Ethan Embry Quotes

I don't look at things goin', 'Oh, is this gonna make me rich? Is this gonna make me a star? Am I gonna win awards?' If all that stuff happens, great. Who cares? I still have to wake up in the morning and go to work and be happy to do it.

I'm in a small percentage of people that get to do what they love to do for a living. I'm lucky.

If you can figure out how to get paid to do something you love, that's the dream.

I have the distinct pleasure of doing exactly what I want to do and get paid for it. It's a joy.

I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?

Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.

For me, the money isn't a big issue. I'm at the end of my career and I'm just happy to play.

Not everybody gets to wake up and do what they love.

It is important to always love what you do and do what you love. This is my mentality towards my career and my personal life.

Make your vocation your vacation. That is the secret to success.

I want to be in love with what I do at all times, and I want to stay in love.

I think about the work I've landed, and I think to myself, 'If I never land a job again, I could still die happy.'

I do want to be able to benefit from my work and make a good living, but I love it so much that I would do it for free.

Everybody should get to make a living with their passion.

I just love what I do so much.

There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

I don't want to spend my life doing jobs that I don't care about.

You can only make money doing what you love.

Don't just work for the money; that will bring only limited satisfaction.

I didn't get rich and famous, but I do what I love.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm not working at McDonald's and how come I have the life I have. I don't know. But I'm happy that I have these choices. That's kinda sappy, huh? But whatever, acting beats pumping gas.

I don't live to work; I work to live.

I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theater, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.

Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

The happiest people I've found are in science. These people have three times the IQ - maybe I'm exaggerating. They have a higher IQ than I do. They love what they're doing, they have a good family life, they're satisfied.