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Related I have the advantage of being pretty small, so if I'm flying myself, I'm flying coach. To sa... ANNA KENDRICK I think it's really odd, too, that the public is so privy to how much money the actors make and ... HOLLY HUNTER I have registered few titles like 'Bharat Bandh,' 'Calendar Girl,' 'Money Politi... MADHUR BHANDARKAR Hollywood people are filled with guilt: white guilt, liberal guilt, money guilt. They feel bad that ... DREW CAREY That's one thing about Hollywood. People don't always want what's real. People always wa... PAUL WALKER I have a growing resume, but it's because I'm very selective. There are a lot of actors in m... ELIJAH KELLEY I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing ... ELON MUSK Things that are unique and rare will cost a lot of money. Houses in East Hampton and Malibu will cos... JOHN SKIPPER I worked in SRK and Salman Khan's films as a child artiste, so Bollywood has always been on my r... MADHUR MITTAL People don't trade money for things when they value their money more highly than they value the ... ROY H. WILLIAMS It's not easy to be my sons because we're very high profile. We try so hard to give them a n... ZHANG XIN There are so many people that say they are actors and they don't spend for 5 minutes a day worki... IAN ZIERING I don't know what's in store for me, but I know that I want to create work, and I want to cr... LUCAS HEDGES Initially, I wanted to do films with A-list actors when I was struggling. I was hoping that I could ... KANGANA RANAUT The wonderful thing about writing for theatre is you can go anywhere you want with the language. The... SAM SHEPARD If my fans want to do something for me when that time comes, I say, don't waste your money on me... B. B. KING No matter how many people tell you, Save your money, when you've got a series, you never do. Som... DAVID MORSE The reason that most British actors are better than most American actors in the end is that they don... MIKE NICHOLS In Russia, or anywhere, people don't like rich people. Yeah, OK, I have money, but the question ... VIKTOR VEKSELBERG I don't watch sitcoms. I really don't. My problem with them is they take so long to film the... CAROL BURNETT Obviously everybody knows that I'm an original songwriter and I got my band. And the guys in ... BO BICE I do spend money. I like to spend money, on houses - on furnishing houses. And I love to give presen... GLORIA VANDERBILT One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lo... EDDIE TRUNK There's not much money in Tallahassee. Not many people can leave Tallahassee because they don... T-PAIN When I'm getting ready for a movie, let's just say my diet is 'The Antisocial Diet.'... JASON STATHAM We have no companies now, not in the sense that I know, that nurture actors. It's very depressin... DIANA RIGG It's so easy to become obsessed with the film industry and recognition that we can forget that w... CHARLIE COX It is said that anyone who does commercial cinema is not acting, and anyone who does an art film is ... BIPASHA BASU I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once sai... ELAINE STRITCH Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress peo... WILL ROGERS I am very picky with my career. I don't need to do it for the money or the fame. I'm very ch... KELLAN LUTZ It's changing a bit, but the thing in LA is everyone is either in the industry, or knows someone... CATHERINE BELL I'm not a real film buff. Unfortunately, I don't have time. I just don't go. And I becom... DAVID LYNCH People are fans of Dunkin' Donuts. They have a relationship with the company, they go there ever... EVAN WILLIAMS I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don... GARY NUMAN I know it's a lot harder for women who don't have enough help, but the truth is, no matter h... PATRICIA RICHARDSON I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes... ARUNDHATI ROY Financial security is crucial for your family, and I have a large family. Money does matter when you... KATRINA KAIF Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain. MAE WEST As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven... MATT DAMON Seriously, I don't find not being able to hear an obstacle or a boundary. For me, and for many o... NYLE DIMARCO The health insurance industry does not like to pay out claims, because they don't make money. Th... MICHAEL MOORE I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get en... MANOJ BHARGAVA I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for... AUDRA MCDONALD I want to make as much money as I possibly can so that when my day comes, my mother and sister is fi... TYLER, THE CREATOR In the eighth grade I found I had a voice for opera, so I followed that path a little, but my impuls... ROBERT DAVI Americans know they need to save for a rainy day, but with the growing need to put away for retireme... DIANE MORAIS One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is... ORISON SWETT MARDEN Jokes apart, people are constantly asking me, 'What are you doing for the industry?' When on... ROHIT SHETTY Many actors come and disappear into oblivion. But not Salman Khan. NAWAZUDDIN SIDDIQUI My fear is turnout. I think a lot of people might think: 'Well, in the end, it's the rationa... DAVID CAMERON There is no free lunch, so if you're playing with the big train set - on big movies - it's a... JON FAVREAU I wasn't really taught about the value of money. I just learnt it as I grew up, but I do remembe... LAURA TROTT Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent... CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR If it is something that I want to do, then I don't think the audience will hate it. Unless I tur... SALMAN KHAN One of the most important things for me in terms of my working method is doubt. I get very insecure ... BILL VIOLA I was supposed to do a film with Bill Shatner called 'Free Enterprise 2.' They were calling ... DAVID HEDISON Money's not important to me. Movie star acknowledgement is not important to me. I don't want... MOIRA KELLY There's no doubt that there's a public backlash against the way campaign money is raised, bu... J. B. PRITZKER My mother always said don't marry for money, divorce for money. WENDY LIEBMAN For me, comedy is constantly presented as this fake casualness, like a guy just walked on stage goin... BO BURNHAM I don't know what to do with it. I'm very fortunate to have it, and it gives you room to man... DANIEL RADCLIFFE I am a shy person, basically. I don't think I can take my shirt off in front of so many people. ... MAHESH BABU I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that... CAPTAIN BEEFHEART People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it&... ADAM GARCIA The Australian film industry is a small industry, so you have to really be flexible within working i... DEBORAH MAILMAN I've always saved. I believe in keeping money back for a rainy day and living within my means. I... SANJEEV BHASKAR We have never heard of laundering in Macau; money laundering is unheard of. Mind you, my casino, eve... STANLEY HO As an individual, I need space and can't be locked in a house with strangers. I would do 'Bi... KARAN SINGH GROVER What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it! JANICE DICKINSON I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really hav... JON FAVREAU I'll tell you what I think in general about people who want to make their Broadway debut that ar... PATTI LUPONE My other family is Fleetwood Mac. I don't need the money, but there's an emotional need for ... STEVIE NICKS I think there is an army clock ticking in me. I value time. I always want to be on time. I don't... RAKUL PREET SINGH I don't want to save a creek for the creek's sake, but what's in it for human beings. JIM FOWLER I want to save up money. This is probably long-term, but I for sure want to get into real estate and... LUCKY BLUE SMITH I hold a lot of things in. I'm always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don't rage; I... 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One thing I wa... JEFF BEZOS I'm a prize fighter. Titles don't pay bills. I fight for money. I'm making money. They... BROCK LESNAR It is a well known urban myth that the French don't trust banks and store their money under thei... JANINE DI GIOVANNI The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women do... JEAN PAUL GAULTIER I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can... JIMMY DEAN First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out rea... JACK L. CHALKER Ultraconservatism is, to me, so illogical. Everywhere you go, conservatives want to cut, cut, cut, c... ALEC BALDWIN I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my ... LAURA RICKETTS My mum wouldn't do a film for money. She does it as a passion. That's why she's involved... ALFIE ALLEN 'Dawson's Creek' was my introduction to the industry. It put some money in my pocket and... MICHAEL PITT I plough all my money into my next film, so I never actually have any money. It's always invisib... XAVIER DOLAN I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to particip... SALMA HAYEK We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too muc... CHRISTIAN BALE I never had money; I like nice things, but I don't let that run my life. At the same time, I hav... WALE
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SALMAN AZIZ We live in a time of era where there is no value for innocence. People don’t worth the innocence. ... SALMAN AZIZ When you are in entertainment business, you can’t be you until you are in off-screen. You have to ... SALMAN AZIZ People change just in a blink! You won’t get any explanation for that. They change in front of you... SALMAN AZIZ Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient. SALMAN RUSHDIE I have had many more close women friends than men, and I've always assumed that comes from the f... SALMAN RUSHDIE Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to de... SALMAN RUSHDIE This is going to make me sound ancient, but I remember Juhu Beach when there weren't any buildin... SALMAN RUSHDIE If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now. SALMAN RUSHDIE A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in ret... SALMAN RUSHDIE Our lives teach us who we are. SALMAN RUSHDIE Not even the visionary or mystical experience ever lasts very long. It is for art to capture that ex... SALMAN RUSHDIE How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized. SALMAN RUSHDIE A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape... SALMAN RUSHDIE India considers Saudi Arabia a center of stability in the region. The security and stability of the ... SALMAN KHURSHID What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second,... SALMAN RUSHDIE If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance numbe... SALMAN RUSHDIE I think that we live in a very timid age, and a part of our timidity arises from our unwillingness t... SALMAN RUSHDIE I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder. 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