Brando maintained that it was impossible for him to support Ruiz, the mother of three of his children, aged eight, 10 and 13, as his income was "limited and sporadic". He drew a £3,200-a-month pension from the Screen Actors' Guild and a £1,000-a-month state pension. "I received $50,000 total compensation for my work on The Godfather and do not receive any other residual income from any other film other than from Apocalypse Now."