I'm not out to max my income. I think my viewers would call me on that right away if I did.
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People assume that because you are on TV you must be a millionaire, but unfortunately it doesn't work like that.
People always think you have a lot of money when they see you on TV.
I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home.
So I do have to work, you know, and I find as many movies and TV shows that I can, because otherwise I wouldn't have an income.
I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential.
TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.
People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
At the end of the day, a playback singer has to depend on live shows as their source of income.
One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want.
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