Show business Quotes · Page 6

Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.

— Francis Ford Coppola

I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.

— Carol Burnett

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

— Jeff Bridges

In show business, you had levels. I was at the top of the TV end of it.

— Gabe Kaplan

I love the challenge of show business. It keeps me on my toes.

— Henry Darrow

I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.

— Dick Wolf

It never dawned on me I would do anything but show business.

— Toni Basil

I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.

— Wanda Sykes

The basic problem with young people entering show business is that they are in a hurry.

— Henry Mancini

There is no doubt that diversity is a problem in show business and that this fight has been going on for a…

— Vincent Rodriguez III

If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned.

— Tracy Morgan

I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my…

— Andy Gibb

If bad things are going to be said about me, I have to bear that. If I don't understand that it's part…

— Antonio Banderas

I did a lot of things when I first started out. In order to be in show business, I juggled, I did…

— Steve Martin

Anything can change in show business; you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other.

— Ricky Martin

There are some people in show business who are proud of the number of marriages they've had.

— Gerry Anderson

Now, there is no business like show business, and there is no publicity like word of mouth. What is word of mouth,…

— Kristoffer Polaha

I thought, "Wow, it sounds really stoned anyway." It sounded good to me. I found out that there was a lot in…

— Iggy Pop

When I was forty, I was getting divorced, living in a low-class, dirty hotel in New York. My mother was dying of…

— Rodney Dangerfield

A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is…

— Donny Osmond

I loved everything about show business, meeting the stars, the whole ambience. I was living every young kid's dream. I was told…

— Cilla Black

I'd still like to see 'Survivor' minus the planned show-biz parts. That would be the purest form of show business - I…

— Albert Brooks

Kids are brought into show business because they are cute and see truth and they're very bright. But there's a sense of…

— Anna Chlumsky

Magic is the oldest part of the show business profession. It can now be used as a forward-thinking tool to build a…

— Criss Angel

The current state of the news media is partially to blame for the publics general lack of information vital for responsible citizenship…

— Teresa Stover

I felt that I didn't want to be in show business anymore. I felt that I wanted to be a farmer. I…

— Gregory Hines

You don't get a lot of life milestones in show business. It's really difficult to make things, and a lot of times…

— Scott Aukerman

Twenty-one years ago, when I first heard Mia Farrow had accused me of child molestation, I found the idea so ludicrous I…

— Woody Allen

You often hear that people go into show business to find the love they never had when they were children. Never believe…

— Mel Brooks

“Advice to your 20-year-old self? “I would say, ‘Write everything down because it’s all very fleeting.’ I would say, ‘Keep a journal,’…

— Timothy Ferriss

“I read that Monica Seles got stabbed. And although I have nothing against Monica Seles, I'm glad somebody in sports got stabbed.…

— George Carlin

Be undeniably good. When people ask me how do you make it in show business or whatever, what I always tell them…

— Steve Martin

My first job was on the end of a pier in the Isle of Wight doing show business.

— Danny John-Jules

I love show business. It's my life, honey, and I try to enjoy it.

— Jimmy Scott

I don't know how people get into show business if their family's not in it.

— Toni Basil

The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age

— Scott Bakula

There's a lot of people in show business who have show business parents.

— Bebe Buell

In show business, everyone loves a comeback story.

— Chris Connelly

I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore!

— Thomas Gibson

I don't have a lot of lifetime regrets, and very few show business regrets, surely.

— Brad Hall