Simon Beaufoy Quotes

As an actress for most of my life, I am profoundly familiar with poverty.

It's OK, I guess, if you really need the money, but luckily, I'm not in that position.

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.

I've never sold widely enough to be able to relax about money. I had two kids and their mother to support and my own life. So there was never an option of cutting out.

We were under a lot of financial pressure when I was growing up.

I didn't take the money route because I saw my parents struggle for survival.

I never wanted to have to take a job because I didn't have any money.

A lot of times, when artists are rushing to put out projects, it's on some financial tip because they want to make money. But for me, I'm not in any rush.

You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.

I had to live on $17,000 a year until I was 33, because I was a failed artist until I was 29, when I made my first short film that went to Sundance.

I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,' so I had to get out there and work.

We come from a very humble background. A lot of my paycheck from 'Skins' went to paying the bills and getting us a new sofa.

With all the awards I've won, you'd think that I'd at least be able to make a living. It's a really terrible situation.

My parents got married when they were 16, and they never had any money.

I make all that money and it ain't enough. I gotta make more to help all the people around me.

Most women work not from yearning for fulfilment but yearning to pay the mortgage.

Oh my God - this is scary and sad all at the same time. I literally dream about buying my own groceries. Swear to God. Because it is something that is real and normal.

I was broke from 19 to 26, borrowing money from my parents or my brothers or sisters every week to pay the bills.

If I hit the lotto, I would be nowhere near the road. But I got bills to pay.

You think if you win the Olympics, you'll become a millionaire overnight. But I was still scraping the barrel, looking down the back of the settee for pound coins to buy a pint of milk.

The romantic idea of the penniless writer is false. It's terrible. I hated being in debt. I hated the anxiety of not knowing whether we could pay our rent that month. Thankfully, I had a wife who was very supportive and had faith and shared my madness.

Having money is better than not having it, but I've been poor, and I've survived.

While growing up, I saw how finances can play havoc in anybody's life. While we were comfortable, money didn't come easy.

When you're a starving artist, you make do. It didn't matter that I didn't know where my rent was coming from.

It's nice to have awards from time to time. There was a time when I had to make a living from my writing, and it wasn't always easy. I value awards a lot - and more so if there is a little cash with them!