Terry O'Quinn Quotes

There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it.

Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?

I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it's very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.

I'd tell any coach not to move for money... Stay at your job if you're really happy.

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

You know, you do it, and you get paid for it, and you have a wonderful time, then you're on to something else.

Sometimes I really need the money, really need to go straight to work. But if I had the absolute choice - money no object, my mortgage paid off - I'd really just work once or twice a year - but wouldn't everybody! - or at least do a different job sometimes.

I'm never happier than when I'm not working. The strip is a job - that's why I take money for it. It's a job I'm passionate about, but it's a job I totally leave in the studio when I walk out of here, unless I'm late and I have to work at home. I never think of the strip unless I'm compelled to.

The perfect thing for me is to be on something I love, where I'm doing it and have enough money not to be poor, and I'm allowed to go on vacation.

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year.

The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons.

I'm a big believer that when we put so much into our jobs - and everyone does - you deserve to be get paid for it instead of doing a gig and then having to work in a bar for eight hours.

I never wanted to take a job because I needed money, and I never have.

Money does not motivate me as long as I can provide for my children.

I'm well rewarded for a job I massively enjoy doing. I think I'm paid very fairly.

I have a hard time being career-minded, but I want to be able to survive as an actor and do work that I think is important and that says something.

There's so many things I want to accomplish in the world of acting. But, the two most important are that I want to keep paying the bills and I want to get better. That's about it. I enjoy what I do. I'll stay busy. I've been lucky.

Guys want to be compensated fairly.

I'm not greedy - I have a pretty good life. I don't have an expensive lifestyle, so I can make my living teaching classes at my gym.

You've gotta realize this - you could be working at Burger King or working for the biggest wrestling company in the world.

I get very picky. There's sort of a line you have to walk between working and doing something you actually want to be a part of, as opposed to just working for the work. That often puts you in a place where you have to choose whether or not you want to wait for good material to come along.

Sometimes I just think we get caught up in the entertainment aspect of this business and people kind of forget that this is the way we feed our families and this is our livelihoods.

When I left WWE, TNA offered me a deal. It was a sweet deal: ya sit at home the majority of the year. Just show up every now and then and make some money. That was a sweet deal for me; that was like a vacation.

It would be too glib, not a hundred per cent true, to say that my father's career as a banker was what made me a writer. But it would be slightly true, and it was certainly the case that his work as a banker made me see that the trade-offs people make between their work and their lives are often badly skewed.