Michael Dorn Quotes

Careers can disappear just as quickly as they're made, so I'm in no hurry.

Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.

My whole thing is I want to have a backup plan because maybe I won't get another acting job after 'Fame', maybe I'll want to give up on acting in five years or whatever and I want to have something else that I enjoy just as much as I enjoy acting.

People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.

I'm very, very fortunate to be in the job that I'm in, and I would love for it to continue forever, but it won't. I have to financially and emotionally prepare for the day that 'Mad Men' will go away, because who knows what my next job is going to be?

I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.

Tell a woman it's going to rain, and she'll get out the umbrellas. Well, in the matter of money, there's always the chance of rain ahead.

As an actor, you know every job you have is going to end someday. That's not so much different than the rest of the world; we just don't have illusions about it.

If financial assets no longer work for you at a rate far and above the rate of true wealth creation, then you must work longer for your money.

If you are worried about job security and do not have an adequate emergency fund (ideally eight months' worth of living expenses stashed away in a federally insured bank or credit union), you need to focus more on saving money than paying down the balance on your credit cards.

As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that, I'll do that, I'll do that'. Your choices are not always clearly thought out, and you can end up taking mis-steps.

Money isn't everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something.

Savings is an important tool because it can help the poor deal with the ups and downs of irregular earnings and help them build reserves for a rainy day.

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.

I have invested some money and I have a home, but people don't realise that you might only be working for a few weeks of the year and remain unemployed the rest of the time.

Losing your job is terrifying, but being prepared makes it so much easier.

My mother and I were on welfare and food stamps until I was 18, so I've always had this ethos of, like, 'try and make a little bit of money now because you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.'

I don't know if the money I've earned is going to need to last me for the next few weeks or the rest of my life.

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.

I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money.

Anybody with a reasonable income can become financially independent in a lifetime.

Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.

The time to save for the future is now. Thanks to compounding interest, the earlier you start putting money away for the future, the more you will save.