I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.
One of the big struggles for an actor is sometimes you have to take work that you don't necessarily want to do so you can pay rent.
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.
I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.
I don't want to sound like I'm bragging, but I'm very proud of this: I moved to L.A. in October of 1997, but I never had a survival job in L.A. I was able to support myself with acting from the moment I got to town.
I worked at a group home for a survival job years ago, and kids who have a rough home life have always tugged at my heart-strings. I also care a lot about animal cruelty.
I have an act I take on the road. That's what saved me. I dont know how most actors make a living.
I've been homeless. I've worked at 7-Eleven.
When I was focusing on theater, I would go on for months without any work and could hardly pay the rent.
They were tough times and I started working when I was 10 years old, delivering papers and eventually becoming a waiter.
Paul and I were both struggling actors. One night he would serve me in a restaurant, and the next night I would serve him. It was what out of work actors did.
No scratch the word "career". Careers are people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck. This is merely a job. I can take or leave this place. I start to imagine quitting and following my yet-to-be-determined passion.
I never wanted to be one of those desperate actors, just waiting for their next gig, who might have to take something that they didn't want to do to pay the rent.
As a jobbing actor or musician, you have to take any work you can get.
