Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!
As an actor, you don't often get a chance to know exactly the impact of what the audience is seeing, even though you can ask where the frame is. A move that feels tiny can be huge, and vice versa.
We have grown used to money. The handling, the increase of it, is the chief business of life now with most of us.