Patricia Arquette’s shocking salary for the Golden Globe-winning film Boyhood

GOLDEN Globe winner Patricia Arquette has revealed she paid her babysitter and dog walker more than she received over the 12 years she filmed Boyhood.

GOLDEN Globe winner Patricia Arquette has come clean about her salary for Richard Linklater’s labour of love movie, Boyhood, revealing she paid her babysitter and dog walker more than she received over the 12 years of the film’s life.

The actor insists she knew the film wouldn’t make her a millionaire, but it was a pleasure to be part of such an important project, which is now the clear favourite to win the Best Picture Oscar after landing the top film Golden Globe.

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Actor Patricia Arquette won Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama, Musical or Comedy for 'Boyhood’. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

“It’s important to me as an actor to be able to make a living (but) I’m going to tell you something — I paid more money to my babysitter and my dog walker than I made on Boyhood,” Arquette said.

“Television actually allows you to make a living, feed your children, send them to college. And to have the luxury to make the choices of doing what it is you think that matters.”

Day job ... Arquette is returning to TV this year in CSI: Cyber. She’s pictured here with castmates including Peter MacNicol from Ally McBeal and James Van Der Beek from Dawson’s Creek.

The day after the film’s big win, she admits she is still stunned Boyhood picked up three top awards, including her Best Supporting Actress prize and a Best Director honour for Linklater.

“It blows my mind (we won) because we didn’t even know if people would even accept this movie and then to find at first that people were moved by the movie. Winning totally blew our minds.

Incredible feat ... Scenes from the film were shot over 12 years, using the same actors playing the same characters over time.

“I’m so happy for Rick (Linklater) and so happy for the producers, because they gave four million dollars. They gambled on a movie with no safety net, no contracts past seven years... You could’ve ended up with nothing.”

Arquette is a favourite to repeat her Golden Globes win at the more prestigious Academy Awards ceremony on February 22.

Can’t believe their luck .... Arquette poses with her Boyhood co-stars and director at the Globes yesterday.

Originally published as Patricia Arquette’s shocking salary for the Golden Globe-winning film Boyhood