When you start so young working, you build a hunger for acting, working, and a busy life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
As an actor, you act in order to make a living. Then, when you can make a living, you start acting because you want to do what you love to do. I need to remind myself of that a lot.
It feels like as you get a bit older, you've worked out the things that are good for your life apart from with acting.
I realized that acting was something I wasn't going to be lazy about. You feel good when you do it well. It is something that can grow in you.
I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play.
When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.
I've waited my entire life to be busy. Whenever I hear actors complain about being busy, I think, 'shut up.' Because you do, you wait to be successful or to be able to work.
I motivate what I see in young people because we employ about forty thousand young people in our various Chick-fil-A units. Some of them come to work because they need to work; others just work because they just like to work. There's nothing wrong with that.
Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity.
My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can.