The anateur works until they get something right. The…

I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in…

— Annie Potts

Being fit is the easiest part of being a dance professional. I used to just throw on a backpack full of rocks and run…

— Anton du Beke

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

— Ron Perlman

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do…

— James Agate

In the end, for me, football is still a game. Even if you are a professional, you need to have fun when you are…

— Kevin De Bruyne

On 'Workaholics,' I feel like I'm just hanging out with my buddies being filmed, but on 'Mindy,' I'm around professional funny people who act.…

— Anders Holm

The bottom line, in the professional level, no matter where you go, there's going to be competition. That's what it is. At the end…

— Scott Tolzien

I like to dance, but there's nothing professional about it.

— James Wolk

The professional arms himself with patience, not only to give the stars time to align in his career, but to keep himself from flaming…

— Steven Pressfield

It's important for closet gay athletes everywhere, not just at the professional level, but more importantly athletes at the younger level in high school…

— Scott Fujita

Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.

— Susan Rice

“The definition of a professional is one who does a job well even when they don't like it.”

— Alan Sheinwald

I'm not the most talented writer in the world. I know that. But I also know that I'm disciplined, that I work my butt…

— David B. Coe

In my early life, I was a professional folk singer. I used to sing on the national television and radio in Canada. Nobody knows…

— Mary Gordon

We are not yet at the point where our size, our being the drama industry, is sufficient to support full time professional crews, and…

— Ann Macbeth