Lefty activist actor Ed Asner, who played salty city editor Lou Grant on TV, says he had a passion for journalism until he found out about the pay:

I was a high school journalist and wanted to go into it because it was dashing and exciting. One day in college, my instructor, whom I revered, passed by my desk and said, ‘Are you thinking of journalism as a career?’ And I said, ‘yeah.’ She came back and said, ‘I wouldn’t … you can’t make any money at it.’ With that, I washed away any plans that I had, but as I tell the story, I also became an overnight sensation as an actor.

Imagine if every school teacher, journalist, policeman, fireman, soldier, sailor or Marine were as passionate as Ed Asner.