Bar Paly Quotes

All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself.

Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I knew I wanted to be a working actor, and as the years have gone on, I just naturally evolved into that. Because, y'know, I'm not a leading guy. Never was.

Hopefully, comics will be enough to support me after I graduate.

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.

The only way you will ever permanently take control of your financial life is to dig deep and fix the root problem.

I never wanted to rely on my family for money.

I've wanted to do some sort of acting stuff down the line, but modeling is a good way to get comfortable in front of the camera.

I don't see myself doing catalog shoots in Madrid anymore like I was doing two years ago. I hope that the acting side of things grows.

Instead of dumping all my money on an independent film that nobody would watch and most people would make fun of behind my back, I decided, 'I'm just going to buy a house.'

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

To make money in New York, you have to add gigs when starting out, so while I was acting quite a bit, I would do modeling.

I'm glad I made business investments, because it gave me the confidence financially to make brave choices. If I hadn't done that, I'd still have been trying to play 19-year-olds in films. I know there are other avenues for me.

I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.

Acting wasn't some long-held dream, and it still isn't, really. I'm just trying to make some money and pay the bills.

Some people start modeling because they want to be models and they want the parties and the recognition, and then there are people like me. I come from a simple family, and for me getting into modeling was a chance to make money and create a business.

I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But you've got to see what's of value to you as an actor.

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.

You can't do business without money, of course, because that's how it works, but I'm not in business only for money.

In my early twenties, I got the basics covered. In retrospect, one of the great things about success is that I never really had to work in a factory full-time. So that's a blessing.

If somebody comes along and says, 'OK, Benny Hinn, I'm gonna help you financially so you can pay your own bills,' or if I can do it on my own and get a job and do something on the side like I'm doing now, it would be a pleasure.

I support people making more than $9. I want people to make as much as they can.

Money was always on my mind when I was growing up. So I was always wondering how we were going to afford this and that. Acting seemed to be a shortcut out of the mess.

My whole life has been one theme of self-sacrifice for my investors.

Listen, when you're starting out you're trying to be as creative as possible about how you can use your skills as an actor to make money.

Generally, what I try to do is always have a money gig and an art gig.