Ridley Scott Quotes

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

The great thing about being on a television show is that it usually provides you with fairly steady income so you can go and do things.

I refused to describe myself as an actress until 'EastEnders' because, until then, I couldn't support myself without doing other jobs.

Part of the reason why my folks - why any immigrant family - wants their kids to go into law or medicine is because there's the promise of reliable work. That's a powerful idea that got hammered into my head growing up: Be this thing, or else you'll starve.

Honestly, after doing a TV show for eight years and a cartoon for more than a decade, you are, financially speaking, in a very lucky position where you don’t have to work for the sake of working. And I decided to take advantage of that.

I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working.

I've always been salaried; I've never owned anything. I've done very well, lived very well.

I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.

What I really honestly want is just to be working steadily... I would love to just be on a great TV show and have it run for awhile.

I'm still waiting to hit it big. But there was the moment when I didn't have to work at the restaurant anymore, which is the milestone for every actor. When your job is just to be an actor and not to have to do anything else.

As a jobbing actor, you can't afford to be choosy; if you're typed, you're generally working. I still feel that way, and the thing is, even within the horror genre, I now get to play all kinds of different roles.

The wealthy are confident in their abilities to overcome bad situations - on the job, in their personal lives, with their finances. Many have triumphed over dismal financial starts. And, unlike most of the population that hops from job to job, career to career, the wealthy are much more likely to stick with what they start.

Hollywood is fickle; your career can end pretty fast. If the acting jobs dry up, you have to have something to fall back on. In fact, that would be my advice to kids interested in acting - make sure you get an education too.

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

I'm glad I made business investments, because it gave me the confidence financially to make brave choices. If I hadn't done that, I'd still have been trying to play 19-year-olds in films. I know there are other avenues for me.

I never thought I had a career. I think Meryl Streep has a career. I have jobs that I am lucky to get... I'm one of those actresses who never turns down a part, no matter how small. I don't have the luxury of picking and choosing. I take everything.

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

I didn't care about being the 'star.' I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career.

I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too.

I've always had a day job and never been just acting.

A year after winning the Oscar, almost to the day, I was directing a dog food commercial.

Being on daytime TV has its benefits. You can still have a life and you know you have a check coming every week.

I vowed I would never do a commercial, or a soap opera - both of which I did as soon as I left the Acting Company and was starving.

Just the fact that I've lived more, and I'm not concerned about when I am going to get my next job anymore. This business is free-lance and it's not a steady job. Younger, I would have been more preoccupied with myself.

I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.