come home and sing on it. It would be really useful, in terms of speed, to work like that. I just wouldn't find it creatively satisfying. I have to have my hand on the remote control.
— Shura
My dream was to work for one of the big electronics companies like Sony or Panasonic.
— Shuji Nakamura
I have always been a fan of Mahesh Manjrekar's work. I like the way he tells his stories. He manages to focus on aspects of human beings and of society, which we don't often see in cinema.
— Shruti Haasan
When I work with different musicians, I draw a lot of things from them, and that has really expanded my musical thinking.
Everybody needs a hit, but at the same time, people have to like my work, too. I'm more thankful for the fact that people appreciated my work in every film, and I work hard to earn that.
The love and respect that my parents have gained through their body of work is unmatchable. My goal is not to surpass their stardom or anybody's stardom for that matter, but to create an identity of my own.
— Shriya Pilgaonkar
I want to do exciting work. For the same reason, I was fine working in Marathi, Hindi or French films for that matter.
It is immensely enjoyable to work for an album because there's a lot more creative freedom. In films sometimes, all that the makers care about is making the music commercially appealing.
— Shreya Ghoshal
Nobody should feel uncomfortable at their work place, and nobody should be in a position to make someone feel uncomfortable.
— Shraddha Srinath
I want to do something that people have not seen before... surprise everyone. There has to be variety in work.
— Shraddha Kapoor
When you know someone, and you get to work with them, automatically there is this comfort zone which comes in.
I really do feel like the work and time we spend avoiding having difficult conversations is so much more wasteful and painful and time-consuming than actually having the difficult conversation.
— Shonda Rhimes
I'm just trying to work out a way to be a singer and to create cool content. I'm willing to do that as an entertainer. But I'm not willing to give up my actual self.
Everyone has different priorities, and for me, my work is very important.
I have no qualms working on a quintessential Bollywood film, but I can't work on mindless no-brainers. I have too much self-respect for that.
When you work with someone who is not insecure, that makes you confident.
My ambition is to work in quality projects and make a name for myself.
— Shweta Menon
I love film and TV, the medium of them, just because it's such a smaller screen. It's much more precise. Ideally, I'd like to do maybe a film a year of some sort and use that to work more in the theatre because theatre really is my first love.
— Shuler Hensley
You work to earn money. But in Japan, that idea has a bad image, and you're not supposed to say that.
My philosophy is to be strong and work hard.
Only your work is your hands, and I focus on that.
As an actor, I can just show up and do my job. The success and failure of the film depends on team work.
For me, it has always been a dream to 'travel to work' and 'work to travel.'
I would really want to work with Shah Rukh Khan again.
I rehearse every morning starting as early as 6:30 A.M. after which I go straight to work. I lose out on social life, but as long as I am doing theatre, everything is worth it.
I can't pick one film industry over another because work is work. Actresses are targeted when say prefer one industry over another.
After the success of 'Aashiqui 2', I feel I need to conquer a lot more. I am constantly working towards it, and I will work harder.
I completely agree that a sound sleep is the best beauty product. Sound sleep, one of the most important but underrated thing, helps to make you more beautiful. I can never understand how people work so hard that they miss out on their sleep.
I am never worried that I'm not gonna get my work done. I was the kid who got straight As and was a little too intense in school. Like, I am a perfectionist, and I am going to sit at the front of the class with my hand raised.
I think I managed to trick people a little bit into thinking I'm more arty by making creative, artistic, visual work and applying it to commercial music. Maybe. I don't know.
For me, work is sacred and very, very special.
I want to do a project with the right intentions - not money or popularity or to be busy. I'm not even concerned about being 'out of sight, out of mind' because if that's the motivation, then I won't give my 110% to the work.
It's such a competitive industry. Your film and work make a huge difference, but the secondary thing... your appearance... what you wear and how you are looking are also important.
I was obsessed with 'The Lion King' as a kid, and I really wanted to go work in an animal sanctuary and have my Lara Croft moment.
Parikrma aims to give underprivileged children an equal chance at education so they can integrate with kids of private schools and, later, with the society. I want these children to hold high-end jobs at multinational companies and not work at the lower end of the spectrum.
— Shukla Bose
I first came to Mumbai when I was very young. My mom is from here, and dad always had some work around here, so Mumbai always felt like a second home. I moved here when I was 16 and went to junior college here as well.
I really love picking up subjects where people say, 'How is this going to work?' and trying to find a way to make it work because every story needs to be told.
I never bothered about critics in the first place. And I'm not out to prove anything to anyone. Honestly, if I took every slight that someone made at me seriously, it just wouldn't work.
Some basic things I have picked up from Dad is how to interpret my character correctly, use the camera to my advantage and how not to hurry up with work.
Obviously, there are advantages when your parents and you share the same profession. I can always go to them for advice but my struggle and hard work will always be mine.
We need to realise that not everyone can take the path to overnight success. Take actors such as Rajkummar Rao and Vicky Kaushal - they have built their work and profile over the years to get to where they are.
I consider it a stroke of luck that I got to work with one of my favourite directors, Mani Ratnam.
I know competition is there, and it can come my way by new, fresh faces that are around or are coming up. It pushes me to work hard. I know if I don't work hard, I will be left behind. So, I continue to work hard.
I'm never happy with the work I put in. No. I need to be told by my director and people around me that it is fine. Otherwise, I'll even go, like, 'One more take.'
As information technology restructures the work situation, it abstracts thought from action.
— Shoshana Zuboff
