Daily Inspiration Quote by Jerry Hall

The dash in Jerry Hall's line does most of the acting. "Time-consuming - and lucrative -" isn’t just a logistical aside; it’s a tidy confession about how careers get chosen in a culture that pretends they’re guided by pure passion. Hall frames acting as the authentic desire ("I'd always enjoyed"), then lets money enter the sentence like a stage direction that changes the plot. The pause acknowledges the thing you’re not supposed to say out loud: in the fashion-and-fame economy, opportunity isn’t an abstract calling, it’s a contract with a rate attached.

Coming from a model, the quote also works as a subtle reversal of the usual hierarchy. Modeling is often treated as the decorative prelude to "real" artistry. Hall punctures that snobbery without picking a fight. She doesn’t argue that modeling is deeper; she points out it’s harder to walk away from. Time, in this telling, is the hidden cost of beauty labor: the fittings, travel, upkeep, visibility management. "Lucrative" is almost an alibi, an admission that the industry’s rewards can be so outsized they crowd out other selves you might have become.

The subtext is pragmatic, not bitter. She’s narrating a fork in the road where choice is less freedom than momentum. It’s a career story that sounds casual because it’s what the system trains you to do: smile, keep moving, and let the paycheck make the decision feel inevitable.