Show business Quotes · Page 13

I like my work, but my life always comes first. I always wanted to have a beautiful life, and the way to…

— Marianne Faithfull

I was 17, certainly by the time I was 19, I knew that show business was where I was going to end…

— Brian Henson

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

— Ethel Merman

Just because you're working does not mean you're making money. That's two very different things in show business.

— Billy Porter

I think there's a pedigree that comes with being from Chicago that gives you some cache outside of L.A. and New York,…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

In show business, generally you don't retire. If you love it, that is, you're in it forever anyway.

— Jimmy Scott

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

— David Geffen

I was a musician for years before I started doing this stuff. Show business was the only thing I ever considered.

— Miguel Ferrer

Los Angeles is such a town of show business, and I'm a terrible celebrity. I find it difficult - it's the beast…

— Julia Roberts

I think my legacy should be that when I started in show business, there wasn't no such thing as rock n' roll.…

— Little Richard

I've made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good. And sometimes you're in a movie and you…

— Christopher Walken

In what other business can a guy my age drink martinis, smoke cigars and sing? I think all people who retire ought…

— George Burns

The most important thing in the world for show business, really, you know everything's a high-tech business, but what people want now…

— Mike Tyson

I made the decision to quit show business. Give up the skintight dresses and manicured smiles. The false concern over sentimental lyrics.…

— Maya Angelou

What happened was, my parents after Circus Boy decided to take me out of show business for two years to go back…

— Micky Dolenz

I've had 79 to 80 years of show business. I started when I was 5 with a man called Tom Mix. I…

— George Sidney

When I was very young I knew that I wanted to be in show business. I knew that I wanted to be…

— Kat Edmonson

Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.

— David Johansen

I don't like show business. I don't like the business. I love acting. I love this. I love talking to people.

— Jeffrey Tambor

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

— Loretta Lynn

There's show business, and the business is sometimes in capital letters. You just have to give it your best shot when up…

— Jimmy Smits

Show business is like riding a bicycle - when you fall off, the best thing to do is get up, brush yourself…

— Gilda Radner

There were a lot of signs being thrown at me. A lot of angels I was meeting, inspiring me to get back…

— Anna Chlumsky

I love my family very much. I wish I could see them a little more often than I do. But we understand…

— Michael Jackson

In Hollywood they say there's no business like show business. In the hood they say there's no business like ho' business.

— Curtis Jackson

Never really intended to be a comedian, just sort of fell into that, but always wanted to be in show business, or…

— Doug Benson

I didn't think before that I'd done enough to justify publishing an autobiography but after 40 years in show business I'm now…

— Cilla Black

Growing up in Mississippi, I was such a farmer, and it's not desirable to bring attention to yourself. That's my nature, and…

— Anonymous

We had some problems - my children were kidnapped during that time, and it just changed my whole way of thinking, from…

— Solomon Burke

There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.

— David Letterman

Benedict Cumberbatch is not only the best name in show business, it's also the response you get when you ask John Travolta…

— Neil Patrick Harris

Despair is your friend in show business. I don't believe you can act if happiness is your lot. It's the ups that…

— Ruth Gordon

There's nobody in show business that I dislike so I wouldn't want to get in there to hurt anybody.

— Robert Goulet

I had tremendous success in show business - star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 'The Apprentice' was one of the most…

— Donald Trump

I'm in love with everything about show business. The only thing that ever came easy to me in life has been acting.

— Carolyn Jones

“[T]he definition of 'crazy' in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to fuck her anymore.”

— Tina Fey

If Lady Gaga didn't put on all those outfits, she probably wouldn't have made it in show business. She put a show…

— Andrew Dice Clay

Of course, with showbiz there's a lot of negative things, along with the positive, and it's just what you choose to focus…

— Carmen Rasmusen

And you poor creatures--who conjured you out of the clay? Is God in show business, too?

— John Boorman

I started standup at age nineteen. I decided that the only way I was going to try show business as a career…

— Jay Chandrasekhar