Terry Semel Quotes

You can have a big hit and not get rich.

All of my businesses are profitable.

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.

Anything you get involved with, you are supposed to make money.

We're in this business to make money, but then nobody wants to talk about how much money we're making. That's serious, but nobody will talk about it.

Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.

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

There's always gonna be people with a lot of money making film, and the goal is to make profit and carry on. It is a business. The goal is to make a living doing it and to be comfortable.

It's a sin to have your films not to make money.

I made 50 million bucks yesterday. That's a flameout I could get used to.

We all want to make money.

The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed about trying to earn as much as possible for yourself, if the person you're working with is also making money. That's life!

If the books are selling, the money will follow.

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

Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.

One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lot of money are the people that want to make money more than anyone. I've seen it with athletes, I've seen it with musicians, you know?

There's always more money to be made.

We are now after 7 months operation making money here.

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

We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.

Business is business. I don't manufacture cars, but we do manufacture money.

As long as you're a company that makes profits, all's good.

Promoters don't book you 'cause they like you; they do it 'cause there's good business to be done.

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

If someone is doing that, saving the customer money, is making a profit so bad?