Show Business Quotes - Page 14

• I don't like people who are hypocritical, who pretend to be nice, particularly in show business when they're nice on camera, and then off camera they're absolutely appalling to the makeup people, or the waitress in a restaurant, you know? I don't like - I can't bear those kind of people. So I like people who are, you know, up front in your face.

  Simon Cowell

  Nice, Makeup, People

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. March 17, 2006.

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• I know it's going to sound cheesy, but I love show business. I love doing comedy, I love that I get to do all this with my friends.

  Nick Kroll

  Cheesy, Sound, Comedy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It took me some time to decide but I wanted to spend more time with my wife and two daughters who were always beside me. I wanted to do everything I could for them.

  Pete Best

  Daughter, Two, Wife

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• When I graduated from college I thought I was over with show business and was pursuing other things.

  Anna Chlumsky

  College, Shows

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• I didn't learn fire-eating to conquer my fears. I learned fire-eating because I desperately wanted to be in show business.

  Penn Jillette

  Fire, Conquer, Eating

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

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• I'd still like to see 'Survivor' minus the planned show-biz parts. That would be the purest form of show business - I want to see someone so hungry that they eat somebody else's foot.

  Albert Brooks

  Feet, Would Be, Survivor

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• I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.

  Nell Carter

  Teacher, Children, Kids

  "Actress-singer Nell Carter dies", www.cnn.com. January 23, 2003.

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• I came from a real working-class show business family.

  Sally Field

  Real, Class, Shows

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• I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.

  Loretta Lynn

  Real, Smart, Ghouls

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• Imitation is the sincerest form of show business.

  Roseanne Barr

  Imitation, Form, Shows

  Roseanne Barr (2012). “Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

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• You still have that competitive thing where you want to try to make hits. That won't go away, unless the mayor of show business says my time's up.

  Will Ferrell

  Going Away, Trying, Want

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• Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Magic, Shows, Know How

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• Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.

  Jeff Bridges

  Movie, People, Campaigns

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• I have shared my whole life. My private and my show business life. It helps me actually to feel my songs and to go on with my dreams.

  Celine Dion

  Dream, Song, Goes On

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• By the time I was ready for college, I didn't know what I wanted to do. I think I secretly wanted a show business career, but I was suppressing it.

  Will Ferrell

  College, Thinking, Careers

  "Will Ferrell says growing up in Irvine made him funny". Interview with Barry Koltnow, www.ocregister.com. July 23, 2008.

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• Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships in show business, you're gonna be depressed real fast. I don't have time for anything else right now but work and my daughter. She's my first priority.

  Jim Carrey

  Daughter, Mother, Real

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• I want to tell my jokes. I want to have time with my children. I want to entertain people. And at one point, I'll walk away from show business. But I don't want to walk away empty-handed.

  Dave Chappelle

  Children, People, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I didn't have any success in show business until I was 30 to 31 years of age.

  Adam Carolla

  Years, Age, Shows

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• To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face.

  Liza Minnelli

  Mean, Reality, Dollars

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• A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important thing that you can do. I mean, it comes to the Ten Commandments. They weren't ten suggestions. They were Ten Commandments.

  Donny Osmond

  Mean, Important, Deities

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• I don't have any ego about it, but I find there's not a great work ethic in show business. A lot of people are in it to make money, and coming from stand-up, you have to work so hard because almost nothing works, and if you lose the audience for three minutes, you're dead.

  Norm MacDonald

  People, Work Ethic, Ego

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• I'm in show business... I want to hang out with Janet Jackson, not Jesse Jackson.

  Chris Rock

  Funny, Humor, Want

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• I have this mistress: show business.

  Ray Romano

  Mistress, Shows

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• I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the highlight of show business. I was born into a Christian home.

  Cat Stevens

  Christian, Home, Luxury

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• I hate show business.

  Joni Mitchell

  Business, Hate, Shows

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