History Quotes / MoneyDearBoy

->'''"How about the villain of “Die Hard?”‘ I said, ‘Sure.’ And they’re like, ‘Do you want to read the script?’ I said, ‘I get it. I’m in. I just bought a house. Did you not hear? They just cancelled my fucking show. Yes, I’ll do it.’ ‘What about this video game adaptation?’ ‘Yes to that too. I’m in. I’ve got to make up some TV money."''

-->-- '''Creator/ShiaLaBeouf''' quoting Creator/StevenSpielberg[[note]]For context, though, [=LaBeouf=] actually quoted this as being somewhat of a BrokenPedestal moment in his friend-/mentorship with Spielberg in hindsight.[[/note]]

-->-- '''Creator/ShiaLaBeouf''' quoting Creator/StevenSpielberg[[note]]For context, though, [=LaBeouf=] actually quoted this as being somewhat a BrokenPedestal moment in his friend-/mentorship with Spielberg in hindsight.[[/note]]

->'''[[Creator/SalvadorDali Dalí]]:''' Everyone talks of new art to look interesting, and the worst is that we must feign eccentricity so we are considered modern artists. I'm so tired.\\
'''Julián:''' But don't you believe in... in Cubism?\\
'''Dalí:''' No.\\
'''Julián:''' And in Surrealism?\\
'''Dalí:''' Even less.\\
'''Julián:''' Then what do you believe in?\\
'''Dalí:''' In whatever pays the best.

->''"Wrestling/RicFlair ''(wooo!)'' is a 16-time world champion who has seen it all ''(wooo!)'', done it all ''(wooo!)'', and spent it all ''(wooo!...[[DoubleTake waitwut]])''. The last item is the reason he whored himself out for Wrestling/{{TNA}}."''
-->--'''''[[{{Imageboards}} Taimapedia]]'''''


->''"Apparently [[Creator/JeremyIrons (Jeremy) Irons]] was in this movie because he needed to pay for renovations on some castle he’d purchased. Though I understand an actor’s inherent need to work, and that you can’t always pick and choose what you’re offered even if you’ve won an Academy Award, it occurs to me that maybe he could have had a little more discretion about certain projects if he weren’t [[ConspicuousConsumption buying castles]]."''
-->-- '''Website/TheAgonyBooth''' on ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000''

->''"Aside from a new summerhouse for Creator/MorganFreeman, no one was expecting much out of the sequel to ''Bruce Almighty'' [[{{Sequelitis}} that nobody asked for.]]"''
-->--'''{{Website/Cracked}}''' [[http://www.cracked.com/article_21085_6-famous-movies-that-were-shockingly-hard-to-make_p2.html on]] ''Film/EvanAlmighty''


->''Anyway, Creator/BenKingsley is the Bad One in it, and he will do literally anything for money which is one of the more important philosophical questions posed in the film: Exactly what ''won't'' Ben Kingsley do? And if he can strip himself all dignity even though he was in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'', are we all really that right to be so proud ourselves? We, who were not in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'' even for a second?''
-->--'''Creator/JimSterling''' on ''Film/{{BloodRayne}}''

->''"I know this is a [[DirectToVideo DTV]] movie, but even by those standards ''[it]'' is terrible. I also think we all need to give up on the idea of Creator/LanceHenriksen “starring” in any movies anymore. The man is the Creator/JohnCarradine of the new millennium. He will just show up for five minutes to any movie offering craft services. Chuck a few free tacos his way and BAM he will show up to your nephew’s bar mitzvah. I just assume [[TypeCasting he is in every crappy Scifi movie]] from now on. Yeah, as you can guess, he shows up for five minutes grunts out a few lines and collects his paycheck ([[AdvertisedExtra despite being top billed]])."''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/screamers-the-hunting-sheldon-wilson-2009/ on]] ''Film/ScreamersTheHunting'' (2009)

->''"Creator/LiamNeeson is the disapproving admiral, and he glowers through his sparse screen time with all the conviction of a guy who can't wait to see his check get deposited."''
-->--'''[[http://www.hollywoodbitchslap.com/review.php?movie=19905&reviewer=429 Brett Gallman]]''' on ''{{Film/Battleship}}''

->'''Mike:''' I thought Creator/LeonardNimoy said he was never gonna play Spock again after the first one.\\
'''Jay:''' You know what happened? Even if Leonard Nimoy said that and he meant it, they took one of those little bags of cash and just dropped it in front of him. He said, "Oo-kay. Can we do it on [[HopelessWithTech The Skype?]]"\\
-->--''WebVideo/HalfInTheBag'', ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''

->''"This is not a real viral hit. This is viral ''marketing''... 'Course, it's kinda obvious that this is prepackaged considering the video has appearances by Music/SnoopDogg and Creator/DavidHasslehoff, two men who are-- ''(beat)'' ...basically prostitutes. I don't think that's controversial to say."''
-->--'''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''' on [=#Selfie=]

->''"I'm doing it purely for money, because I deserve it. I’ve sung, I’ve entertained, I’ve pleased your children, I’ve pleased your wives, I’ve pleased you--'''''[[HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight YOU SONS OF BITCHES!]]'''''"''
-->--''Creator/JudyGarland Speaks''

->''"I've been broke and I've been not broke, and it's much better not being broke. ''(laughs)'' I will do a lot for money. Life's lessons teach you that."''
-->--'''Gordon Tomson''' on ''Series/{{Dynasty|1981}}''

->"There's a time to be a human being and have an opinion, and there's a time [[MerchandiseDriven to sell cars]]."
-->--'''Creator/StevenSpielberg'''

->''iron man does some iron man shit. I don't even like iron man, why am I writing this?''
-->--'''Creator/ShaneBlack''', ''Film/IronMan3'' screenplay

->''"My greatest hope for this movie is that people will be entertained and thrilled by it, but also that they'll go home and have conversations with their family, and ask 'do you think this could happen, or couldn't happen?' and it'll inspire discussion and closeness."''
-->-- '''Creator/NicolasCage''' on ''Film/{{Left Behind|2014}}''

->''"Well, I guess it wouldn't be politic to say ''"My greatest hope for the movie is that I'll get a paycheck and take care of some of my staggering debt."''
-->-- '''[[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2014/08/i_wasnt_going_to_write_about_left_behind_again_but.php Luke Y. Thompson]]''', ''Blog/ToplessRobot''

->''"I wrote '[[Music/{{Madonna}} Like a Surgeon]]' because I wanted to buy a house. It worked."''
-->-- '''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''', ''I Love the 80's 3D''

->''"I thought, 'Holy smokes, that's a lot of freakin' money!' Now I see why. Next time I'll hit 'em up for even more."''
-->--'''Creator/RayLiotta''' on his role in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', ''Electronic Gaming Monthly''

->''"Matter of fact, they shouldn't have had me in it. What they should've done was just have Creator/PaulMcGann, and then if it got picked up, show how [[TheNthDoctor it happened...]] I'm glad I ''was'' in it. [[HypocrisyNod The money was good.]]"''
-->-- '''Creator/SylvesterMcCoy''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie}} The TV Movie]], ''UK Gold's 40th anniversary of Doctor Who''

->''"They say money doesn't buy happiness. That phrase should end with 'just kidding'."''
-->-- '''Creator/DanielTosh'''

->''"Let me tell you this about ''Series/TheView'': I take a paycheck every other week. That's all I do. I could give a shit what comes. I do my job -- I have a contract. That's where I stand. I don't give a fuck."''
-->-- '''Creator/WhoopiGoldberg''', ''Us Weekly''

->''"...I had a play I wanted to do and I had ''Inseminoid'' – but I also had two babies upstairs who were my responsibility and I had £2,000-worth of bills sitting in front of me and so that was the decision made."''

->''I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Creator/{{Motown}}, Music/JamesBrown. I read the script and thought it was a load of rubbish. But my agent said, "They're offering £35,000". I was getting £80 a week at the Royal Court at the time and I thought "I could do with a flat", it changed my life overnight''.

->Several dead bottles of Trappist beer later, I asked [[Music/EdwardElgar Elgar]] about the ''Pomp and Circumstances Marches.'' "Oh, I needed the money, dear boy. But don't tell anyone. The King might want my baronetcy back."

->"Money: It turns out if you offer Creator/RobertDeNiro enough of it, he'll appear in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle''".

-->--'''''Series/TheMinistryOfTime'''''

-->--'''''Tip #4''''', from ''10 Ways to Avoid Being a Raging Fanboy'', a web essay by Alexi Vandenberg.

-->-- '''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000''

-->--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''' [[http://www.cracked.com/article_21085_6-famous-movies-that-were-shockingly-hard-to-make_p2.html on]] ''Film/EvanAlmighty''


->Anyway, Creator/BenKingsley is the Bad One in it, and he will do literally anything for money which is one of the more important philosophical questions posed in the film: Exactly what ''won't'' Ben Kingsley do? And if he can strip himself all dignity even though he was in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'', are we all really that right to be so proud ourselves? We, who were not in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'' even for a second?

-->-- '''Brett Erlich''', '''''The Website/RottenTomatoes Show'''''

-->-- '''''WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown'''''

-->-- The cast and crew of ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'', on the film ''Film/{{Anonymous}}''

->''I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, Music/JamesBrown. I read the script and thought it was a load of rubbish. But my agent said, "They're offering £35,000". I was getting £80 a week at the Royal Court at the time and I thought "I could do with a flat", it changed my life overnight''.

-->--'''Creator/GaryOldman''' on ''Sid and Nancy''.

-->-- '''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons''

->'''Sherman:''' How could you vote for Burns's movie?!\\
'''Krusty:''' Let's just say, it ''moved'' me... ''[leaps up]'' to a '''BIGGER HOUSE!''' ''[shrinks back]'' [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud Oops]], I said the quiet part loud and the loud part part, oh-ho dear...
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star Is Burns]]"

-->-- '''Paul Eddington''', ''Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie''

-->--'''John Oliver''', ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver''

->Anyway, Ben Kingsley is the Bad One in it, and he will do literally anything for money which is one of the more important philosophical questions posed in the film: Exactly what ''won't'' Ben Kingsley do? And if he can strip himself all dignity even though he was in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'', are we all really that right to be so proud ourselves? We, who were not in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'' even for a second?

->''"This is not a real viral hit. This is viral ''marketing''... 'Course, it's kinda obvious that this is prepackaged considering the video has appearances by Music/SnoopDogg and David Hasslehoff, two men who are-- ''(beat)'' ...basically prostitutes. I don't think that's controversial to say."''

-->-- '''Shaquille O'Neal''', explaining why he did ''Film/{{Kazaam}}''

-->-- '''Creator/RonPerlman''' on ''Film/InTheNameOfTheKing: A VideoGame/DungeonSiege Tale'', Directed by Creator/UweBoll

->''"I couldn’t justify turning down that big paycheck for just a few weeks work twice a year... So, I kept whoring myself out to that cartoon donkey."''

->'''Jimmy Fallon:''' Did you get emotional when you put the wardrobe on?
->'''Harrison Ford:''' No, I got paid.

-->--'''Gordon Tomson''' on ''{{Series/Dynasty}}''

--> --'''Creator/MatthewMercer''', responding to a question [[https://mobile.twitter.com/matthewmercer/status/811837088408580096 on Twitter]]

-->--'''Creator/AlecGuinness''', writing to a friend about a little thing called ''Film/[[ANewHope Star Wars]]''. (And no, Guinness wasn't a prophet or time-traveler; "Yahoo" refers to a 1976 stage play he wrote and starred in based on ''Literature/GulliversTravels''.)

-->--'''Creator/AlecGuinness''', writing to a friend about a little thing called ''Film/StarWars''. (And no, Guinness wasn't a prophet or time-traveler; "Yahoo" refers to a 1976 stage play he wrote and starred in based on ''Literature/GulliversTravels''.)

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->'''[[RobotBuddy Pintsize]]:''' Can you make me a big metal dick?\\
'''Bubbles:''' No.\\
'''Faye:''' No.\\
'''Pintsize:''' I can pay!\\
'''Bubbles:''' Yes.\\
'''Faye:''' Sure.
-->-- ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3462 #3462]]
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-->--'''''Tip #4''''', from ''10 Ways to Avoid Raging Fanboy'', a web essay by Alexi Vandenberg.