After being in one movie, it didn't seem like that would be my life. I had done several jobs, briefly. I'd been a shipping clerk, I worked in a copy shop, I didn't think the acting was going to go on and on.
I'm just going to try to stay employed. That's the tough part in this business.
Nowadays, there's no such thing as a stable job.
My father had to shift from the village because he didn't have a steady job.
Being an actor is mostly about rejection and being out of work. It was a fast lesson in all of that stuff.
I've dated the sweet mama's boy, the musician rocker, the struggling artist - basically a lot of people without jobs.
Acting is one of the most risky businesses you could ever be in. You literally do not know where your next paycheck will come from.
To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.
You never can take for granted that you have a job.
The kind of job where you have to hustle and hustle and where you're not sure whether you will have enough clients next month, where you have less job security, is becoming much more common.
This business is so unstable, and you never really know where you're going to be.
My parents probably were delighted when I chose acting, because if there is one job in the world that is less financially reliable than acting, it is art.
The senior wizard in a world of magic had the same prospects of long-term employment as a pogo stick tester in a minefield.
Ours is the most precarious work, as you are in one place today, and tomorrow you are in another.
