Zoe Cassavetes Quotes

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

I've spent my life supporting myself.

I always hustled to make money and pay for school. I was never afraid of hard work.

I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes.

My parents are very conservative. They taught me the value of hard work - don't depend on other people, do it yourself.

Work alone is noble.

My father felt that children should make their own way.

I never borrowed money from Mom. I lived at home, but my parents never helped me. I worked hard and moved out. I treated my blog like a business; hard work is important.

I grew up working hard to earn everything I had.

I saw how hard my parents worked, and I didn't want to be a freeloader.

My first vehicle I had to buy it myself and work to get it. My dad was really hard on me.

If you want your freedom, you have to be willing to work hard to exercise it.

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes.

I believe that being dependent makes you more vulnerable. I believe work is the greatest gift you will ever receive.

I always knew I had to work hard.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

At the end of the day, I don't need to work, and I think it's good that I have the drive and willpower to get up and do something in the morning even though I don't need to.

My son's going to have a job, and if he wants to get a car when he gets his license, he's going to pay for it on his own like I did.

My dad was pretty old school. I've had a job since I can remember, and it's not like he was like, 'Hey, what kind of car do you want?' My first car was a '91 Ford Crown Victoria that was $1,000. And I had to buy every car after that. I had to do it all.

I work hard. I focus on myself and putting food on my dinner table before anything else. I don't worry about other artists. Worrying about the next person in a negative way is the wrong way to be.

I know people think we drive around in these nice cars and we do whatever we want and our parents will pay our credit cards, but that's not the case. Sure, my parents were generous; I got a nice car at 16, but at 18 I was cut off. I've worked really hard. I opened the store myself.

We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.

I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.

I always had to have a job in the summer when I was at school. It was about teaching me, and my brother and sisters, a good work ethic and making sure we knew there were no handouts. We had to find our own way in this world.