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It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things more than is healthy.

I'd been in Hollywood for five years before I started writing 'The Guild.' I worked enough to pay all my bills. So I was very lucky in that respect. Most people don't make a living acting.

I've obviously made a very nice amount of money. I have a very nice lifestyle. I get to do what I love. Very few actors get to do that, and even fewer are lucky enough to work steadily for 24 years.

Most actors are not rich - they are very poor indeed. What keeps them going is that they just love the job.

The lifestyle that comes with being an actor in a successful TV show isn't something I gravitate toward.

I'm not one of these million-dollar actors. I have always been just a working actor. I probably work more than I would like to.

To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater company or being on TV.

I'm not a wealthy person because I was never a star. I was a working actor and a supporting actor.

I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.

As an actress, you have to give your character a life, a history, and make it full and rich for yourself.