Kevin Bacon Quotes

You're either making money or you're not. If you're not making money get out of the business.

I want my films to make money first. Awards and all can come later.

Here's the thing with the business, is that when people like your work, and you make them money, you're set. When the critics like you, and you make the studios money, doors opened.

As far commercial success, I don't think that's a focus but it's not that we don't enjoy that. It's not something you can attempt and achieve.

Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.

It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful.

There's very little substitute in the business world for making money.

Oh, well, I'd like to have commercial success. I guess.

My movies make a profit, but obviously not a fortune.

I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough.

We know that's the bottom line: if money is made, the powers that be pay attention.

If there is megabucks in anything, it’s probably going to happen.

I had made a great deal of money, and I was proud of it. I was a capitalist.

Commercial success and quality are not necessarily allied.

I don't know how to measure success. I have been fortunate that I got exciting films to do and work with talented directors who brought out the best in me.

Money has no grey areas. You either make it or you lose it.

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

Obviously, I've been very lucky in general in my career, but I feel that I've been very lucky in terms of having directors come along at the right times who have taken me to the next level of where I needed to be.

The room is full of such talent. It's a beautiful thing about the SAG Awards. It's the most rewarding room to be in as an actor.

I've never won an award for anything, and I think it's weird. I mean, that's really cool but it's strange to think you could get an award for acting. I always thought that was strange.

It's a great thing when you can show that you've been successful and that you've made a lot of money and that you've employed a lot of people.

I think fame comes from actually doing something big with your career.

I've made a profit from everything I have done in life.

Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints.

I've gotten an opportunity to work with a lot of the people I've looked up to over the years, and I feel pretty grateful for it.