Artist Quote by Annaleigh Ashford

'Rent,' for me, was a significant time in my life because it was my first break. It was my first professional job. I also…

— Idina Menzel

For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer.

— Idina Menzel

I was working in cartoons. I could go to Comic-Con, buy the Hal Jordan ring, I could buy animation cels, but at the end…

— Paul Dini

Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life.

— Buzz Aldrin

I could have easily never worked again after 'Precious.' I could be back at my receptionist job and no one would be surprised, but…

— Gabourey Sidibe

I had a wife, kids and a mortgage and my acting career was nowhere, so I was painting and decorating people's homes.

— Charley Boorman

I was quite a plain boy. I stayed in work and eeked out a living, bit parts on TV, walk-ons in films, repertory companies.

— Nigel Hawthorne

All my life, even as an actor, I felt like I was really trying to be dutiful, which sometimes got in my way of…

— Fala Chen

I fled my home town and did odd jobs, including things like re-designing old furniture, before I became an actor. Having said that, I…

— Harshvardhan Rane

After being in one movie, it didn't seem like that would be my life. I had done several jobs, briefly. I'd been a shipping…

— Wallace Shawn

I had moved across the country, taken internships, networked, worked long hours, and called in favors to get there. And I had done it.…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing…

— Imelda May