Chris Pine Quotes

I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

I know how hard it is to send two kids to college when you ain't got nothing. I know people may not think of me in that way, but this business gives you ups and downs.

Money was tight and Mum used to do two jobs to support us.

Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient.

I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead.

People who didn't know the depression just don't know what being poor means.

It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed. There are definitely times when those checks don't last forever. I went to college at a private school, and I racked up quite a bit of debt. I was very slow to pay them back.

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

My mom didn't have a lot of money.

Going through economic hard times is something I know firsthand.

I know what not being able to pay your bills feels like real well... I know that way better than a room full of beautiful people and Tony awards and Grammy awards.

I'll just put it this way: I've struggled enough as a working actor - and, most of the times, a not working actor - to know that anytime you are working is a blessing.

For a long time after I left 'Bonanza,' I was considered too independent. That meant I got the rejects other actors could afford turning down. I did theater which I loved, but it cannot pay the bills.

I didn't take the money route because I saw my parents struggle for survival.

My parents were always living from pay cheque to pay cheque. They were always struggling.

Ever since I started as an actress, just to catch up on some money, but not having an income for three years was tricky.

I am, as they say, the classic starving artist.

You and I can be busy, and we take a vacation from work. You can't take a break from being poor. You can't say, 'Hey I've had enough of worrying about money, I'm just going to be rich for a couple of weeks until I've recovered.'

As an actress for most of my life, I am profoundly familiar with poverty.

The couple of years before I was declared bankrupt were the roughest. The bank letters, the pressure, the stress was awful. You're in this twilight zone of not knowing where your life is going, and yet you're in Westlife. Everything was great with the band. I was earning money, and it looked good.

When I got out of Yale Drama School, I was completely broke.

I've known the panic of financial struggle. I didn't grow up with money at all, and my family has certainly known the panic of, 'Oh, gosh, where's the next bit of money coming from?'