Its tough to be an actor, really tough. Here is the thread referenced above from a while back:
As a pro told my daughter, don’t even think about doing this if you want “a little 2-story Cape Cod with a white picket fence and two cats in the yard…”
We live in one of the largest cities in America and I think you can count the number of actors who actually make a full-time living on stage here in town on one hand or two hands.