Michael Madsen Quotes

Everybody has to sell out at some point to make a living.

I like money, but it's never been about the money.

You know, frankly speaking, money just doesn't figure largely in my world view.

Some of the movies I did - well, you have to feed your family.

Money is not something that's very important to me.

Money Isn't that important to me.

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.

I don't want to be poor, of course. But I try not to make that the guiding force behind whether I choose to do something or not.

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

I hope that if you are employed full-time, you are doing it to ensure that basic needs are met and not simply to indulge a taste for an elaborate home, fancy cars, and other luxuries.

I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen to have expensive hobbies.

You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have to think of taking one for the accountant time and again and that means studio pictures.

I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.

I'm from Berkeley, so I don't really aspire to a lot of glitzy stuff. But things like having a home that I'm comfortable in or leasing a car that I'm comfortable in, basic everyday kind of stuff, I will splurge for that.

It sounds so incredibly selfish, but you just can't earn the same money doing theater as you can doing television and film. I know that's awful, but you get a mortgage and a family, and suddenly, paying that seems quite important.

I can't see myself ever spending hundreds of thousands on anything that doesn't come with a toilet.

What do you work for? To be able to buy things for your family, keep them happy. What's the point of working and earning if you can't spend time with them?

Money is not everything.

Money has never been of prime importance to me.

Everybody likes money. I like money. I need money to survive. But I don't love money. Money is not my god.

I don't want to get on the treadmill of earning more money. I'd rather live cheaply and allow myself more freedom. I can honestly say I've never taken a film just for the dough, although I've made some ghastly mistakes.

I don't think that there's any shame at all in doing what you have to do in order to survive, to make money while you continue to pursue your dreams.

Yes, I will sign a film for the money. Because sometimes you don't have the money to eat, and you have to get work and maintain a lifestyle. Not just actors - I think everybody does that. No job on this planet is about 100 per cent satisfaction. You do some part of the job for money.

My focus is not necessarily about money as much as people think.

I'm not really a person that needs to make a lot of money. The money is great for an easy life, but at the same time, it's not very important.