Show Business Quotes - Page 16

• Show business is a great place to fail upward... and I guess that's what I've done.

  Kurt Fuller

  Done, Failing, Shows

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I guess show business is a lot like baseball: "Wait until next year!" You just never know. Some of the shittiest shows I've ever seen run forever, and some of the best things never get a chance.

  Kurt Fuller

  Baseball, Running, Years

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• You don't need tons of money to create art. You do need tons of money to be a part of show business. They are two different things.

  Demian Bichir

  Art, Two, Different

  "Actor Demian Bichir Talks Hollywood, Scarlett, Oscars & Being Latino". Interview with S.J. Main, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2012.

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• I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.

  Lance Burton

  Successful, Very Happy, Shows

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• When I came back into show business in '88 after spending 20-odd years in the civil service, it wasn't planned.

  Pete Best

  Years, Odd, Spending

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• My dad worked every day. I didn't get into show business to work every day. So the fact that most days I get to like, spend really good time with my kids - that's what success is to me.

  Chris Rock

  Dad, Kids, Facts

  "Chris Rock On Standup, Sellouts And Defining Success". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. December 5, 2014.

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• There are people who believe once somebody gets you a job in show business you are set and the truth is you have to fight for every job. People opened the doors for me for sure and hopefully I've helped open the door for some people but when you're there it's on you and you better be ready for it.

  Tom Arnold

  Jobs, Believe, Fighting

  Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. June 28, 2012.

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• I love when I am around a veteran in [show] business. Because I can dig and ask questions, and find out the "who" and "what" of it all.

  Jill Scott

  Veteran, Because I Can, Shows

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle with coming out, only to find much more success after they finally did.

  Margaret Cho

  Struggle, People, Century

  "Outing (And Why Gay Celebrities Need to Leave the Closet)" by Margaret Cho, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 23, 2013.

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• When Ronald Reagan's career in show business came to an end, he was hired to impersonate, first, a California governor and then an American president who would reduce taxes for his employers, the Southern and Western New Rich, much of whose money came from the defence industries. There is nothing unusual about this arrangement. All recent presidents have had their price-tags.

  Gore Vidal

  Price Tag, Careers, California

  Gore Vidal (2004). “Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia”, p.61, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS

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• There's a very apt saying in show business: "If you don't go over budget in Paris, you're either very rich or very sick. "

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Humorous, Paris

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• It's fun when you're driving, and people wave at you, and you wave back. I think you either like people or you don't. I mean, I don't want to put on sunglasses. That's why I'm in show business.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Mean, Thinking

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• I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theater, I didn't even know there was a show business.

  David Geffen

  Jobs, Theater, Shows

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• My home has always been show business.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Home, Shows

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• I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.

  Brent Spiner

  Thinking, Causes, Concern

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• I could play it safe by recording songs that are familiar, but am I expanding myself as an artist by doing covers? It's a catch-22. It's called show business: The word 'business' is in it, and you've got to be a businessman. But then again, you have to be true to yourself as an artist.

  Donny Osmond

  Song, Artist, Play

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• Government is not show business.

  Warren Beatty

  Government, Shows

  "OAKLAND / Beatty fires up nurses" by Carla Marinucci, www.sfgate.com. September 23, 2005.

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• The most important thing in the world for show business, really, you know everything's a high-tech business, but what people want now is what they can't get - exclusivity.

  Mike Tyson

  People, Important, World

  Interview with Earl Sweatshirt, genius.com.

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• I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than anything, to be in 'show business.

  Stanley Donen

  Years, Dancing, Flying

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• My parents were both in show business. My father was an actor, my mom an actress, and both singers, dancers and actors. They met in Los Angeles doing a play together and so I grew up in a show biz family.

  Micky Dolenz

  Mom, Father, Play

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• Stand-up comedy is like the lowest medium in all of show business in levels of respect.

  Chris Rock

  Levels, Comedy, Mediums

  Source: www.nytimes.com

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• I love any scene where there's a physical confrontation. It reminds me that I'm in show business and I play pretend for a living.

  Bob Odenkirk

  Play, Scene, Confrontation

  "Bob Odenkirk on the Final Days of Breaking Bad". Interview with Mike Ayers, www.esquire.com. August 8, 2013.

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• People don't realize that, you know, we have - "we" meaning people in show business have the same problems as everybody else. Money don't change that. Fame don't change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it's just a - different kind of problems. As they say, money ain't everything.

  Dolly Parton

  Money, People, Different

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• Timing and pace are important in any film, whether it be comedy or drama. And how better to learn the fundamentals of these show show business ingredients than by dancing?

  Charles Walters

  Drama, Dancing, Important

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• My upbringing was very un-Hollywood. I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch. I was never really smitten by the business in those days, never a fan type - just a basic kid watching TV. It wasn't like I was an insider. I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a downfall. But it's made my own work the initiation.

  Stephanie Zimbalist

  New York, Father, Kids

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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