Jessica Walter Quotes

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.

Money is kind of just like air - if you don't have air, you can't breathe. If you don't have money, I don't think you'll want to breathe - you won't want to live.

I never had money; I like nice things, but I don't let that run my life. At the same time, I have to let something drive me... so now I let the money drive me.

You can't do business without money, of course, because that's how it works, but I'm not in business only for money.

There was a point in time where I was doing movies to be able to afford to live in a certain way.

I never cared about money because I never needed money, you know what I mean? When I was 12 to 17 I never saw any of the money, so the money never motivated me.

And I would never accept a film because of the money. I have enough money.

I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.

To me, money is a commodity that a person must have to function, not a goal in itself.

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

We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole thing now is the dreams and fantasies were achieved, and you don't want to make it the focal point. You can't keep beating that dead horse.

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'm not driven by the mighty dollar.

I've got to love the film, not the money. Because I know what it's like not to have money - you still survive.

If someone paid me a million dollars to drink a glass of milk, I wouldn't do it; maybe that's because I don't need the money.

Sometimes I really need the money, really need to go straight to work. But if I had the absolute choice - money no object, my mortgage paid off - I'd really just work once or twice a year - but wouldn't everybody! - or at least do a different job sometimes.

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

A lot of people, most people who are working, they do it for money. And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. It so happens that I made a lot of money already, so I don't have to worry that much about it. I wouldn't fault anybody for doing it for the money, but it doesn't interest me right now.

To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which motivates me.

Is it really selling out if it feeds your family?

Money has never been my primary goal.

Obviously it's much easier to say that you're going to follow your passions when you're financially secure, but at least we can take solace in the fact that we now have the time to pursue the things that we really want to pursue because now the option of doing things just for the money isn't necessarily there.

Acting wasn't some long-held dream, and it still isn't, really. I'm just trying to make some money and pay the bills.

I've turned down shows offering large amounts of money.