Millionaire Michael Moore: “Capitalism Did Nothing For Me”
Documentary film director Michael Moore, who has become a millionaire thanks to the profits from his movies, told CNSNews.com that “capitalism did nothing” for him.
CNSNews.com spoke with Moore on the red carpet at the Uptown Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night before the premiere of his upcoming documentary, “Capitalism: A Love Story.”
CNSNews.com asked: “Critics may say, when they see this movie, Michael Moore has amassed a fortune of over $50 million, some have said and –”
Moore said: “Really? Are you kidding me? Seriously? Wow. Where did it go?”
CNSNews.com then asked Moore: “Critics would say he’s [Moore] been very successful under a capitalist system. How would you justify making a movie where you paint capitalism as evil?”
Moore said: “Well, capitalism did nothing for me, starting with my first film.”
“You know, I had to pretty much beg, borrow and steal,” he said. “The system is not set up to help somebody from the working class make a movie like this and get the truth out there.”
“In fact, in Fahrenheit 9/11 if you remember, capitalism, the Disney Corporation, tried to kill that film–tried to make it so that people couldn’t see it,” said Moore. “My book Stupid White Men–Harper Collins tried to kill that book so that people couldn’t see it. It’s only because I put the light of day on it and told people what was going on did people get the chance to see these things.”
According to Fortune Magazine, Moore’s films have grossed over $300 million worldwide. His highest grossing film was “Fahrenheit 9/11,” which critiques the Bush administration’s handling of the war in Iraq and earned over $200 million worldwide.
Moore reportedly was paid $21 million by Disney for producing, directing and creating the film.
Moore also earned 50 percent of the profits of his 2007 film “Sicko,” totaling $25 million plus DVD sales, according to Vanity Fair.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Moore would receive all of the profits made from DVD sales of “Sicko,” sales of which have been estimated at over $17 million.
“Look, you know, I mean, I make documentary films,” said Moore. “So, clearly, I’m not loaded in the way you described. But I do well, obviously because my films do well.”
“So, that means I have an extra responsibility to make sure I spend my time trying to make things better for the people that don’t have what I have, right? I mean, everybody should do that,” he said.
Moore’s newest film, “Capitalism: A Love Story” opens in theaters October 2.
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Whatever. Just another Liberal hypocrite using the Capitalism to promote Socialism which will eventually shut Capitalism down, if he gets his way.
Reminds me of the Islamists using democracy in the muslim world to get into power, and then saying that democracy is against Islam, so it’s time to shut down elections and such to ensure they stay in power.
http://mises.org/story/3751
I recommend the youtube vid linked within the article with friedman on donahue show, the socialist arguments were the same then, they still hold water with some fuckheads even today.
despite the first amendment in the constitution, can the communism/socialism be banned in the US as inherently evil in its intentions, a cause of the great suffering bestowed on humankind proven during the last 90 years of commie rule. even china resorts to capitalism in order to advance. fuck moore and those who applaude to him, that stupid fat fuck that he is.
sorry for the rant
“Stupid White Men”? Wow … I had no idea he had written an autobiography. Did Ayers help him … or maybe Long-legged MackDaddy’s ‘white’ side?
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Capitalism did nothing for him,however Kentucky Fried Chicken is grateful for his donations
That fat a__hole still claims to be making documentaries? When he got called out on the lies he sewed together in the Fahrenheit 9/11 flick (asshole can’t even come up with an original title, he steals from Ray Bradbury) he ‘apologized’ and said the movie was an op-ed, a lot of it is just opinion, pure fabrication…duh! I mean come on, the fat prick said it was all his imagination on national tv. Lying sack of sh_t. And forget the gay part: the gay folks I know take too much pride in their appearance. That fat pig is paying some poor soul to find it underneath a mountain of fat…Shoot, I’m straight and I’m getting queasy just thinking about it. Hey, there’s one for chubsy to docu-drama: his own sex life with manatees and harbor seals…somebody call peta, a sea lion is getting raped by mikey moore!
Um but Michael, if the capitalist system doesn’t work, then you should never have been able to do a damn thing.
I see you whining about having to struggle and such, but that is your parents fault, not capitalism.
See, I too come from the wrong side of the tracks.
I’ve begged and borrowed, never stole, but the point is the system is tough.
I guess the difference is, I’m not prone to whine like a bitch about it, and demand others pay for my whims.
So STFU stupid FAT bastard.
Further proof that liberalism is a mental disorder.
What a bag a guts. Like to do some moore tippin. As long as there’s fecal matter to smolder on his spitter, some canserous hole will stick a microphone up to his funnel.
Let’s beat him up and take his lunch money
I could finally go to a Sandals resort