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I always have been trying to work on the other side of Jackie, and that is, making sure that my appearance, that my image, is right; also, working in the job world, knowing how it is to wake up and go to a job.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Every single job is a challenge. You are walking into a new set, a new character, creating a world and trying to get comfortable to do your best work.

— Felicia Day

I don't want to look exactly the same in everything I do. And if I'm not identifiable, then that can be a blessing or a curse. But I'm fine with it. Because at the end of the day, I'm still working, and I'm enjoying what I do.

— Rochelle Aytes

Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me.

— Daniel Radcliffe

When my daughter Zulekha was born, I was at the pinnacle of my working life as a model, and I pulled myself in two trying to cope with being both a mother and a career girl.

— Iman

I know I often get a job because of how I look. I hope that I keep the job because of how I act.

— Theo James

I've managed to keep my career going in a way that suits me. I'll perform, and then I'll go home to my actual life, and I've never been so visible.

— Debbie Gibson

I know what I try to do. I try to be professional, turn up, not make too much fuss, do the job.

— Eddie Marsan

I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life.

— Sidney Poitier

✗Opposing Perspectives

I've never been someone who's been given work because of the way I look or because I have some box office appeal. I get work because people know I'm swinging as hard as I can, trying to connect, giving it my level best. I have a face for radio, but here I am doing what I do.

— John C. Reilly

I've gotten work based on how I look, and I've not gotten work based on how I look. It's all good.

— Domhnall Gleeson