Whoopi Goldberg would quit 'The View' if she had "all the money in the world"

Whoopi - who stars alongside the likes of Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Ava Navarro and Sara Haines - said on the show: "I appreciate that people are having a hard time. Me, too. I work for a living.

"If I had all the money in the world, I would not be here, okay? So, I'm a working person, you know?"

Whoopi subsequently revealed that other members of her family are in a similar position.

She explained: "My kid has to feed her family. My great-granddaughter has to be fed by her family. I know it's hard out there."

Meanwhile, Whoopi previously claimed that she knew she'd become an actress from the age of three.

The 'Sister Act' star explained on 'This Cultural Life': "It was just part of me. I suspect that's why I didn't even question it ... I never thought I was going to be a famous movie person, but I always knew I was going to be a character actor."

Whoopi had no obvious path into acting as a child, but her mother always encouraged her to follow her ambitions.

The movie star shared: "She was just odd enough to recognise the oddity in her child."

Whoopi still remembers her mom encouraging her to fully commit to her acting dream.

She said: "My mother never said, 'What are you talking about?' [when I told her I wanted to act]. She always said, 'If you want to do that you have to learn how to do it.'"