There's always a concern over budget with film too but people are more extravagant when they're making a feature. In television everything's tight, everything's paired down and it's just a question of making it look expensive.
I keep my overhead as low as I can.
And with the money from your corn, from your rents, and from the issues of pleas in your courts, and from your stock, arrange the expenses of your kitchen and your wines and your wardrobe and the wages of servants, and subtract your stock.
If you looked at their cable bill, their telephone, their cell phone bill, other things they're spending money on, it may turn out that, it's just that they haven't prioritized health care.
Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial.
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
I very rarely use a credit card, but I do if I know I have big bills coming and I need to stagger payment.
I sign off not only every investment, but every dollar that goes out the door - I'm aware of it.
I try not to shoot unnecessarily or spend on extra expenses that normally happen on a film set - like actors' fees.
Insurance is meant for extraordinary circumstances. You don't use car insurance to pay for oil changes or gasoline; you have it as protection in case you have a terrible accident or your car is stolen. You don't use homeowners' insurance to pay your electricity and water bills; you have it as protection in case a fire or other catastrophic event produces a large expense. Obviously, any insurance policy that promises to cover every small, ordinary expense is going to be much more expensive than one that covers only extraordinary expenses.
Expenditures rise to meet income.
I tell jokes to pay my green fees.
Budget drives everything that we do.
You do need more revenues, and you do need to cut expenses. But you also don't want to go in a direction whereby increasing taxes creates a reticence to create new jobs. You don't want to increase taxes on work. You don't want to increase taxes on investment and the creation of wealth.
An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain.
Every week I'll be spending money on flights, accommodation, stringing and even things as simple as taxis, meals out and, of course, paying the other members of my team. I'm still very careful, though, with what I'm spending.
When you're setting up a budget, a general rule is to start with your fixed expenses - your housing and insurance payments, and car payment, if you own one.
I never believed that one big bill is the way to go.
You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of [your] control. But you can control expenses.
I spend far too much on taxis. Now, if anyone suggests we get the Tube I say, 'The Tube! I'd forgotten about that.'
Why would you take money out of your paycheck at the beginning of the month when you don't know how much money you'll need?
Run lean; avoid unnecessary expenses.
My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.
When it comes to finances, immigrants are far savvier than native-born Americans. They keep their expenses low. They save their money.
The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money.
