I've done stuff to pay my dues and that's what actors are supposed to do, because I was a really bad actor when I was 18 or 20.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I was little, I didn't know you got paid for acting. My parents put the money in the bank for me, but I just thought it was this fun thing that I was so excited to do. You got to be on the set and get a little bit of makeup and be on camera.
I may not be a trained actor, but I've paid my dues. And I mean that literally. I am a fully dues-paid member of SAG/AFTRA. As a political figure, I've been called a 'card carrying' member of numerous groups that I'm not a member of - and now I'm being called a non-actor when I am literally a card-carrying member of the union for actors.
No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.
A lot of talented actors still have to pay their bills.
I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money.
I didn't think I was an actor and fought it for a long time. Nobody paid for that but me.
In the end, I'm an actor. I'm paid for what I bring to the screen.
The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible.
I don't care about the money. I just need, as an actor, to do as many different things that I can to make me feel good about myself.
I'm so fortunate in that I've never had another job to pay a bill but acting, since the day I got out of high school.