Being a good police officer is one of the most difficult, dangerous, idealistic jobs in the world.
Movie acting may not have a certain kind of glory as true art, but it is damn hard work.
You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
Film-making is a physically hard job.
Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them.
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself.
The policeman must be a minister, a social worker, a diplomat, a tough guy, and a gentleman. And, of course, he'd have to be a genius... For he will have to feed a family on a policeman's salary.
I have to be honest about this: I wouldn't tell a lot of kids to go and be writers. It's a tough, tough business. It's not a business. It's more like a tough road. It's a really tough road.
I advise those who want to become writers to study veterinary medicine, which is easier. You don't want to be a writer unless you have no choice - and if you have no choice, good luck to you.
Life as a voice actress is tough. It's not an easy career.
It's like I say to young people who ask me about going into journalism: If you want to be loved, don't go into this business.
I do think that people outside the fashion industry imagine that being a model is what you might call quick, easy money, but it can be very lonely - you have to be quite tough. It's also very physically demanding.
If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes. This is a tough business.
Honestly, I don't recommend anyone get into music. If you have something else that you're good at, do that instead. This is a really tough world to live in.
Student teaching is the hardest job there is.
I was always a singer. But I was always focused on being an actor as my trade. Music I do just for me. The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible.
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
Even in the best of times, there is no tougher calling than serving as a police officer.
But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain... and retain.
It's not easy to be a footballer.
Well, in our business, it's a very tough profession.
I'll never be rude to another news person. It's a tough job, a thankless job. You really have to get out there and grovel to get your story.
I grew up in an acting family. I was heavily discouraged from doing it myself when I was young, which is the only responsible route to take with any child, because it's not necessarily the easiest of lives.
Acting is a tough business to break into.
