I'm assuming the person you were talking to were thinking about different layers of the scenario. If they didn't work, then they won't have money coming in, so the things they can do will be limited. If money is not a problem and one can stop working, and they still think that way, then they might have something wrong in the head. Almost everyone I know wants to stop working so they can do the things they love, and I'm in the same boat. The only way I can think of that not happening is if they made their passion their work. Maybe acting, or painting, or whatever it is that they love doing already.