Unless you are wealthy, you cannot afford to act or direct one play and remain unemployed the rest of the time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
I mean, I don't necessarily want to leave because I have this job, but I would love to do a good play.
I'm an actor and a playwright, and I don't earn much.
Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.
I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.
I work too hard and don't play enough.
There are more important ways of earning a living, aren't there? Like being a neurosurgeon. But some plays are very important, aren't they?
Even if I don't have a job, I work on plays and scenes.
You can work and scratch out a living in the theatre, but, if you want to make money, you've got to hit the road. You've got to play big houses of 2, 3 thousand seaters with your name above the bill, do popular fare and reach out to the audience such as it is.
If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.