Luke Rockhold Quotes

There's something very soothing about the simplicity of doing what's right in front of you: paying the rent, buying groceries, and when there's a little extra for a treat like cinnamon rolls, whoopee! When you live paycheck to paycheck, you only have so much to lose.

When you're on the way up, you have to take all the jobs because bills have to be paid.

If I had married someone wealthy when I was young, I would have sunk like a stone. Being skint makes life quite clear. You've got to take that job.

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.

I just like to keep working and being able to pay my bills.

I hadn't worked for a couple of years so I thought it would be nice to earn some money and pay the bills.

If I can pay the bills, I'm happy.

A lot of the times, I end up having to do jobs to sort of pay the bills.

I was doing a lot of great theatre, but I just couldn't work out how to make ends meet.

I haven't always had the money rolling in. I'm a character actor; it's not like I'm Gwyneth Paltrow - so I do have hard times still in my life. And that's even more why it's like you know what, I'm not that different from people going through it. I struggle; I look for a better deal at the grocery store.

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs.

My relationship with money is that it's a tool to be self-sufficient, but it's not something that is a part of who I am.

Money is kind of just like air - if you don't have air, you can't breathe. If you don't have money, I don't think you'll want to breathe - you won't want to live.

Unless you have financial resources of your own, you can't be free.

Thoughtful financial planning can easily take a backseat to daily life.

To me, money is a commodity that a person must have to function, not a goal in itself.

If you're not staying on top of your money, you are putting your financial well-being at risk.

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.

My life may be a pretty crazy life at times, but it's a very privileged one - being able to earn a good living doing what you love. Not many people have such an opportunity.

Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.

When you have a lot of money, there's so many places you can go to manage your money. But when you don't have money, mathematically you actually need a financial plan more. You can't really afford to make mistakes. So why is this such a luxury product?

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.

My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.

I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'