Show Business Quotes - Page 7

• Magic is the oldest part of the show business profession. It can now be used as a forward-thinking tool to build a child's confidence. It has been an amazing part in many entertainers' lives, including Steve Martin and the late Johnny Carson.

  Criss Angel

  Children, Thinking, Magic

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• Most people who go into show business want to go into show business. I wanted to be Porky Pig. That was my goal in life when I was five, to which my mother said, you can't be Porky Pig. You're Jewish! I don't think she realized what I wanted to do with the pig...I didn't want to eat him, I wanted to voice him.

  Bob Bergen

  Mother, Thinking, Pigs

  Source: www.thestarscoop.com

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• The average movie set is the least political arena on Earth. Nobody bothers talking about politics because, one, we all love the job so much. You don't talk about current events. You talk about old show business stories and whether or not there's gonna be French onion dip at the craft services table that day.

  Tom Hanks

  Jobs, Average, Talking

  "Eastwood and Hanks talk 'Sully,' their film about the ‘humble, smiling hero’ who landed on the Hudson River". Interview with Rebecca Keegan, www.latimes.com. September 1, 2016.

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• One of the reasons we moved to L.A. in the first place [was] so that it was no big deal that I was in show business. We decided if we move[d] to L.A., then everyone in one way or another was involved in it.

  Eric Idle

  Moving, Way, Firsts

  "Eric Idle: the Pio Interview". Interview with Kyle Seasly, whitmanwire.com. May 13, 2013.

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• And that's how show business is like in Israel - it's very, very small. It kind of feels like a high school environment, you know? Everyone knows everyone and if you come to Israel for a month, you'll meet half of the actors on different occasions - not to mention in the doctors office!

  Meital Dohan

  School, Doctors, Israel

  Interview with Anthony Statler, www.bullz-eye.com. November 16, 2009.

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• I think in show business, it's really kind of easy to perpetuate that feeling of, like, Oh, I don't measure up. Or always having to prove yourself.

  Molly Shannon

  Thinking, Feelings, Kind

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• There's no show business in Canada, so everybody just did stand-up and we all thought, "Oh, we'll just keep doing stand-up." And then I'm like, "There's more work in the States."

  Norm MacDonald

  Canada, States, Shows

  Interview with Steve Heisler, tv.avclub.com. April 12, 2011.

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• Bud [Yorkin] broke out big when he did 'The Fred Astaire Show' and won four Emmys. His wife at the time suggested that we team up. We got a lot of press in show business papers, and a number of offers...we eventually signed with Paramount Pictures. But I always like to say, his was the horse that we rode in on. That is my favorite recollection.

  Norman Lear

  Horse, Team, Numbers

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• The biggest mistake I ever made was snorting cocaine. The second biggest mistake was I didn't realize that show business was two words.

  Larry Gatlin

  Mistake, Two, Realizing

  Source: www.cbn.com

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• If you get outside the world of show business and its satellites, there's a whole world of car nuts in the Los Angeles area.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Nuts, Car, World

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• My parents weren't involved in show business but my parents would show me. We'd watch old films in the house.

  Alden Ehrenreich

  House, Parent, Watches

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• My stepfather was a producer. I'd always wanted to be in show business. And so when he came into my life and he told my brothers and myself, he said, look, if you want to be in this business, you're all going to have to start at the bottom.

  Cary Elwes

  Brother, Looks, Want

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think, there were probably problems with show business where producers and directors would try to get the writing credit also. So they created a rule where the bar, to get your name added to the writing credits, if you've done a revision, is very high if you're also the producer or director.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, Thinking, Names

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 1, 2011.

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• Outside of show business, I live a normal life.

  Tracy Morgan

  Normal, Normal Life, Shows

  "Tracy on Tracy: a 'normal' life". Interview with Julie Hinds, www.chron.com. June 27, 2008.

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• There's a site on the internet that swears up and down that I'm worth $46 million and that I'm one of the most highly paid and richest guys in show business. I really wish it was true! Then there's those where it's like my mother was raped by a martian and that kind of thing. National Enquirer-type stuff. They just make it up.

  David Crosby

  Mother, Guy, Wish

  "David Crosby answers our 11 questions". Interview with Corbin Reif, music.avclub.com. March 18, 2016.

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• I was 17, certainly by the time I was 19, I knew that show business was where I was going to end up, and I had my sights on being a director.

  Brian Henson

  Sight, Directors, Ends

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I was getting a lot of pressure from people in show business about my being overweight because of medication, I was on 200 mg of amitriptiline. When I said this to my doctor, for some reason she took me completely off medication and she didn't really supervise properly.

  Sinead O'Connor

  Doctors, People, Pressure

  Source: www.stateofmind.it

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• Every time I was with Sammy [Davis Jr.] it was like going to the show business museum because the stories were so extraordinary, and I didn't care if they were true or not after a while. ... I don't know if he really got high with Humphrey Bogart or not. It didn't matter because he was painting these fantastic pictures.

  Billy Crystal

  Museums, Stories, Care

  "Billy Crystal Finds Fun In Growing Old (But Still Can't Find His Keys)". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 29, 2013.

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• My husband, children, and my family are my biggest supporters. I just pray to God to keep my family and I aligned at all times, and I just remember where it all got started before show business.

  Heather Headley

  Children, Husband, Praying

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• I really saw Pat Brady, Kelsey Grammer's character's point of view that it's a business. It's show business. So, it was an incredible opportunity to work with really wonderful creatives and the script was fantastic. What was so interesting to me about the studio system was that a lot of the politics that were in play then are so really relevant to today.

  Matt Bomer

  Character, Opportunity, Views

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 28, 2016.

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• As important as it is to learn the techniques of cinematography, you also have to learn how to deal with the movie set, with show business. I came up with a cinematographer who is very talented, but she was never quite able to handle everything else you have to do - dealing with the producer and the crew and the time frame that you have to follow.

  Maryse Alberti

  Important, Technique, Able

  "The Female Cinematographers of Neon Demon, Creed, and Dope Discuss Their Experiences in a Male-Dominated Field". Interview with Kevin Lincoln, www.vulture.com. June 27, 2016.

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• I grew up in San Diego, so it wasn't hard to move to L.A. to get into show business, but I did the standard thing of just moving without much money and just seeing if I could make it work.

  Doug Benson

  Moving, San Diego, Standards

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm very blessed, mainly because even though my family is mostly in show business, it's really centered around music. My parents were very successful in many ways, but they weren't necessarily top of the charts. We were never wealthy because of music. We always had to work and we always had to struggle a little bit, and I think at the end of the day that's been very good for me, because I have a sense of it being very ephemeral.

  Rufus Wainwright

  Struggle, Blessed, Successful

  "If Music Be the Food of Love, Play on, Rufus Wainwright". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. June 25, 2016.

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• People always say, well, how do you get through show business? How do you swim the waters? And how do you survive and all that? I had a very solid method, and that is team up with ambitious partners.

  Garry Marshall

  Team, Water, People

  "Fresh Air Remembers Garry Marshall, Creator Of 'Happy Days' And 'Laverne & Shirley'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 20, 2016.

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• We would also go to musicals. So Singing In the Rain, On the Town, and West Side Story. Especially West Side Story because played that a lot before VCRs, so that would be something that would be a big deal if it came on, you caught it. So that really started, my family was not in show business at all but really loved that kind of thing.

  Marisa Tomei

  Rain, Vcr, Singing

  Source: www.scene-stealers.com

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