Matthew Fox Quotes

The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business.

I also learned that I love making money. Anyone who is not afraid of work will be happy with the money they make.

I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing.

I've been lucky, I've had movies that made a lot of money, so I don't feel like I have to kill every time out. I don't want that pressure. I don't need it.

The best piece of advice I ever got from anyone was when Spike Jonze said, 'Take money out of the equation.' And that's actually when Vice started making lots of money. That's when I stopped worrying about money and started worrying about what I wanted to do.

I feel like I've won every year the show has been picked up by Logo because, really, nothing beats a paycheck.

I lived job-to-job before 'Magic Mike.' It certainly has meant a lot to me from a financial standpoint.

I'm only as rich as my next film.

The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy.

I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.

Certainly after '21' I was getting the opportunity to make a lot of money.

I love making money, but you can't live your life waiting to get rich in a job that no longer feeds you artistically.

I've obviously made a very nice amount of money. I have a very nice lifestyle. I get to do what I love. Very few actors get to do that, and even fewer are lucky enough to work steadily for 24 years.

I would never judge anyone for going anywhere for money.

I'm not chasing money, so I'm not looking at just trying to stretch out a deal artificially just to have a certain number.

I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.

Everyone knows that if you can keep on making money, everyone's happy.

I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.

When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

Life started getting good when I started making money.

You want to strike that happy medium: the balance of being able to find creative satisfaction in your profession, be able to afford a roof over your head, but still have the freedom to live a relatively normal life.

I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.

I never wanted to take a job because I needed money, and I never have.