--- title: "1 Didn Actor Quotes By Jean Smart" description: "1 Didn Actor quotes by Jean Smart. Plus more from Jean Smart and more Didn Actor sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/jean-smart-21993_actor_i-didn-t-become-an-actor-for-the-money-s_49101.jpg" --- > [I didn't become an actor for the money, so I can't stay with a job for that reason. I did too many years of theater where you just get by from month to month, happily, to make that a priority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/i-didn-t-become-an-actor-for-the-money-so-i-can-t-stay-with-a-job-for/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/jean-smart-21993_actor_i-didn-t-become-an-actor-for-the-money-s_49101.jpg) ## More by Jean Smart > [I didn't become an actor for the money, so I can't stay with a job for that reason. I did too many years of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/i-didn-t-become-an-actor-for-the-money-so-i-can-t-stay-with-a-job-for/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [I think that people get to a certain point in their life and they think that nothing can change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/i-think-that-people-get-to-a-certain-point-in-their-life-and-they/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [You become an actor because you don't want to do the same thing all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/you-become-an-actor-because-you-don-t-want-to-do-the-same-thing-all/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [Lately, I just let myself eat it more because I think, 'Oh, my God, a piece of cheese tastes so good'. I think it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/lately-i-just-let-myself-eat-it-more-because-i-think-oh-my-god-a/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [To me, pause is sometimes the most important, most effective moment in a film or play or anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/to-me-pause-is-sometimes-the-most-important-most-effective-moment-in/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [Personally, I think life offers us the opportunity to take chances and make changes all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/personally-i-think-life-offers-us-the-opportunity-to-take-chances-and/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [Unless I have to, I can't take a job for the money. Unless my children are going to be out on the street, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/unless-i-have-to-i-can-t-take-a-job-for-the-money-unless-my-children/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [Unfortunately, a lot of kids don't read anymore. I don't know what we can do about that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/unfortunately-a-lot-of-kids-don-t-read-anymore-i-don-t-know-what-we/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [If it's a drama or comedy, it doesn't matter to me. I just want to like the writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/if-it-s-a-drama-or-comedy-it-doesn-t-matter-to-me-i-just-want-to-like/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [This is going to sound terrible, but once I moved to New York, I never did a civilian job. I was extraordinarily lucky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/this-is-going-to-sound-terrible-but-once-i-moved-to-new-york-i-never/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [I quit smoking the day I found out I was pregnant, which was nine years ago. But I'll still smoke in a movie. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/i-quit-smoking-the-day-i-found-out-i-was-pregnant-which-was-nine/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [My father was my hero. I can't say enough about him and everything he did for me and my family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/my-father-was-my-hero-i-can-t-say-enough-about-him-and-everything-he/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [I love doing drama as much as I love doing comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/i-love-doing-drama-as-much-as-i-love-doing-comedy/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > ['24' was so much fun. That was one of my all-time favourite jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/24-was-so-much-fun-that-was-one-of-my-all-time-favourite-jobs/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) > [It's fun to do accents; it's fun to do different periods - that's why you become an actor. Because it's fun to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-smart/it-s-fun-to-do-accents-it-s-fun-to-do-different-periods-that-s-why/) [Jean Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-smart/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/didn-actor/jean-smart/#itemlist", "name": "1 Didn Actor Quotes By Jean Smart", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't become an actor for the money, so I can't stay with a job for that reason. 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