Claudia Christian Quotes

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

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.

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.

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

I must confess I took a couple or three jobs just for the money.

Money shouldn't be the driver for where you spend your time.

Money is just a way of keeping score.

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

That's what I do this for, to secure my family's future. I don't care about anything else. I'm able to spoil people, and that's the best thing.

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.

Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac.

Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.

I was inspired to do anything I could to get out of what I was doing... today, I'm motivated to pay the bills.

Success has affected my self-definition in that I have more money. Writers pooh-pooh that idea, but it's a huge deal.

Certainly, it's very easy to fall in love with cash. If you're going to make all your decisions based on cash, you're going to have a pretty naffy career.

So when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they're gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives. Without it, they may never know their values or how to keep their newfound wealth in perspective.

I joined a band because I didn't like school, and there's nothing else I'd rather have done. If I really wanted to make money, I'd be in real estate. But I'm rich enough. I have a son and daughter, a lovely home, and if I see something I like, I can buy it. That's rich enough.

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.

Money is all right but once you have it you learn it's not the be all and end all.

Anytime I have communicated with college-going people, fresh out of college, looking for a job - money is very important, that is just so important. What is not important is how do you plan to live your life or the larger picture. Not that I had such philosophical intentions when I was 18, but I think there was lesser importance for money.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

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

Your parents only want what's best for you. They know a career in the arts usually means living paycheck to paycheck; they just want you to know that you have other options!

I've always treated money with respect, but I don't really think about money - I try to avoid it, because I don't like what money does to people. I find if you get too much money involved, people get corrupted.

I never put a premium on making a living. It was never one of those things that was important to me.