Quotes About Performance

I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have.

If you're 70th or 80th on the money list, it's not very motivating.

When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.

I don't give a damn about any actors. What good will John Barrymore do you with the bases loaded and two down in a tight ball game. Either I get the money (more than Barrymore), or I don't play!

I like to wear platform heels onstage and they're actually hard to find. But fans started putting money in them - so now they are filled with tons of bills. It's pretty amazing.

Startups should be, if you graph their financial performance, it should be what's called a J curve. You start out at zero, you're not making any money, you're not losing any money.

A lot of people think I'm under a lot of pressure with my family and friends spending all that money to follow me around

The only difference between them and my girls is that my girls gave a man his money's worth.

I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show... I could feel successful without selling a million records.

I would have to say the best was when my mom formed a company for me. I write out all of the checks for my performance business. I get to see the money I make and how much it takes to do what I do.

You spend money on Internet connection for your employees. Why not spend money on the energy that fuels their brains?

I've been lucky, I've had movies that made a lot of money, so I don't feel like I have to kill every time out. I don't want that pressure. I don't need it.

Everyone would like to be on Broadway, cause if a show works, you make a great deal of money and it allows you to write other shows.

Broadway isn't a very big career move. There's no money in it and it doesn't mean anything to your career. It's just a nice little jewel in the crown.

To be the England manager you must win every game, not do anything in your private life and hopefully not earn too much money!

The opening-night audience is mostly friends of the cast and backers of the show, and they cometo applaud their money.

Theater is not to make a living, so I don't have the money pressure.

I just think you shouldn't expect people to pay money to see someone sing live and then lip-synch.

I think when you have spent the money that we have, it's bound to bring it's own pressure. The players have shown that they can handle that though. (on Chelsea)

In my view, the money is poorly spent and given willy-nilly to people unlikely to get on the winning rostrum.

I'd seen musicians act, and it scares me. And they make more money than me.

Part of the acting gig is when you're let loose some improvs and put stuff into your own words every once in a while. That doesn't get you a writing credit or more money. It just makes it more fun.

Everybody can perform, there are so many outlets. Musicians are no longer limited. In the past, the record companies made most of the money. I for one am not sorry to see them fade away.