Amongst Quote by Paul Haggis

I had a career in Hollywood, I was a child actor for 10 plus years.

— Brett Cooper

When I first moved to L.A., I thought I would either be a movie star after a year or I would move home and…

— Esther Povitsky

I spent most of my 20s working as an actor. I started writing and directing because I was frustrated with the types of roles…

— Marielle Heller

I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And…

— George R. R. Martin

For 10 years, I'd been working as a freelance writer and editor, making money but not a living. It was a good arrangement family-wise,…

— Will Allison

I was about 26 or 27 and it was imperative that I make a living right away and it's hard to make a living…

— David Duchovny

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 like to work. I mean, part of it for me is that I was a struggling actor, could barely pay my rent, until…

— Megan Mullally

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

At 20, I was married, working as an auto mechanic, and living in Gainesville. I was doing Against Me!, but it wasn't by any…

— Laura Jane Grace

My father was a director, and my mother and grandparents were actors, so I spent a great deal of my time as a teenager…

— Marianne Elliott

Getting married in 1947 and settling down in Hollywood was the real beginning of my career.

— Henry Mancini