Charlotte Ritchie Quotes

I'm so fortunate in that I've never had another job to pay a bill but acting, since the day I got out of high school.

I actually went to study journalism at Northwestern, thinking that would be my Plan B for a career. But then I realized, if I'm going to struggle and make no money, I might as well do what I really want to do.

It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons.

Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm not working at McDonald's and how come I have the life I have. I don't know. But I'm happy that I have these choices. That's kinda sappy, huh? But whatever, acting beats pumping gas.

Like what you do, if you don't like it, do something else.

If I can make a living as a writer, I can do anything.

I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, and they were getting ready for a life of unemployment, so they're just happy I'm in work!

I think, ultimately, looking back now, acting wasn't satisfying me 100%.

I couldn't think of anything else I'd rather be doing.

Like what you do, if you don't like it, do something else.

I'm happy with my place in the firmament here. I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.

My mom is the type of mom who wonders why I haven't used my psychology degree to become a successful clinical psychologist.

Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldn't feel like a job. So I did that.

I know a lot of people my age are still trying to figure out what to do, and I consider myself lucky that I can make a living doing something that I truly enjoy.

I would say this in terms of my career, that my career provided me with everything that I wanted, and I think a man is fortunate if he can say that at the end of his life.

The thing with me is, if I wake up one morning and I'm not happy working as an actress, I'll stop. It's not something I have to do. It's not a vocation.

I never wanted to be defined by what I did for a living.

I wanted to be a writer, and my mother was like, 'No, why don't you become a lawyer?' That sort of thing.

I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.

I was part of the generation that was supposed to become doctors.

Had acting not taken off, I would've been glad to become a teacher.

I like what I'm doing. If I didn't like what I was doing, I'd be doing something else.

The way I see it is if I can't be happy doing this job, which is my dream job, then what's going to make me happy in life?

The minute you decide to do what you love to do, you have made a life plan for yourself and a career choice.