Fred Savage Quotes

I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, and they were getting ready for a life of unemployment, so they're just happy I'm in work!

People ask me, 'Why are you still writing books?' Like I'm still only writing to make money and as soon as I have enough I'll quit and go fishing? I like to write books. It's the most satisfying thing I do.

My feeling is that you should try to do the things you enjoy most in life. I chose acting as a career because I enjoyed it then as I do now. The only question for me then was, 'Can I make a living at it?'

My parents are very modern. My father is a cosmopolitan person. He always supported the fact that I will be an actress. There is nothing else I would do rather than being an actor.

I have a day job where I make money and satisfy my self-esteem. Writing is for fun, and I want to keep it that way.

My mom - she doesn't care if I stop acting tomorrow; she just wants the best for me.

You play because you love it, not because you can make money from it.

My parents never said to me, 'Why don't you go and get a real profession?' And that really helped.

I like being able to own things, to not have to depend on music to support myself. Music hadn't supported me since 2000. I mean, it really hasn't. I just do it because I love doing it.

I often say that if I had one wish in this world, I would wish that every child could have a mother the way my mother were. And I never went without clothes, I never went without food... I never went without anything that a child needs. But above all of that, she gave me unconditional love.

For me, acting is something I am passionate about. I am someone who wants to be known for who I am. If I wanted to just make money, I would've chosen some other profession.

My parents never really wanted me to be a musician at all, because in Peru you don't earn any money that way. But when they realised it was genuinely what I wanted to do, they supported me always.

My mother was really against it when I said I wanted to make films. She said that I should be a civil servant because that was safe, and it had security. But my mother was always very proud of my movies and would give videocassettes of them to all the neighbours.

It's been a blessing that I can provide for my family just by doing music. I never thought this would ever be my occupation.

Ultimately, I'm enjoying what I'm doing.

The first thing I got my mom when I got some money was a house.

My wife used to work as a teacher and support me, and now I can do something for her, which is very satisfying for me.

There's so much fakeness in the fashion world, but Mum and Dad have always given us a good work ethic and were quite worried at first about whether I could make a living from acting. They've been together for 29 years and share the same values. I really do want to have that kind of marriage myself.

My parents probably were delighted when I chose acting, because if there is one job in the world that is less financially reliable than acting, it is art.

I didn't choose this career for money. When I started training, I did it because I liked it, and I never had money for anything in my life.

My mom is very practical, and she originally wanted me to have something to fall back on. She was a little fearful of my becoming an actor because she didn't see it as a way to make a living. My dad, who was born and raised in Cuba, was really cool with it.

I love my parents and we have a terrific relationship. They have been very supportive of my career choice.

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.

What's the reason I'm playing basketball? I do it because I love it, I do it because of my family, and that's it. I don't do it because of the money. I don't do it because of the fame. I just do it because I love it, and I do it for my family because my family enjoys it.

My mother quit her job in advertising in order to raise us and she really allowed and encouraged us to be ourselves.