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The fact that 'A Dirty Job' has comedy and supernatural horror in it, that both are woven in and out of it with a whimsical tone, despite the fact that it's about death, makes it hard to characterize with standard genre labels - but I have no problem with that. I'd call it a funny story about death, and leave it at that.
Christopher Moore
Funny
Death
Problem
Comedy
Job
Funny Story
Despite
Characterize
Out
Woven
About
Horror
Supernatural
No Problem
Both
Fact
Dirty
Genre
Call
Makes
Leave
Labels
Story
Whimsical
Hard
Standard
Tone
Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously.
Christopher Nolan
Me
Culture
Seriously
Job
Else
Batman
Superheroes
Similar
Mythology
Taken
Clearly
Most
Terms
Does
Greek
Greek Mythology
Role
Modern
Psyche
Anything
Anything Else
Really
Pop
Pop Culture
Gap
Fill
The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.
Christopher Nolan
Me
Architecture
Job
Other
Only
Than
Interest
Ever
Filmmaking
I quit comics in 1988 and trained as a bus driver. I used to drive those big Greyhound coaches out of New York Port Authority and down to Princeton, New Jersey. It was, hands down, the best job I ever had, and I profoundly regret having left it. I kept that job the entire time I was on staff at DC Comics in the '90s.
Christopher Priest
Time
Best
Regret
Job
Drive
Princeton
Big
Down
Those
Out
Entire
Entire Time
Having
Driver
Had
New
New Jersey
Comics
Left
Trained
Authority
Hands
York
Quit
New York
Staff
Bus
Bus Driver
Coaches
Used
Port
Ever
Jersey
Profoundly
Kept
I got a job as a series regular on a television show when I was in my 20s. It didn't get picked up. It only went for 13 or 15 episodes, but it was huge. It was just absolutely huge, and it made me put money in the bank, and I didn't have to worry about bills.
Christopher Stanley
Me
Money
Job
Made
Worry
Television
Television Show
About
Only
Absolutely
Picked
Put
Got
Huge
Up
Get
Bank
Just
Episodes
Regular
Show
Bills
Series
Well, I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer and then I got a job as an actor.
Christopher Walken
Time
Business
Job
Long
Long Time
Dancer
Singer
Well
Sort
Got
Then
Show
Show Business
Actor
I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer, and then I got a job as an actor.
Christopher Walken
Time
Business
Job
Long
Long Time
Dancer
Singer
Sort
Got
Then
Show
Show Business
Actor
People who work in horror know they are contributing to a genre that has always been loved and will always be loved - privately. It's the forbidden evil working behind the curtain. My job scoring a horror movie is like being the barker at a carnival. A good barker can get anyone to walk into the roped-off tent.
Christopher Young
Work
Good
People
Walk
Will
Job
Evil
Carnival
Horror
Horror Movie
Tent
Like
Know
Forbidden
Genre
Always
Been
Scoring
Privately
Contributing
Get
Behind
Being
Movie
Anyone
Loved
Curtain
Working
Who
We want real job creation and a fertile business environment for small business owners.
Chuck Fleischmann
Business
Job
Creation
Job Creation
Small
Small Business
Small Business Owners
Environment
Real
Fertile
Real Job
Owners
Want
Business Owners
I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do what I wanted to do.
Chuck Jones
Me
Job
Somebody
Pay
Astonished
Would
Still
Offer
Wanted
The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn't afford a home computer - I had to get a new job so I could buy a computer. It could all change though. In five years, I could be back at some daily newspaper, which wouldn't be so bad.
Chuck Klosterman
Buy
Home
Daily
Change
Writing
Job
Back
Though
Bad
Hurdle
City
Some
Could
Computer
Had
New
Rock
New Job
Years
Five
Afford
Get
Biggest
Which
Newspaper
Fargo
In Fargo, they say, well, that's a job. How well do you get paid? For example, for this book I was written about in Entertainment Weekly, and it was kind of cool because my mom asked me if Entertainment Weekly was a magazine or a newspaper.
Chuck Klosterman
Mom
Me
You
Entertainment
Book
Job
Example
Say
Kind
Magazine
About
Weekly
Written
For Example
Well
Because
How
Get
Newspaper
Asked
Paid
Fargo
Cool
They Say
Dick Cheney and Al Gore have redefined the role of the vice president in the minds of the public. It should be a big job, beyond simply checking the health status of the president.
Chuck Todd
Health
Job
Big
President
Minds
Status
Simply
Checking
Beyond
Gore
Cheney
Dick Cheney
Role
Vice
Vice President
Public
Should
Al
Al Gore
Some people welcome the flexibility of a zero-hours contract. But their growth is symptomatic of a wider issue - increasing job insecurity and falling living standards in David Cameron's Britain.
Chuka Umunna
Welcome
People
Job
Insecurity
Some People
Living
Increasing
Some
David
Issue
Falling
Cameron
Contract
Flexibility
Standards
Growth
Wider
Britain
Some will say it isn't the government's job to manage who people meet and interact with, but there is clearly a lot it can and should do. It should offer communities much more support to manage demographic and cultural change, including investment in public services and additional housing stock in our migration hotspots.
Chuka Umunna
Government
Change
People
Will
Job
Meet
Additional
Our
Say
Some
More
Investment
Support
Clearly
Housing
Demographic
Cultural
Lot
Stock
Offer
Manage
Interact
Public
Much
Migration
Should
Communities
Who
Including
Services
It's important for moms to have alone time. However, that's the first thing that goes on a busy day. Fortunately for me, because of my job, I have to find the time to do it. At least that's the way my mind sees it. I have to exercise to be able to fit the clothes and book the jobs.
Cindy Crawford
Alone
Time
Day
Me
Book
Mind
Job
First
Important
Clothes
Busy
Way
Jobs
Find
Able
Sees
First Thing
Because
Exercise
Least
However
Fit
Goes
The First Thing
Fortunately
Moms
Thing
I'm fascinated with films that deal with strategy because there's a right way and a wrong way to get the job done.
Cindy Morgan
Job
Strategy
Films
Way
Right Way
Wrong
Wrong Way
Because
Deal
Get
Done
Fascinated
Right
Making pizza is a great job. All that kneading the dough - everything to do with cooking is wonderful, sensual.
Claire Denis
Great
Cooking
Wonderful
Job
Everything
Great Job
Making
Pizza
Sensual
Dough
We shouldn't deny the right of the minority to filibuster, but we need to do a much better job of making them own it. That way, the American people could figure out who is being obstructionist and who is willing to compromise.
Claire McCaskill
People
Better
Job
Minority
Own
Way
Out
Willing
Compromise
Better Job
Could
Making
Deny
American
Being
Them
American People
Much
Figure
Who
Filibuster
Right
Need
My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work.
Claire McCaskill
Work
You
Obligation
Job
Focus
First
Got
Doing
Campaign
Very
Mode
Get
Really
Hard
I was working at the 'Evening Standard' when I heard that there was a job going as deputy literary editor on the 'New Statesman.' I remember thinking, 'That's perfect.' It was three days a week, and I had children, but I could make that work - so I applied for it and got it.
Claire Tomalin
Work
Remember
Job
Three
Thinking
Statesman
Perfect
Week
Could
Had
New
Days
Make
Got
Editor
Heard
Going
Children
Literary
Deputy
Working
Standard
Evening
Applied
Looking back at my first job, even when I was asked to do something seemingly menial, unglamorous, or very difficult, I always went all-in. In my most trying moments with managers I liked the least, I did not give up, complain, or slack off.
Clara Shih
Job
First
Looking
Looking Back
Difficult
Complain
Back
Give
Seemingly
Something
First Job
Liked
Most
Always
Least
Off
Up
Very
Trying
Did
Managers
Asked
Moments
Even
Slack
I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock.
Clarence Clemons
Good
You
Better
Seriously
Job
Sax
Way
Must
Shape
Take
Better Shape
Rock
Rock And Roll
Condition
Very
Roll
Harder
Player
I am a winner - and I like to win - but I cannot think that, if I lose, I did not do a good job, because there are other external factors involved.
Clarence Seedorf
Good
Win
Good Job
Job
Winner
Lose
Think
Other
Factors
Like
Involved
Because
Am
Did
Cannot
External
We need a country that embraces all, and rewards innovators, entrepreneurs, job creators, and hard-working people of all sorts.
Clark Durant
People
Job
Country
Innovators
Job Creators
Embraces
Entrepreneurs
Sort
Rewards
Hard-Working
Creators
Need
My first professional acting job was in 'Hair' during the Vietnam War. So I think I've always been drawn to projects with a social conscience.
Clarke Peters
War
Job
Hair
First
Think
Projects
Drawn
Always
Been
Social
Vietnam
Vietnam War
Acting
Professional
Conscience
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