One of the downsides of money is if there's no money, there are very few real jerks who are attached to your project. And if there is money, you do attract some very difficult, unhelpful people.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.
I'm not interested in wasting money on a project.
If you want the world to pay for projects, you have to be able to display why you're worthy.
I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It's fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it. I can't believe it when writers tell me 'I don't want to show my work to anybody'.
You never undertake a project because you think other people will like it - because that way lies madness - but rather because you believe in it.
Your first projects aren't the greatest things in the world, and they may have no money value, they may go nowhere, but that is how you learn - you put so much effort into making something right if it is for yourself.
I think funding risky projects is very important.
I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people.
Money is always the least of the problems. It is finding the right business or growing the right business. You can't do that without the right people.
In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day.