Show business Quotes · Page 4

Madness is a prerequisite of being in showbusiness.

— Rupert Everett

Show business is just like high school, except you get paid.

— Martin Mull

Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business.

— Ulysses S. Grant

Show biz! It's definitely not for sissies.

— Carmen Cusack

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be in show business!

— Maria Canals Barrera

I never grew up with heroes in show business. My hero was my father.

— Adrian Pasdar

I wanted to be in show business before I could get out of my crib.

— Joey Heatherton

All my shows are great. Some of them are bad. But they are all great.

— Michael Grade

None of my family had anything to do with show business, my life was totally foreign to them.

— Gloria Gaynor

I consider myself to be more real-sized than most of the actresses in California and in show business. They're very small. They're…

— Jane Krakowski

in show business there's not much point in asking yourself if someone really likes you or if he just thinks you can…

— Pauline Kael

My father had a hotel, and people in show business used to stay there. He loved peformers and entertainment, and I grew…

— Gilda Radner

Although I'm largely doing other things in life, it's very nice occasionally to put my toe back in the waters of show…

— Hugh Grant

I was brought up to do my duty. Not to be vain, not to shout from the rooftops about my virtues -…

— Terry Wogan

I love every aspect of show business and that includes both the show part of it and the business part of it.

— Kristy Swanson

Shamanism is just show business and philosophy is just a branch of that vaudevillian impulse.

— Terence McKenna

I don't think any of us would be who we are if our parents weren't who they were. People that are in…

— Pauly Shore

When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just…

— Steve Martin

Stephen A. Smith is the hardest-working man in sports show business. The ubiquitous basketball pundit appears on ESPN about 10 times a…

— Stephen Rodrick

I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me,…

— Stanley Donen

“Trump problem. He hopelessly personalized everything. He saw the world in commercial and show business terms: someone else was always trying to…

— Michael Wolff

In New Jersey, judges have ruled that a same-sex couple or a single person applying to adopt must be given the same…

— Orson Bean

I am interested in a lot of things - not just show business and my passion for animals. I try to keep…

— Betty White

One of the reasons we moved to L.A. in the first place [was] so that it was no big deal that I…

— Eric Idle

“James Brown had many guises, many names: Crip, Music Box, The Hardest Working Man In Show Business, Mr. Please Please Please, Butane…

— R.J. Smith

“All of the myths of mankind are nothing but show business,' the other man said to me during our initial meeting. 'Everything…

— Thomas Ligotti

People don't turn away from an attorney sitting in a wheelchair. If the guy has got the reputation for being the best…

— Gerald McRaney

I'm in show business. I believe in illusion and delusions and in holding aloft the bubble of a dream of some sort…

— Meryl Streep

Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels. Actors were poor. Celebrities…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Nobody's going to break down walls for you; you have to break them down yourself. Nobody's inviting anyone into this game. 'Oh,…

— Donald Faison

“Late in November, Lenny took off for his eagerly anticipated job in Chicago. It had been nearly a year since he played…

— Albert Goldman

I called all the major network news bureaus, including Public Radio, and reported ozone AIDS cures coming out of Europe. Not a…

— Ed McCabe

In show business, you get chewed up and spit out.

— John Aniston

Show business pays you a lot of money because eventually you’re gonna get screwed.

— Jay Leno

I like show business - performing. I can't think of anything better.

— Tiffany Darwish

I finally discovered that my life is more important than show business.

— Tom Waits

If I lose show business - I'll really be an orphan!

— Red Buttons

It's also show business. It's not "show fun friends".

— Lauren Graham

Yes, I love the movie business. In fact, there's no business like show business.

— Prateik Babbar

Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business.

— Halston