Zawe Ashton Quotes

The success of 'Scrubs' allowed me to pursue anything I felt passionately about without having to worry about money. It allowed me to spend my summer work shopping my show at a nonprofit theater.

My parents always encouraged us to get an education and establish a profession. However, my brothers and I grew up with considerable freedom, whether it was saving or spending our tips from the restaurant or our career choices.

I've spent a lot of years living with normal people. If I take a private jet to go to a meeting in Milan, well, that's my business; I can do it. But I don't live for it.

I’m very blessed to be in a position where I can work on these issues full-time without having to go out and raise money.

I've tried to be more self-sufficient as I've gotten older. I'd like to not worry about whether they're going to sell my next album or book. Hell, William Blake wasn't even published in his lifetime.

If a woman is financially independent, she can definitely make a bigger contribution in making big decisions and contribute much more. If a woman is financially independent, she can pursue her interests, too.

I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again.

Of course I've always wanted to make a decent pay like everybody else.

WWE has given me everything; it really has. My kids will go to college because of them, I don't have to worry about finances because of them.

I lived job-to-job before 'Magic Mike.' It certainly has meant a lot to me from a financial standpoint.

I get to do what I want. And I get paid millions of dollars to do it.

I refused to describe myself as an actress until 'EastEnders' because, until then, I couldn't support myself without doing other jobs.

I suppose if you make enough money with one album, you can relax the rest of your life. I would rather go for smaller and stronger successes.

I don't have any contracts, so I don't have to split any money up. That was my main thing - just making sure I'm taking care of myself and taking care of Lil B. Just learning to survive, for myself and as a human in America.

I'm not here to put my music out on the Internet with no support and then say I got creative freedom. I've got creative freedom wherever I go: I don't create anything that I don't want to create. That's freedom. Since when does a company force you to make something that you don't want to make? If they do that, you leave.

Money isn't automatically freedom. You need to look carefully at what you're doing to earn the money before you can conclude that you are, in practice, free. This is a cost-benefit analysis we should all perform on our own lives.

You see the hair and the clothes, I look flamboyant. But I'm not the guy with the lake house and the boat. I don't own a home, or a plane. Really, all I want in life is beer in the fridge and a hot rod.

I know people who are wealthy and they're miserable.

I pay myself three, three and half million - which is plenty of money, c'mon.

The greatest luxury now in being reasonably well-off - overlooking the Ferrari and the aeroplane - is that I can always go for a curry without worrying if I can afford it.

When I booked 'This Is Us,' I had 81 cents in my bank account.

If I wasn't touring, I wasn't making money. When I got the MacArthur, I could get off that hamster wheel. It meant I didn't have to do anything.

If you are a woman with your own money, you have confidence. You have the pick of the litter.

I'm lucky that I've been able to do things in my career that is affording us the luxury of not having to travel in a van to tour.

I'm looking for a living wage and to continue my work. The frustration comes from when I can't do the things that matter most to me. It's when someone comes and says, 'I will finance your movie if you cast so and so.'