Actor Compensation Quotes

A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.

There's never been a time in history, no matter what the public thinks, when actors have been paid more than they should be.

Composers and lyricists are not responsible for storyline and casting. One can imagine actors shouldering this responsibility, since they charge for half the film. But producers never ask actors to share the losses. Instead, they train their guns on composers and lyricists.

I got paid 20 grand for my first film. And that's the lowest I ever got paid.

You can't make money on Broadway. You make nothing. You maybe make like $1,350 a week after you pay out all the producers.

I don't like it when people ask actors to work for free - on the fringe - as if it's some kind of virtue. That annoys me - actors should be paid well.

If you are the kind of guy who draws in 100 million people to see his film, you've got every right to be paid accordingly, but I qualify as a character actor. I don't put a bum on a seat.

God knows I've had productions where there were actors in my plays who were making more money per week than I was.

As the stars make more and more money - one person gets $12 million, $14 million, $15 million, $20 million - everyone else is expected to work for peanuts. And that includes some extraordinary actors who are, today, working for peanuts because the production companies have decided they don't need to pay these people, and they don't.

Agents are still asking for millions of dollars for actors that don't sell one ticket.

'I Was There Too' talks to people who played non-starring roles in big movies. That means the likes of comedian Jimmy Pardo, who didn't make it to the finished 'Dreamgirls.' Still, he recalls that when an actor is put on hold for a movie, he gets paid for two weeks just for sitting at home waiting to be called.

If you've got a huge Hollywood star in your film, they're getting $32 million, and everyone else gets their bus fare.

The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.

A lot of our contracts state that it is a 90-day credit period, but why? You work in any company, you get paid in a monthly basis. Why does an actor have to wait for 90-days?

Even if actors ask for more money, will producers fulfill their demands? They might just show us the door.

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.

It is true that as he film market in China has grown, actors' and actresses' compensation has grown quite a bit. Different actors have different kind of deals. Some take percentages, some sign contracts with a company, some take a simple cash payment. But the growth also means there are many more actors out there. Competition has gotten much stiffer, too.

Everyone who appears in a scene gets paid.

Actors make less than you think.

No pay, no Goldblum. That's it.

Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.

You get involved with a studio, and optional pictures and sequel options and that sort of thing are becoming part and parcel with the roles they're handing out.

The offers were, like, a lot of money - maybe not for other actors, but definitely for me. But I don't want that power. I don't want $20-million power.

And to Tom Cruise, for if you had won this, your asking price would have gone down so fast. Do you have any idea what supporting actors get paid? We get only one trailer, a small one, in the back.

Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down.