A Quote by Quentin Crisp

I have to work in England, but here in America you don't have to work. You can sort of enter the profession of being.

Quentin Crisp

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Quentin Crisp
English - Writer
December 25, 1908 - November 21, 1999

I feel an enormous responsibility to bridge the gap between England and America, and be a sort of very quiet ambassador for my country to try to sort of do a "hands across the water" thing where they understand England and English people understand Americans. I adore America.

Julie Andrews

I still pay full tax when I work in England and the same when I work in America.

Sean Connery

Being in the profession of acting, we would like our work to be watched by people. That's the reason why we work and if it is not seen, it is upsetting.

Supriya Pathak

Sometimes I'll work in America, sometimes I'll work in England. What's important is fulfilment. I just want to tell stories.

Daniel Kaluuya

Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good.

Mireille Guiliano

The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they're available all the time for everyone that wants them in person.

Bjorn Ulvaeus

I chose to enter a profession that is not easy. To be able to say that I am doing what I love for a living - man, it isn't work. I cannot begin to describe how fortunate I am.

Jonathan Sadowski

The thing about writing in America is that writers in America have an arc. You enter writing as a career, you expect to be successful, and really it's the wrong thing. It's not a profession.

Jamaica Kincaid

In England, there's a lot of people producing their own work and becoming producers and filmmakers, so they're not constantly waiting around. It can be very scarce for work, so it's important to create the work.

Aml Ameen

England was always very special. It was so important because the reason Benny and I started writing was the Beatles. During the Sixties, England was everything. To be number one in England was more important than being number one in America because England set the tone.

Bjorn Ulvaeus

The fact that women are paid 73 cents on the dollar for work equivalent to work being done by men is unacceptable in America.

John Edwards

Being on a successful television show is a good thing. It’s steady work. It’s a chance to work with a group of people in an intimate way… where you develop a sort of shorthand with each other, and a trust.

Kelly Rowan

Being on a successful television show is a good thing. It's steady work. It's a chance to work with a group of people in an intimate way... where you develop a sort of shorthand with each other, and a trust.

Kelly Rowan

I love my work, and I think that I was so lucky to pick a profession where it's a joy to go to work every day.

Helen Thomas

Of course, if you're going to enter the 'Star Trek' Universe, you want to work with Spock, you want to work with Kirk, you want to work with McCoy, and Scotty, and Sulu, and Uhura. The next one for me would have been Picard.

Tamlyn Tomita

I've reached a point in England where you can't go much further; I would love to come to America and work with some of the interesting directors here.

Lesley Manville

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