Money and Actors
Actors' quotes about money and wealth
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This section contains actors and directors' quotes about money. People tend to associate celebrities with luxury and wealth, high fashion, jewels and expensive supercars. Through their own voices, you will discover celebrities' relationship with money, paychecks, taxes and the fear of going bankrupt.
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“The end of Hollywood was always predictable. There were always financial crises.”
“I can't afford to work for only ten thousand dollars a week.”
“Can you imagine being wonderfully overpaid for dressing up and playing games?”
“When banks came into pictures, trouble came with them.”
“When I see the amount of money flung into that cauldron called Hollywood, I feel not one ounce of guilt about what I get.”
“The place where a man can take his family and have a lovely seven-course dinner for 3,400 dollars.”
“For a long time, I've been worried about the problem of growing old and not having enough money for my old age. So about two years ago, I found a way to provide for my golden years, and I must say, it's given me a lot of satisfaction. I got myself a piggy bank, and every morning I slip a hundred dollar bill into it. I never miss doing this each...” (continue)(continue reading)
“I felt like an impostor, taking all that money for reciting ten or twelve lines of nonsense a day.”
“I have never gone after honours instead of dollars, but I have understood the relationship between the two.”
“Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.”
“Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.”
“Well, I always had a chauffer, because I have never driven a car in my life. I still can't drive.”
“If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.”
“If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to.”
“Because I'm a resident of England, Britannia taxes my Hollywood income as well. I bought a house at Regent's Park so I pay property taxes on that too. My agent gets 10 percent, incidentals account for another 10 percent and living expenses for 25 percent. So there's always a deficit. No wonder Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Leslie Howard don't...” (continue)(continue reading)
“The more I work, the more I can take. But I guess I couldn't keep this place the rest of my life. And I pull my own strings, no matter what you read about the studio setting out deliberately to mold a new star to replace Rita Hayworth. If they were going to do that, they'd have dyed my hair red.”
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