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		During the '90s, a lot of us in the indie film world were not making our money off our movies. We were screenwriters doing scripts for hire for studios.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Allison Anders 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				H. P. Lovecraft 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want to have some effect on the way the world works in whatever way I can, and I also want to have the power to help get the movies that I think are important made. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Maggie Gyllenhaal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nadia Comaneci 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabrielle Giffords 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vanilla Ice 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was young I didn't care about education, just money and box office. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jackie Chan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		My family lived in Thousand Oaks. In 2002, when I was 17, I begged my parents to let me move out. I had money, a real job, and wanted to get my own place. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kaley Cuoco 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian Anderson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to me are independent films and they have trouble raising money. With people putting their money into blockbusters, there is not much left for the independents. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karen Allen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For whatever reason, various outlets and individuals are committed to making the world think that young girls don't talk or care about feminism anymore, that it's totally over. But it's not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. Courtney Sullivan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you make a movie independently, you raise the money beforehand, and then you make the movie kind of by yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taylor Lautner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'd like to do things to make money to save myself but right now I can't do nothing. If they want to put me in jail, they can do that. It's kind of tough. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Manute Bol