Money talks

“I will do a lot of things for money and I would absolutely doa reboot for that.

I have bills to pay anditcan only be fun.” Actress Jemima Kirke (pictured) on filming more episodes of Girls, the hit show on which she made her name in 2012, quoted in The Sunday Times

“There’s that immigrant thing: ‘Surely the Nazis are going to take it away at any point.’”

Comedian, author and playwright David Baddiel says he works so hard because he’s nervous about money, quoted in The Times

“Don’t waste your money. They’re failed actors that set themselves up as gurus.”

Anthony Hopkins advises young actors not to bother with acting schools, quoted in GQ

“Well that really pisses me off… We worked so hard and had high profiles, but we didn’t earn anything like [that]. It’s more than irritating. It’s infuriating actually. I don’t think, no matter how good they are, they are worth all that money. It’s a public broadcasting service.

I’ll be hacked off when I still have to pay my licence in four years [after turning 75].” Former presenter of Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour Jenni Murray, on earning less than her replacement, quoted in The Sunday Telegraph

“Ian Fleming’s family were just terribly nice about it and very persuasive. And then my agent persuaded me that it would make a lot of money and said: ‘You haven’t got a pension fund, so what about it?’”

Novelist Sebastian Faulks on writing a James Bond thriller, quoted in

The Sunday Times

“A poll tax on wheels.”

The AA’s verdict on proposals to charge motorists for every mile they drive, quoted in The Mail on Sunday