Line #95 Quotes/MoneyDearBoy


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3	[[folder:Film]]
4	->''If There's A Steady Paycheck In It, I'll Believe In Anything You Say."
5	-->--Winston Zeddemore, ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''
6
7	->''Times Square, jetsetter''\
8	''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Sequels pay better]]''
9	-->--'''"I Want It All"''', ''Film/HighSchoolMusical 3: Senior Year''
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12	[[folder:Literature]]
13
14	->''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." ''
15	-->--'''Robert Frobisher,''' ''Literature/CloudAtlas''
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18
19	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
20
21	->'''Ummi''': Now tell me, what is an erudite and sophisticated gentleman such as yourself doing on a stupid show like this?
22	->'''Creator/StephenFry''': I'm basically a whore.
23	-->--''The Kumars at No. 42''
24
25	->''"When I was asked to host this show, I was delighted. I've always hated this programme, but I do have a book to sell and a mistress in London."''
26	-->--'''Creator/FrankieBoyle''', opening his episode as guest host of ''Series/NeverMindTheBuzzcocks''
27
28	->''"Hi, and welcome to Drew Carey's House Payment!"''
29	-->-- '''Wayne Brady''', ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', the "Scenes From A Hat" suggestion [[BitingTheHandHumor "Rejected Names for 'Whose Line Is It Anyway'"]].
30
31	->''"He brought a certain quality to every role he played, and that is the quality of really... needing... the money."''
32	-->-- '''Creator/PaulEddington''', ''Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie''
33
34	->''"Money: It turns out if you offer Creator/RobertDeNiro enough of it, he'll appear in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle''".''
35	-->--'''Creator/JohnOliver''', ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver''
36
37	->'''Nigel:''' Okay, Zoot, it's time for your solo. Have you looked over the music?\
38	'''Zoot:''' Do you expect me to play this, man?\
39	'''Nigel:''' What else would you do with it?\
40	'''Zoot:''' If I had a match I could put it out of its misery.\
41	'''Nigel:''' Trust me, Zoot, this is a great little number.\
42	'''Zoot:''' What if I refuse to play it?\
43	'''Nigel:''' What if I get a new sax player?\
44	'''Zoot:''' What if you and I just get right down to it and do this little beauty, huh?\
45	'''Nigel:''' Good thought.\
46	'''Zoot:''' Forgive me, Music/CharlieParker, wherever you are.
47	-->--'''''Series/TheMuppetShow'''''
48
49	->'''[[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.\
50	'''Julián:''' But don't you believe in... in Cubism?\
51	'''Dalí:''' No.\
52	'''Julián:''' And in Surrealism?\
53	'''Dalí:''' Even less.\
54	'''Julián:''' Then what do you believe in?\
55	'''Dalí:''' In whatever pays the best.
56	-->--''Series/TheMinistryOfTime''
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58	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
59	->''"You think I came back to elevate younger talent? You think I came back to help the next generation? No, that's bullshit. I came back here to make a ton of money, and that's the only reason."''
60	-->--'''[[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian Cage]]''', ''Wrestling/{{A\|llEliteWrestling}}EW Dynamite'', June 22, 2022
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62	[[folder:Web Animation]]
63	->''It was a good run at Ajax, but I'm very excited to join Juventus because, um, well...mainly, they're paying me a lot of money.''
64	-->--'''Matthijs de Ligt''', ''WebAnimation/{{The Champions\|2018}}''
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66
67	[[folder:Web Original]]
68
69	->''"Accept and recognize that sometimes the people who took part in the subject of your fandom aren't fans of the show you are a fan of, at least not the way you are. They did it for the money. It was a job to them, and that's all. Now, it might have been a job they looked forward to doing, and they might have enjoyed working alongside people they liked and respected while the job was going on. But at the end of the day, the subject of your fandom was, to them, just a means to a paycheck. And that's perfectly acceptable."''
70	-->--'''Tip #4''', from ''10 Ways to Avoid Being a Raging Fanboy'', a web essay by Alexi Vandenberg.
71
72	->''"One can only imagine what was going through Creator/HenryCavill, Creator/StanleyTucci and Creator/BenKingsley’s minds while shooting this movie in the midst of the unforgiving Manitoba winter. “I hope the cheque doesn’t bounce,” maybe?"''
73	-->--'''[[https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/night-hunter-review Jorge Castillo]]''' on ''Film/NightHunter2019''
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75	[[/folder]]
76
77	[[folder:Web Video]]
78
79	->''I ain't got that guilt money,''\
80	''I don't give a ''fuck!\
81	''I take my cheques to the bank,''\
82	''And I sign 'em with my nuts!''
83	-->--'''Creator/MichaelBay''', ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''
84
85	->''I can see why this film was made\
86	Unused actors needed to get paid''
87	-->-- '''WebVideo/MikeJ''' (to the melody of "American Pie"), ''[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/mjtv/ss/24852-american-pie-3 Shameful Sequels: American Pie 3]]''
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89	->Creator/DennisQuaid. ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'', ''[[Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra G.I. Joe]]'', and now ''Film/{{Pandorum}}''? Why? Do you need money? ''I'll'' give you some money!
90	-->-- '''Brett Erlich''', ''The Website/RottenTomatoes Show''
91
92	->'''Oancitizen''': ''How'd they get Creator/DerekJacobi to do this?''\
93	'''Kylie''': ''Needed to pay off a parking ticket.''
94	-->-- The cast and crew of ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'', on the film ''Film/{{Anonymous\|2011}}''[[note]]This is inaccurate - Jacobi is an avowed anti-Stratfordian and supports the film's message. The money didn't ''hurt'' though, surely.[[/note]]
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96	->'''''[[TheMockbuster Transmorphers]]'' Character''': I did not sign on for a paycheque!\
97	'''[[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]]''': Your acting says otherwise.
98	-->-- ''WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown''
99
100	->''"It's also hard to believe they got Creator/BobHoskins and Creator/DennisHopper into this movie. [[Creator/JohnLeguizamo Leguizamo]] I understand; [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney he was just starting out]]. But Hoskins and Hopper must have really needed to pay for a summer home or something."''
101	-->--'''WebVideo/CinemaSins''' on ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993''
102
103	->''"Alright, let's get this over with: Vulcan sign, "Live long and prosper", where's my check?"''
104	-->-- '''Kevin Murphy''' parodying [[spoiler: Creator/LeonardNimoy's appearance in]] ''Film/StarTrek2009'', ''Podcast/RiffTrax''
105
106	->''...nowhere does this comedy come closer to tragedy than Sir Creator/PatrickStewart playing...a turd. Proof that you can give a man talent, awards, and a [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever knighthood]], but it's nothing compared to the power of a paycheck.''
107	-->-- ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'', on ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie''
108
109	->'''Producer:''' You know, it sounds like that's not gonna translate super-well to the big screen, like maybe it exists in the right medium right now and we don't have to try to squeeze a movie out of it, we could just let the art be...
110	->'''Screenwriter:''' The musical made four billion dollars.
111	->'''Producer:''' I mean we have to try to squeeze a movie out of that, for sure.
112	->'''Screenwriter:''' I thought so too.
113	-->--'''WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings''' on ''Film/{{Cats}}''
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116	[[folder:Western Animation]]
117
118	->'''Kyle:''' From now on, MOOP isn't about money. MOOP is about '''[[DoingItForTheArt music!]]''' We're not striking anymore! Who's with us?!\
119	''({{beat}})''\
120	'''Music/BritneySpears:''' We're just about the money.
121	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Episode 709 "[[Recap/SouthParkS7E9ChristianRockHard Christian Rock Hard]]"
122
123	->'''Bart:''' How could you, Krusty? I'd never lend ''my'' name to an inferior product.\
124	'''Krusty:''' (''Sobbing'') They drove a dump-truck full of money up to my house! I'm not made of stone!
125	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Kamp Krusty", on one of Krusty the Clown's many, many, ''many'' income-driven enterprises.
126
127	->'''Kang:''' Can you believe it, Kodos? They left us out of the Halloween show.
128	->'''Kodos:''' Are you sure the space phone is working?
129	->(''Kang takes the phone'')
130	->'''Kodos:''' Hang up, they could be trying to call right now!
131	->'''Kang:''' I ''knew'' we should have sent them a muffin basket.
132	->(''the phone rings. Kodos answers'')
133	->'''Kodos:''' Kang and Kodos Productions. Uh-huh ... Yes ... Just a second. Do we want to do a commercial for something called "Old Navy"?
134	->'''Kang:''' (''shrugs'') Eh, work is work.
135	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Treehouse Of Horror XI"
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138
139	[[folder:Real Life]]
140
141	->''"For the money, old chap, for the money!"''
142	-->-- '''Creator/RayMilland''' when asked why he had appeared in so many bad films late in his career.
143
144	->''"For the loot, honey, for the loot."''
145	-->-- '''Creator/AvaGardner''' on why she came out of retirement to appear on a soap opera.
146
147	->''"People ask me why I'm playing in this picture. The answer is simple: [[TropeNamers 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."''
148	-->-- '''Creator/LaurenceOlivier''', on his role in ''{{Film/Inchon}}''
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150	->''"New rubbish dialogue reaches me every other day on wadges of pink paper, and none of it makes my character clear [[CreatorBacklash or even bearable]]. I just think, thankfully, of the lovely bread, which will keep me going until next April even if ''Yahoo'' collapses in a week..."''
151	-->--'''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''.)
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153	->''"You show me an actor doing a shit movie, I'll show you a guy with a bad divorce."''
154	-->-- '''Creator/BillMurray'''
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156	->''"The plot was utterly ridiculous, but I agreed to appear in the film because I got a percentage of the gross."''
157	-->-- '''Creator/TonyCurtis''', on the 1967 surf/sex comedy ''Film/DontMakeWaves''
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159	->''"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!"''
160	-->-- '''Creator/MichaelCaine''', on his role in ''Film/JawsTheRevenge''
161
162	->''"I made a picture called ''[[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 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, '[[WasItReallyWorthIt Dad, I don't need shoes that badly.]]'"''
163	-->-- '''Creator/DennisHopper'''
164
165	->''"During the hippie era people put down the idea of business--they'd say, 'Money is bad,' and 'Working is bad,' but making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art."''
166	-->-- '''Creator/AndyWarhol''', ''The Philosophy of Andy Warhol''
167
168	->''"I sell myself for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference."''
169	-->-- '''Creator/KlausKinski'''
170
171	->''"I was a medium-level juvenile delinquent from Newark who always dreamed about doing a movie. Someone said 'Hey, here's $7 million, come in and do this genie movie.' What am I going to say,'' '''no'''?"''
172	-->-- '''Creator/ShaquilleONeal''', explaining why he did ''Film/{{Kazaam}}''
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174	->''"When someone asks, 'Do you want to do some funny ads for not many days in the year and be paid more than you would be for an entire series of ''Series/PeepShow''?' the answer, obviously, is, 'Yeah, that's fine'."''
175	-->-- '''Creator/RobertWebb''', defending his appearance in Mac adverts
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177	->''"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? [[AllWomenLoveShoes My wife loves shoes]]."''
178	-->-- '''Creator/RonPerlman''' on ''Film/InTheNameOfTheKing: A VideoGame/DungeonSiege Tale''
179
180	->''"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."''
181	-->--'''Music/BuckOwens''', on hosting ''Series/HeeHaw'' for over 20 years
182
183	->'''Q:''' How did you feel directing a [[SlasherMovie slasher film]] in a time when they were being churned out for a quick buck?\
184	'''A:''' I ''needed'' the quick buck!
185	-->-- '''Retroslashers.net''' interview of David Hess, regarding ''To All a Goodnight''
186
187	->'''Interviewer:''' You're quoted as saying you've only made five good movies in your career. True?\
188	'''Creator/MichaelMadsen:''' Pretty much. It's certainly less than ten. ''Film/KillBill'', ''Film/{{Species}}'', ''Film/FreeWilly'', ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'', ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' and ''Film/DonnieBrasco''. 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.
189	-->-- ''[[https://metro.co.uk/2009/10/27/michael-madsen-242331/ From an interview with Metro UK]]''
190
191	->''"There's a time to be a human being and have an opinion, and there's a time [[MerchandiseDriven to sell cars]]."''
192	-->-- '''Creator/ShiaLaBeouf''' quoting Creator/StevenSpielberg[[note]]In context, though, [=LaBeouf=] actually quoted this an example of a BrokenPedestal moment in his friendship with Spielberg.[[/note]]
193
194	->'''Q:''' Would you make ''Trolls! The Sitcom'' if a big network funded it?\
195	'''A:''' Yes. There's a good chance it would be pretty bad though. But that's OK because $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
196	-->-- '''Creator/AndrewHussie''', responding to [[http://www.formspring.me/mspadventures/q/207060294294344795 a Formspring question]]
197
198	->''"...I had a play I wanted to do and I had ''Film/{{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."''
199	-->-- '''Stephanie Beacham'''
200
201	->''"It doubled my yearly income in six days. My agent said it's morally indefensible to turn that down."''
202	-->-- '''Creator/DouglasHodge''' explaining to ''The Telegraph'' why he did [[ClassicallyTrainedExtra a guest appearance]] on ''Series/{{Spooks}}''
203
204	->''"For 500,000 reasons, all of them with the Queen's head on"''.
205	-->-- '''Creator/BobHoskins''' on why he appeared in adverts for BT in the 1990s.
206
207	->''"It promised a year of free lunches"''.
208	-->-- '''Creator/RobertMitchum''' when asked why, in his mid-60s, he took on the arduous task of an 18-hour mini-series, ''The Winds of War''.
209
210	->''"''Back to the Bank'' would have been more appropriate"''.
211	-->-- '''Creator/MichaelJFox''' on the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' sequels.
212
213	->''"The door opened and four guys came in carrying a check"''.
214	-->-- '''Creator/EddieMurphy''' on why he agreed to be in ''Film/BestDefense1984''
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216	->''"I did that film for all the wrong reasons. I never liked it. I did it to help out a friend of mine, Hal Needham. And I also felt it was immoral to turn down that kind of money. I suppose I sold out so I couldn't really object to what people wrote about me."''
217	-->--'''Creator/BurtReynolds''' on ''Film/TheCannonballRun''
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219	->''Five hundred grand for two weeks''.
220	-->--'''Creator/RobertDowneyJr''' on why appeared in ''Danger Zone''.
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222	->''Creator/JohnCleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it''.
223	-->--'''Creator/EricIdle'''
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225	->''Why should I complain about making $700[[note]]About $12,000 in today's money[[/note]] a week playing a maid? If I didn't, I'd make $7 a week '''being''' one.''
226	-->--'''Creator/HattieMcDaniel''' on why she didn't mind being typecast as The {{Mammy}}.
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228	->''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''.
229	-->--'''Creator/GaryOldman''' on ''Film/SidAndNancy''.
230
231	->''If anyone offers me a job, I take it. It's the freelance mentality. If someone asked me to write on the sex life of the Eskimo, I'd say, "That's always been a particular interest of mine"''.
232	-->--'''Creator/TerranceDicks'''
233
234	->''I always say that my next Bond will be my last, and then they negotiate my fee for the next one''.
235	-->--'''Creator/RogerMoore'''
236
237	->''You don't make TV shows for fun - you make them for money''.
238	-->--'''Creator/LeeMarvin'''
239
240	->''The only thing I turn down is my collar''.
241	-->--'''Creator/MrT'''
242
243	->''"Mr. Reeve. It is terribly important that you become a [[ShakespearianActors serious classical actor]]. Unless, of course, they offer you a shitload of money to do something else."''
244	-->--'''John Houseman''', speaking to Creator/ChristopherReeve [[note]]Needless to say, [[Film/SupermanTheMovie they did]].[[/note]]
245
246	-> '''Q:''' Which did you prefer playing, [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} McCree]] or [[WesternAnimation/LeoTheLion Maximus Elephante]]?\
247	'''A:''' One was a joy. The other a paycheck.
248	-->--'''Creator/MatthewMercer''', responding to a question [[https://mobile.twitter.com/matthewmercer/status/811837088408580096 on Twitter]]
249
250	->''"Acting, for me, is a passion, but it's also a job, and I've always approached it as such. I have a certain manual-labourist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some fucking money."''
251	-->--'''Creator/JamesSpader'''
252
253	->'''Creator/JimmyFallon:''' Did you get emotional when you put the wardrobe on?
254	->'''Creator/HarrisonFord:''' No, I got paid.
255	-->--''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon'', about ''Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens''
256
257	->'''"That's what the CTC means, whoever cuts that check, that's who I have to play for."''
258	-->--'''[[UsefulNotes/NotablePlayersOfTheNBA Rasheed Wallace]]'''
259
260	->'''"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 [[Series/{{Deadwood}} 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."''
261	-->--'''Creator/TimothyOlyphant'''
262
263	->''"They expect the writer to work for nothing and the problem is there are so many goddamn writers who have no idea they're supposed to get paid every time they do something. They do it for nothing. Are they any less a media whore than I? I think not. But it's just that no one has offered to buy their soul. I sell my soul, but only at the highest rates"''
264	-->--'''Creator/HarlanEllison'''
265
266	->''You bet I sold out, I replied. Not to the Department of Education, but to the publisher of tests, useless programmed reading materials, and similar junk. All authors who are not Creator/StephenKing will sell permission to allow excerpts from their books to have all the pleasure edited out of them and used this way. You’d do the same thing if you were a writer, and didn’t know where your next pineapple was coming from.''
267	-->--'''Creator/DanielPinkwater''', on ''Literature/TheHareAndThePineapple''
268	[[/folder]]

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