compensation negotiation Quotes

Something in your voice tells me we approach the question of remuneration.

Not a penny off the pay, not a second on the day.

How much do they be paying you?" he asked mellowly. "The usual salary. A little more than they think I'm worth and a little less than I think I'm worth.

In the early days of a startup, people's compensation is whatever you negotiate with a founder and it's all over the place.

It's not that I don't want to, it's just that there's no money in it. By that I mean the way the video business works now, the artist and the record label send out a song to a bunch of different directors and say, 'What would you do with this?' Then everyone has to come up with an idea and bid on it. For me, it's like, 'Hey, you want me to do it? Then pay me. I'm not auditioning for you.'

Quite low down in the list is "How much am I going to be paid?"... my main feeling about money is that I don't want to feel as though I'm being taken advantage of... The other actors they asked to play Gandalf wouldn't go to New Zealand on that money for that length of time. I thought it would be a bit of an adventure... I'm an eccentric actor, and there's a lot of us around.