David Draiman Quotes

If you just kind of live a regular life and make good 'Hollywood' money, you have a certain freedom.

When I started earning money from screen-writing, for a long time my only indulgences were books.

Now I'm having to live with sales of around 50,000 per album - but I'm pretty content with my place in the general scheme of things, even if it's meant I don't drive a fancy car and can't afford grand vacations.

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

I was 30 before I made a living that was not embarrassing.

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.

For me, being successful meant not having to do my laundry at a laundromat and not having a second job.

As for Hollywood, I've got a killer job, and I'm having a blast. I have the luxury to go on trips whenever I want and invite my friends who can't afford it. And, God willing, I'll be able to do all that till the day I die.

I feel like I've won every year the show has been picked up by Logo because, really, nothing beats a paycheck.

I'm one of the few lucky actors in the world. I've never waited tables. I never pumped gas. I've always earned a living. I never had to borrow from my parents. I was the first in our family to own a new car.

I never put a premium on making a living. It was never one of those things that was important to me.

I get to do what I want. And I get paid millions of dollars to do it.

In one week, I went from being a girl who owed a guy thousands of dollars - my manager Anthony was paying for my outfits, paying for my food; I was sleeping in his parents' basement - to taking meetings with every major label in America. The next morning, I had a record deal and wrote him a cheque to pay back all that money.

I don't want to do too many films because I don't aspire to buy huge cars or build bungalows.

Modeling wasn't the thing that was going to define me in any way; it was just a way to make a lot of money.

I've had a great run and have been blessed not only with a great career, but also, thanks to all of you nice people buying video games, t-shirts, action figures, collected editions - and watching all those movies and TV shows - my royalty income allows me financial security for life.

I've been able to provide for my family, move out of Harlem and travel the world.

I've made some investments during my career that I'm happy with, so my life, talking financially, is definitely OK.

You see the hair and the clothes, I look flamboyant. But I'm not the guy with the lake house and the boat. I don't own a home, or a plane. Really, all I want in life is beer in the fridge and a hot rod.

When you're an actor, wealth is about choice.

I know people who are wealthy and they're miserable.

You really don't have to be rich to be sosy. It's just really a mentality and how you want to carry yourself. You enjoy life.

I got a lot of great years on WWE TV and I made a lot of money throughout the business. So, if I don't do anything else, I'm good. I can kind of do what I want to, which is a very nice feeling to have.

I pay myself three, three and half million - which is plenty of money, c'mon.