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Money was always on my mind when I was growing up. So I was always wondering how we were going to afford this and that. Acting seemed to be a shortcut out of the mess.

It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.

Acting wasn't some long-held dream, and it still isn't, really. I'm just trying to make some money and pay the bills.

I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money.

The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.

Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.

I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it.

Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director.

I love the stage, I love the process of acting in theatre, but unfortunately, it doesn't pay the bills.