Show business Quotes · Page 12

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

— Molly Shannon

No one in my family is in show business, unless you count dog shows as show business.

— Rebel Wilson

The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.

— Larry Wilcox

No matter what the role, you're trying to do the impossible - make a living in show business.

— Peter Gallagher

You and I and everybody in show business and the entertainment industry fly by the seat of our pants. We don't know…

— William Shatner

Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.

— Diana Ross

They say that politics is show business for ugly people, but as I always crack, what would I know about that? I…

— George Galloway

I think there is certainly luck and fate involved in any career of any kind. In show business, maybe it's even more…

— Gary Cole

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

— George Burns

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

If there's anything in life you consider worthwhile achieving - go for it. I was told many times to forget show business…

— Isabel Sanford

I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't…

— Helen Reddy

My eyes opened, and the first thing I thought of when I could put thoughts together was I want to be in…

— Joan Rivers

There's something about that idea of looking up and hoping, and thinking, 'I'm good.' Some things, like show business, are absolutely subjective.…

— Christopher Guest

I think, there were probably problems with show business where producers and directors would try to get the writing credit also. So…

— Judd Apatow

Show business is really 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent being able to handle it when it gets offered to you.

— Tommy Steele

I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.

— Little Richard

I'd rather be a flop at show business than to be a success at something I didn't like.

— George Burns

I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

— Ricky Jay

Even though I was in close proximity to everything, it never really dawned on me to pursue a career in show business.

— Vicki Lawrence

The big thing I learned from Chris Rock was not to be a victim of show business. Don't let show business push…

— W. Kamau Bell

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…

— Bob Hope

I have a suspicion that the definition of "crazy" in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one…

— Tina Fey

I secretly nurtured the idea of being in show business but was always terrified of it. I had every fear you could…

— Richard Belzer

Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's…

— Tracy Morgan

Over 55,000 people saw the Beatles at Shea Stadium. We took $304,000 - the greatest gross ever in the history of show business!

— Sid Bernstein

When I graduated from college I thought I was over with show business and was pursuing other things.

— Anna Chlumsky

I would rather die than have my fans see me without a pair of heels on. And that's show business.

— Lady Gaga

I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me.

— Richie Havens

The circus comes as close to being the world in microcosm as anything I know; in a way, it puts all the…

— E. B. White

I began my show business career playing violin in San Francisco at the corner of Market and Taylor. I understand that there…

— Jack Benny

People get sucked into being so show-bizy. I mean this is show biz, but I just can't do anything that's not in…

— Kim Shattuck

Around 1950, I quit and went into the appliance business. But even then I was still in show business.

— Jackie Coogan

Back In 1982, I started in show business with my brothers. We started a break dancing group.

— Dante Basco

People shouldn't get into show business because they want to become stars or become rich; they should get into it because they…

— Orson Bean

I was disillusioned by Hollywood at the time, but now I've come to accept that's just the way things are: it's called…

— Jean Seberg

You can still have a very productive, crime-free life when you're growing up in show business.

— Fred Savage

Most people that work in [show] business, if they're not gypsies by nature, become gypsies, just because of the reality of this…

— Charlie Hunnam

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

— Gilda Radner