I was told to get them talking about their work.

See if you can get him to talk about his work.

As a result, she can never talk about her work with anyone.

I'm a poor person to talk about his work really, because I don't understand the open air.

She would be happy to talk about her work, though.

You don't want to talk about your work, I understand.

They don't want to talk about their work, and yet everything always seems to come back to that.

I don't want to talk to you about my work.

He'll talk about his work all the time, and a good wife should understand, shouldn't she?

Of course - he had been told never to talk about his father's work.