So are you *sure* you want to be a millionaire?

I don't feel bad for the guy, with the exception of his daughter's cancer. His mistake was staying in the same place he always was with the same people who knew him all his life. The lesson I guess is if you ever win that amount of money you move you and your family far, far away where nobody knows who the hell you are. It's not very hard if you have that kind of cash.
 
What's the problem?

The guy was self-made and rich, and then he got richer.

His wife left him. It happens to broke people too.

His grandkid died a junkie. Happens to rich and poor alike...it's just that the rich can afford better quality drugs.

Relative with cancer? Swing a cat.

So he carried on like Buck Strickland...the man works hard and plays hard. Who cares what the media says?

He seems to have done some good and given some people a very nice standard of living for their time on the job, so why bemoan his circumstances.

As for his friends...they couldn't have really been true pals if they took his cash and left. He's still loaded. He just paid a bit to learn what some people have to spend a lifetime finding out.

There are people going through what he has gone through and worse, and they are flat broke. I don't see how he can complain.
 
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I agree. Stuff happens regardless of your financial situation. The difference is, the rich are better equipped to pay out and fix things to the best that can be done. Us regular shmoes just get to shuffle on without the help that money can buy.
 
"Oh, dear Lord!
You made many, many poor people.
I realise, of course,
it's no shame to be poor.
But it's no great honour either.
So what would have been so terrible
if I had a small fortune."
Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof
 
adkimery said:
Says the guy on a lo-budget indie film forum. :thumbsup:


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This was actually quite funny. The only difference (or so I'd like to think), is that filmmaking is a skill that if you put time into, you can become better at. The lotto is just desperation.

Actually, that's not true. I always used to think lottery players were idiots. I mean, you're not going to win, so why try? But then someone pointed out to me that there's a certain level of "entertainment value" you get from playing the lotto. You get to think "what if I win? what would I do with the money". I guess to people who really have nothing going for themselves, this could be quite alluring.
 
Capt Quirk said:
"Oh, dear Lord!
You made many, many poor people.
I realise, of course,
it's no shame to be poor.
But it's no great honour either.
So what would have been so terrible
if I had a small fortune."
Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof
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Yes !!!!!!!!!!!!

I have this entire soundtrack in my iPOD !

Topol is the man
 
c.g._eads said:
This was actually quite funny. The only difference (or so I'd like to think), is that filmmaking is a skill that if you put time into, you can become better at.
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I'd agree w/that. I figured something along those lines is what motivated the post, but the setup was too good for me to pass up. :D

All though I think everyone here wants their projects to make money, that's not the main reason for doing them. We don't make movies to make money. We make money to make movies.:beer:


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adkimery said:
Says the guy on a lo-budget indie film forum. :thumbsup:


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This is my nomination for the reply of the year. :cheesy:





I'm STUNNED at the people that come out of the woodwork chasing money from people... for me it would be as simple as what percentage of time or money did a person give to me before I had the money... if the answer is zero then my answer is zero... and if the answer is 10% then my answer is 10%... it's simple... repay favors, be cool to your friends who don't ASK for money because no real friend would ASK, after that tell everybody else to go **** themselves.

About being a millionaire? Money can't buy happiness, but it makes misery much more tolerable.
 
You're dead for a real long time,
you just can't prevent it.
So if money can't buy happiness -
I guess I'll have to rent it.
 
Problem with many lotto winners is simple, they don't know how to "manage" money, or life for that matter. I thought the stats were 1/2 of lotto winners are worse off than before.
 
Charli said:
Problem with many lotto winners is simple, they don't know how to "manage" money, or life for that matter.
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That may be true - but in this case the guy was a millionaire before he won.
Doesn't look like he had any issues with managing money.

I thought the stats were 1/2 of lotto winners are worse off than before.
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Do you ever wonder if those stats are based in anything?
Or are they just passed around to make the rest of us (non-lotto winners) feel better about not having millions of dollars?
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