Unexpected Income Quotes

I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some of the back pay!

I literally went from being unable to play my rent to being on a plane the next day, being paid peanuts.

What's really nice is when you get a check in the mail.

Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.

I made $3,000 opening for the Neville Brothers, and they paid me in cash. That was a bad situation, because I bought ridiculous stuff. I bought a snake bite emergency kit. Then I said to my friends, "Don't even worry about snakes anymore". My friend stepped on a worm, and I said, "Lay down!"

I didn't think I would make this much money.

The embarrassing thing is that my salad dressing is out-grossing my films.

There were days when I was on the last $10 in my account, and I was freaking out about paying rent or buying groceries. Then you book a commercial, and you're good for another three months.

They tend to lay dormant for a while but often come back, and then the cheques come in!

Because several 'Titans' characters have been used in video games, I've got royalty checks for six figures. And I had no knowledge of this until I opened the mailbox, because I don't follow the video game world!

It's unbelievable really. For something that started off as a hobby, I ended up getting paid for doing it.

I'm shocked that I can live pretty well, or reasonably, or make a certain amount of my living, anyway, off of prints. I guess it's nuts. I don't believe in it. I never anticipated it; I still don't believe it.

I never thought I'd make any money at all doing this business. Film was never even on the cards.