In an interview with Nylon magazine, the actress revealed that she spent three weeks contemplating a career change as she felt overwhelmed by having been working in TV since she was 9 years old.
"I was like, 'Alright, this has been a god run, but I'm done'. I wanted to rethink my life for a minute because I didn't think acting could be a career. This is the worst industry you can put yourself in because there's no security whatsoever. I mean, none," she explained.
"The whole thing is based so much on opinion and nobody is wrong. That person can think I'm great, that person can think I suck, and they're both right. I was like, 'Can I really do this for the rest of my life?'"
She continued: "What a lot of people don't realise is that you make more money in TV than you will in film; it's a very steady salary. An obscene amount of money gets given to you for, like... what? So I was 20, and I looked at my bank account and realised that I was secure for the rest of my life. I was like, 'I'm okay. I can go do other things now'.
"I had been happy being poor, so having money made no difference to me. I know people with money say that, but it's the truth. Of course, it's a blessing to feel like you have a roof over your head and not having to worry about where your next meal is coming from. But that blessing, I realised, comes at a price."
Kunis added that she eventually realised that continuing as an actress was the only way she could be happy.
"I was contemplating whether I wanted to keep doing this or if I wanted to go and explore life. And I realised that acting is the one thing I love to do," she said.
"I asked myself, 'What else could I do that would make me happy? What else could I do where I wake up in the morning and think, 'I get to work and do something great and have fun'? I couldn't think of anything else. So I was like, 'I'm stuck doing this because I actually, truly love it'."
