Michael Apted Quotes

Congress is not an ATM

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

To create something new is both thrilling and excruciating at the same time. It's great to have all these choices in front of you, and to have the writers in the room so you know exactly what they meant. But the downside is you want so badly not to screw it up!

When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that.

It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending.

In film producing, there is an inherent tension between the director, the money and the producer, and that's what keeps it flowing and honest and accountable.

It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.

You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.

We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero.

Money is like manure: if you don't spread it around, nothing grows.

I try to not get to the point where one is making wallpaper, or simply painting money. I want to make sure that I am at least trying to weigh myself down, that there's a challenge each time.

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits.

You have got to have an agent. It's a business. But I think there is a way to be artful and commercial at the same time.

I don't know the time frame exactly, but it's clear they're all going to want to start spending money again.

The time making money should be greater than the time that you are spending money.

Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.

You end up giving up half your salary every time you make a movie because you need the money to make the movie you have in your head.

Still, the film nearly didn't happen a number of times. There were great arguments with United Artists about how to reduce the cost because they were nothing if not conscious of the price of the film.

Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in 'Old Maid'; the player who is finally left with it has lost.

Spending money is much more difficult than making money.

To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am not one of them.

Money in the bank is like toothpaste in the tube. Easy to take out, hard to put back.

Now everybody let me hear you say 'Ray Ray Ray'. Now spend all your money cause they pay pay pay.

It's no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.