Mary Lambert Quotes

Theatre is great, but we don't live in an idealistic world, and we have to pay our bills.

Right now the music is more of a hobby since I'm making a good living as an actress.

All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I'm just lucky that my day job is simply another form of art.

Awards do not pay the mortgage.

I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.

Acting kind of pays my bills more than music does.

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

It's hard to live just by selling paintings.

It's not the '80s any more. We're not all riding around in limousines and snorting coke off of hookers' tits. We still have to keep working and touring. We're definitely still very much a working band. If we stopped doing this tomorrow, we'd have a little bit of cash to last us a couple of months, and then we'd have to go and get other jobs.

Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future.

Zombie books were going to be my passion projects, but certainly not pay the bills. I thought I was going to have to get a real job on a sitcom or something, and have my zombie books to remind myself I was still a writer at heart. I never thought I could actually pay my bills and write what I wanted.

I do not give money for just mere hopes.

I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising.

You know, when you choose to make your living as an actor, it's all fine and good to look at it as some kind of artistic endeavor. At its best, it is that. But the fact is, most of the actors out there don't earn $3 million a picture and can't afford to take two years off between films and look for the right thing. Most of us are tradesmen.

Sometimes it's a character you want to play or a story you want to tell. Sometimes it's just to pay the bills.

In my mid 30's, after a decade or so of giving full time to the music thing and finding myself with about $10 in the bank and no assets other than my musical equipment, I realized I needed to get serious about making a living.

'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.

Acting wasn't some long-held dream, and it still isn't, really. I'm just trying to make some money and pay the bills.

I always wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know how someone could make a life out it.

I decided to stay in art and earn some money.

As far as value goes, obviously it's nicer to be in an environment where you feel comfortable. But it's also clear that it's probably not the most realistic thing.

You don't make any money being an artist. Writing and producing? You get your money from that. You live comfortable.

You can have a passion for something, but you still have to pay the bills.

It's nearly impossible to make a living in the arts.

At some point, I'll have to go get a real job.