Julie Warner Quotes

I love the feeling of having as close to a steady job as you can ever have as an actor. I'm not an extravagant spender, so when I work on a TV show for a season or do a bunch of episodes as a reoccurring, I try to spread the money that comes from that out so that I can do these movies that are important to me.

I would like to know that I was still going to be employed as a woman well into my 60s. In acting terms, a career that spans a lifetime is a very hard thing to achieve, particularly as a woman.

I've been lucky - I've been an actor for eight years and I've never been out of work.

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.

You don't take a job in acting at all expecting 25 years in and a pension.

And I've been lucky in that I haven't had another job besides acting in the last five years.

You want a career. You don't want to do a couple of good films and then your career is over.

It's a miracle to be an actor and to know that you have a job to go to a year from now is a rare thing, so I think peace of mind and financial stability come with that. Hopefully I'm a little wiser and have a little more perspective in my life than I did then.

I didn't have an agent before 'Parks,' and once you're on a show, they're not going to make money off of you. So if you've already booked something without an agent, unless they really want to hustle during the downtime, there's seven months when they're not going to make money off of you.

I've been very fortunate and never not worked.

Most actors I'm in touch with are struggling financially.

That's very unusual for an actor, to have gainful employment that they are secure in, that they know is going to be there year after year.

My life is one that I've aimed for - I've always wanted to be an actor who worked in film and television and was able to provide for himself and his family.

I didn't go to L.A. to be a star; that wasn't my intention. When I auditioned for 'The Price Is Right' and got it, I was very content doing it - 'I don't have to work three jobs anymore. This is great.'

I've always thought one of the tricks of being an actor for a long time is keeping yourself interested once you've figured out how to pay the rent.

I was a solicitor once, so I'm truly grateful because I know what it's like to have a proper job.

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For my family, for my loved ones, my priority is to have a job and perform.

If I get a lucky win, it is difficult to sustain that over time, so we have to maintain a style.

That's the insecurity with our job, because you never know where the next role is coming from. No matter how successful you are, there's always a fear of someone not wanting me to play something else.

So many people in this world get up every day and go to their nine-to-five job they hate for 12 months a year for 30 years. I kind of do a self-check and evaluation to realize I'm very blessed and grateful to be where I am.

Because I'm not ambitious it's not paramount for me to find myself in a high-paid job.

My goal has always been, from the time I was at drama school, about longevity.

The idea that you won't have a job is a real fear that people go through, so when people talk about jobs and say, 'I'm gonna create jobs!' or, 'There's gonna be a loss of jobs,' those are just words. But the reality of someone actually losing their job - I mean, it's their entire life for most people in this country.

I don't regret being on television; I just regret the fact that I wanted to be in the movies, and that didn't happen.