Money, Dear Boy/Quotes

"People ask me why I'm playing in this picture. The answer is simple: Money, dear boy. I'm like a vintage wine. You have to drink me quickly before I turn sour. I'm almost used up now and I can feel the end coming. That's why I'm taking money now. I've got nothing to leave my family but the money I can make from films. Nothing is beneath me if it pays well. I've earned the right to damn well grab whatever I can in the time I've got left."

—Laurence Olivier, on his role in Inchon

"For the money, old chap, for the money!'"

—Ray Milland, when asked why he had appeared in so many bad films late in his career.

"You show me an actor doing a shit movie, I'll show you a guy with a bad divorce."

—Bill Murray

I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.

—Michael Caine, on his role in Jaws the Revenge

"I'm doing weapons training for this piece of shit, then I go to Romania to shoot another piece of shit, then come back to shoot my part in this piece of shit...[sighs]...What can I say? My wife loves shoes."

—Ron Perlman on In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, Directed by Uwe Boll

"I sell myself for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference"

—Klaus Kinski

"First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent."

—Michael Caine

"Dennis Quaid. The Day After Tomorrow, G.I. Joe, and now Pandorum? Why? Do you need money? I'll give you some money."

—Brett Erlich, The Rotten Tomatoes Show

Transmorphers Character: I did not sign on for a paycheque!
Film Brain: Your acting says otherwise.

—Bad Movie Beatdown

Interviewer: You're quoted as saying you've only made five good movies in your career. True?
Michael Madsen: Pretty much. It's certainly less than ten. Kill Bill, Species, Free Willy, Thelma and Louise, Reservoir Dogs and Donnie Brasco. Six, that's it. That's not a low number. I'm just hard to please. I've made some crap but you've got to pay the bills.

"I can see why this film was made
unused actors needed to get paid"

—Mike Jeavons, That Guy With The Glasses, "Shameful Sequels: American Pie 3"

"I made a picture called Super Mario Bros, and my six-year-old son at the time -- he's now 18 -- he said, 'Dad I think you're probably a pretty good actor, but why did you play that terrible guy King Koopa in Super Mario Bros?' And I said, 'Well Henry, I did that so you could have shoes,' and he said, 'Dad, I don't need shoes that badly.'"

—Dennis Hopper

"You really needed a paycheque that badly?"

—Linkara on Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos #1

"You do what you gotta do. This is not heart surgery. I'm not curing cancer. I'm just trying to put my kids through school."

—Ron Perlman

"Would you make Trolls! The Sitcom if a big network funded it?"

"Yes. There's a good chance it would be pretty bad though. But that's ok because $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"

—Andrew Hussie, responding to a Formspring question

Kyle: From now on, MOOP isn't about money. MOOP is about music! We're not striking anymore! Who's with us?!

Britney Spears: ...We're just about the money.

—South Park, Episode 709 "Christian Rock Hard"

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