Show Business Quotes - Page 13

• Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's no music.

  Tracy Morgan

  Band, No Respect, Hardest

  "A Wild Conversation with Tracy Morgan". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. February 17, 2010.

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• I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.

  Paul Merton

  People, Made, Longevity

  "Paul Merton: 'Am I allowed to call myself working-class now?'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2011.

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• I'm fortunate that I'm employed. And if you're in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh my god, tomorrow I'll never, ever work again.

  Rick Mercer

  Night, Bed, Tomorrow

  "'Canadian Jon Stewart' Explains Thanksgiving". Interview with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. October 9, 2010.

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• I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

  Garry Shandling

  Failure, Emotional, Thinking

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• I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.

  Carroll O'Connor

  Business, Real, Flight

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• I was never one to seek out the spotlight. I am kind of a private person, so I don't miss that part of show business at all.

  Angela Cartwright

  Missing, Spotlight, Kind

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.

  Dick Wolf

  People, Shows

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• As a kid, I really did want to hang out with the grownups, so it was hanging out with the hippest grownups in the world. This was the nicest bunch of people I've worked with in show business, with the exception of the people around 'A Mighty Wind.' It really was a wonderful eight years.

  Harry Shearer

  Kids, Eight, Years

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business.

  Jack Davenport

  Mother, Advice, Breaking Promises

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• I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.

  Billy Eckstine

  Mean, Thinking, Ideas

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• I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents.

  Andy Gibb

  Parent, Balance, Grew Up

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I was being ridiculed for going to school... But, you see, I had looked hard at the other musicians and the whole show-business scene... They were doing with jazz musicians what they usually reserved for rock n' roll cats: making them overnight successes, then overnight antiques.

  Donald Byrd

  School, Cat, Rocks

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• Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.

  Ethel Merman

  Mom, Business, Views

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hearing their lead singer Clarence made me connect the idea of church and show business and see how I could make a career singing music that stirred the soul.

  Daryl Hall

  Boys, Careers, Ideas

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• My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.

  Marvin Hamlisch

  Writing, Mean, Careers

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• Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.

  Taylor Hackford

  People, Use, Shows

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There's no one I trust in show business more than Sabrina Wind. She's my eyes and ears when I can't be there. She weighs in on everything, from scripts to sets to advertising.

  Marc Cherry

  Eye, Wind, Ears

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• All kids love to get dirty, but if I wandered into the garage, my father would say: 'Son, you're not going to have filthy hands like mine. You're going into show business.'

  Bruce Forsyth

  Father, Dirty, Kids

  "Bruce Forsyth: My family values" by Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2012.

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• I called all the major network news bureaus, including Public Radio, and reported ozone AIDS cures coming out of Europe. Not a single reporter or show called back for details. I wrote and sent documentation to all the 'household word' TV talk show hosts who make their living acting 'concerned' and I tried all the 'AIDS fund raising spokespeople', show business celebs, even sending proof of their home addresses, but as of yet not one single phone call or inquiry came back for more.

  Ed McCabe

  Cancer, Home, Europe

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• I learned a long time ago, if you want to keep your friends in show business, don't get famous. Because as soon as you get famous, a lot of the people you used to know, who didn't, become incredibly bitter and jealous. It's part of the territory.

  Denis Leary

  Jealous, Long, People

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• Everyone in show business has had the experience of the fan who is so excited at recognizing their favorite star, they say, 'Oh my gosh, you're my biggest fan!

  Audrey Meadows

  Stars, Fans, Excited

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• I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

  Ricky Jay

  Thinking, People, Television

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• Show business got really tainted for me.

  Anna Chlumsky

  Shows, Tainted

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• Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

  Jeff Bridges

  Father, Kids, Actors

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. January 13, 2010.

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• There's no job in show business that's harder than any other job outside show business.

  Penn Jillette

  Jobs, Shows, Harder

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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