“It's not that I'm retired; I just no longer accept acting work.”
Jamie Lee Curtis

“Years ago, I saved up a million bucks from acting — a lot of money back then — and I spent it all on a ranch outside Tucson. Now when I go down there, I look at the place and I realize my whole acting career adds up to a million bucks' worth of horse shit.”
Robert Mitchum

“Acting in a sense saved my life financially, not emotionally.”
Noel Gugliemi

“I'd rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid.”
Hattie McDaniel

“I never write for money. I only act for money.”
Robert Shaw