Modelling is no better or worse than many other professions, but it is more obvious, more accessible.
You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!
My brother is a policeman; my sister's an English teacher. When I hear what they make versus what I make, it's ridiculous.
I've been a musician longer than I've been an actor.
If being in a band was my job, then I would quit. This is not a good job. A good job is in financial management.
People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.
Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block.
I think if I weren't an actress, I might have made a halfway decent attorney! I like the way they think.
Interesting stories appeal to me, much like it appeals to the audience. Or else I might as well become a banker and make more money.
Acting is not the noblest profession in the world, but there are things lower than acting. Not many, mind you - but politicians give you something to look down on from time to time.
The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
I used to be a bit obsessed by acting but not anymore. I do enjoy acting but I probably enjoy it more now because it's easier. I can't work in the theater because to me it's too serious. It's like being in prison for me. I admire people that can do that but I can't do it. I'd rather live my life and do a bit of acting in between.
Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is.
A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor.
The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice.
While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.
Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.
Modeling is one of the few professions where women out-earn men, and that's because we're more valuable objects and ornaments.
If I could wave a magic wand and be anything, I'd be a really respected, really successful author. That's a hard combination to get, though. I really enjoy acting, and it's easier, frankly.
You have to be strong to be a carpenter, maybe, but the director of a film doesn't need to have muscles.
It is possible that the percentage of honest and competent whores is higher than that of plumbers and much higher than that of lawyers. And enormously higher than that of professors.
As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money.
I'm not an economist and we all know economists were created to make weather forecasters look good.
A teacher works a lot harder than I do and her work is far more important, but she will never make the money that I do.
