I started to make some commercials, which was a way for me to finally make a living at last. But it was only really a couple of films in that it looked like a viable career option.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A few years ago, when I had no work and started believing that films weren't a viable career, I thought of finding another job. I started training and riding horses and got consumed by that. It was a boon in disguise.
That's easy to answer: I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.
I've wanted to make films since a really young age. It's always been my passion.
I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.
Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting - I sing and I've written books, for instance - but acting is what keeps me going: it's what I do; it gives life purpose.
I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising.
There's always gonna be people with a lot of money making film, and the goal is to make profit and carry on. It is a business. The goal is to make a living doing it and to be comfortable.
God, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting too.
I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films.
I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films.