1. Al Pacino
Al Pacino has never let money overshadow his passion for meaningful roles. He once passed on playing Han Solo in Star Wars because the script didn’t speak to him; he even joked he “gave Harrison Ford a career.” Whether rejecting a million-dollar offer for The Godfather Part II or donating his entire Cruising paycheck due to its controversy, Pacino proves that for him, art always comes before the paycheck.