Cambridge Quote by Eric Idle

We took up the offer with the BBC, and that was Monty Python's Flying Circus. I didn't have to submit my ideas to the…

— Terry Gilliam

My first professional audition was for a radio play in Manchester. That was the first audition that I got. It was my first paid…

— Jodie Comer

We earn quite a lot through stage shows.

— Rahul Vaidya

I had to turn down a part in 'Empire of the Sun.' It would have paid £15,000, which was a year's earnings for me…

— Mark Rylance

Since becoming a BBC breakfast presenter I have been paid four-figure sums for doing hour-long speeches for associations and at awards dinners. That has…

— Steph McGovern

They offered me $1,500 to do a week of 'The Golden Girls.' Can you imagine that? A big show with a big budget, and…

— Soupy Sales

Once I was making £10,000 for an hour's work, but there have been years where my promotional stuff has brought in only a few hundred.

— Eddie the Eagle

I think you have lots of actors who would much rather do a wonderful part at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but then you have…

— Morfydd Clark

I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London, train on…

— George Best

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…

— Cameron Mackintosh

In Britain, we haven't got enough money to make these long-running shows. We always do little mini ones. You have more control as an…

— Ruth Wilson

I got £30 for my first gig, cash in hand.

— Kate Nash