Gary Sinise Quotes

Acting never was about the money for me... Maybe in 10 years, I'll be able to appreciate the fact that I am financially stable and independent and I don't have to make bad choices. I can be very picky.

The goal was to work enough to pay my bills and stop going through the couch looking for change. Going way beyond that isn't something I really factored in.

I've always been terrified about not having money. I've been a big saver and a big earner. When I've been out of work, I've always found another job. I never wanted to get into debt, because money was very tight when I was growing up. I never felt deprived, but I couldn't have the things I wanted.

I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.

Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take.

The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.

I started working when I was seven, and ever since then I've been saving for an apartment. Even before that I had a little jam jar designated for my apartment money.

I'm not an extravagant person. You don't get a chance to spend money when you're working on a TV show.

I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.

I wanted to build up a little nest egg and go back to L.A. and choose roles that I wanted to do instead of roles that I had to do to pay the bills.

I am trying to make sure that I don't spend on ridiculous things, so that after all this YouTube thing goes, I'm not left there, like, 'Uh oh, I have nothing.'

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy.

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something.

My brother and I had saved $15,000 by working many years nailing fruit crates together.

Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.

After 'Lost', I never need to take a job for the money again.

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything unless you have to.'

I give out similar advice all the time: Take a month to write down where your money is going. By the end, you'll have a road map that tells you where you can cut back.

Later in life, when I'm retired and have a family of my own and will be able to send my kids to college, that's when I'll start spending. Way too many athletes go broke these days, and I like saving my money so that I can ensure my family and friends currently and after me will never have to endure some of the things I did when I was a kid.

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.

Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.

My business life is really simple. It's like, get check. Put check in bank. Pay rent. I've never bought a stock in my life. I never got caught up in that trip. And the truth is, I don't obsess about money ever.

If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means.