Emily Meade Quotes

In my house, it is always a scramble from paycheck to paycheck.

I am scared of running out of money.

I live like most of the people in my district: paycheck to paycheck.

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

People are trying to figure out how to pay bills and make ends meet. They don't want to turn on the TV and say, 'What is this crap?'

I've known the panic of financial struggle. I didn't grow up with money at all, and my family has certainly known the panic of, 'Oh, gosh, where's the next bit of money coming from?'

Growing up, I didn't know anything about money other than we didn't have any.

I don't make any money.

I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

My family, like many families here in South Carolina, have faced difficult financial situations.

I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'

Every two months, I would get an email, 'Skeleton Twins update: still don't have the money!'

We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'

No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing.

I was broke until I was 40. Really broke. I could get by, but I had nothing.

The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.

There's a foot race between gas bills and paychecks.

Now we've got lots of freedom and no money.

We have hardly enough money to last till the end of March.

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

There's no advice for when you're out of money, and there's none coming in, and nobody's going to give you any.

I'm used to always having struggles getting finances together and keeping precarious budgets alive in the independent film world.