I'm in the very fortunate position as a young actor to not have to take the first job that comes along. I'm not motivated by money at this stage in my life, I'm motivated by work.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor.
As an actor, I'm always just so pumped when I get any job. To be a working actor takes a lot of luck.
As an actor, it's my job to make everything interesting and exciting and new. If I'm not doing my job well, then I'm stealing.
As an actress, you're perpetually about to be unemployed. That fear - when you have two parents who worked 9-to-5 jobs and went through periods of being unemployed - is real. Those were not welcome times in my childhood.
I think actors always have that fear of unemployment so when the opportunities are there, you just jump on them.
My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.
When I don't have a movie, I don't take a job just for the sake of working. I just sit it out until I find something I'm passionate about.
Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while.
I get to choose things that interest me as opposed to trying to get any job that will have me, which for a vast majority of actors is the case.
There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.