Don Hewitt Quotes

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.

I make movies for money, exclusively for money.

The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.

Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine. It's a commodity now, just like pork bellies.

The media tries to do what they do. You can't stop. You gotta get money.

I do them all for the money, I really do.

The one good thing about television is the money; you can make a lot more money than in newspapers.

Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.

They know they got the TV ad, they know they got the name recognition, they know that they can do a tie in with McDonald's or some fast food outlet and the money is just gonna flow in.

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.

Television is a service, but it's also a business.

You can get on television all the time if you have the money to buy the time.

Television looked at politicians and saw a bottomless pit of advertising.

Miley Cyrus is about making money. Amanda Palmer is about making art.

Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.

I'm very interested in what people will do for money. Money: it's timeless.

Anybody can leverage celebrity for profit.

Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money.

Movie makers now choose profit over vision.

This idea of trying to repeat a success doesn't interest me. It's only really done to make money.

Personally speaking, when everything is boiled down to the marrow, I think the reason Reddit tolerates the creepy forums has to do with money more than anything else.

I think movie and television companies are in the business of making money, and if you have a franchise, eventually you'll want to exploit that franchise and revisit it. So I assume at some point someone will do another story in the 'Lost' world.

There's always more money to be made.

Sports is all about money.

The reality is that most companies are not about any values at all - they are about making money. It is extremely rare for a business to stand for anything because most businesses don't want to alienate potential customers, and if you believe in anything you are going to alienate someone.