Katie Leclerc Quotes

I got into a bad jag of movies that helped pay the rent and I thought would help further me along.

A lot of times, we also have to live and work. You have to make money to pay rent. In that respect, I don't think you can be so demanding. Those great stories are not the normal stories that come on a daily basis. It's a struggle to land those roles. Everybody is looking for the good parts.

Get yourself into every audition that you can. Even in those for smaller roles, you'll never know when someone may recommend you for a bigger one.

Since I don't come from a privileged background, I couldn't afford to be irresponsible with career decisions. I wrote two books alongside my job and resigned only when I realised I can make a living.

You don't pass up roles that give you the opportunity to stretch and to grow.

I often say that paying off your debt is like dieting. There are no miracle cures; it takes discipline and hard work.

Will I be sensible and pay off the mortgage? Not a chance.

I was doing well for myself and wanted to play different roles and not just be happy portraying glamorous characters.

I definitely appreciate the value of money, hard work and having a career.

I was young so when I had that job at Burger King, I was still in high school and I just needed to help out my mom. And help myself because I needed to buy some of my clothes. I did that for about three years and I had became a shift manager working at Burger King, doing my thing. I was young and excited to make my own money.

If my little girl wants a toy or something, sometimes I say, 'I don't have the money'. It's quite difficult to understand why I'm saying that, but she needs to understand that nothing comes easy.

You must be sure - and I mean absolutely positive - that you have the willpower to pay off those credit cards and not use them again.

I think I integrated that over the first couple of years that I was out of school, mostly in auditions, to be honest.

I have very little debt to anybody. I don't need debt.

As you manage your money, you manage your life.

I never had credit card debt... I was very much about trying to gain my freedom, so it was about saving.

The word accounting comes from the word accountability. If you are going to be rich, you need to be accountable for your money.

I don't know if this sounds bad, but I am set. I don't spend my money. I don't buy cars or have an expensive drug habit. The only thing I've ever bought with the money I've made is my house.

The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at the billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day.

The most important lesson is probably to spend less than you earn.

The Management of money is, in much, the management of self. If heaven allotted to each man seven guardian angels, five of them, at least, would be found night and day hovering over his pockets.

If you're not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career

I try to do things where I'm going to feel challenged in some way. I only really do one movie a year.

Don't live beyond your means. Don't buy more than you can pay for. Don't expect to get rich quick. And don't confuse salesmen for friends or advisers.

You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount.