Show business Quotes · Page 11

The day you write to please everyone you no longer are in journalism. You are in show business.

— Frank Miller

Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.

— Taylor Hackford

I always wanted to be in show business or whatever you want to call this crazy world, to be an actor or…

— Divine

I'm the fourth generation to be in show business. It's pretty neat; it's nice to have that family history.

— Rachel Bilson

It was a very hard decision to let people know about the multiple sclerosis because we're in an industry where illness is…

— Jennifer Holliday

In show business the key word is honesty. Once you've learned to fake that, the rest is easy.

— George Burns

I do know that when I look around in show business, I see a lot of people who were in my drama…

— Brent Spiner

It's a pain in the ass, show business. And the only time that I really enjoy it is when I'm in front…

— Elaine Stritch

I think I'm great. I mean, I might as well come out and say it. Like most people, I have an ego…

— Loudon Wainwright III

To the truly driven (which one has to be to survive in the high stakes, competitive world of show business), lack of…

— K Callan

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…

— David Crosby

I don't do the show business lifestyle, you'll never see me rolling out of parties with a goody bag in my hand.…

— Paddy McGuinness

I think I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don't care about the shiny…

— Zoe Kravitz

There's nothing that I love to do more than act and I feel really lucky to be in the position that I'm…

— Sophia Bush

I never was in favor of doing this. No, no, no. I was never in favor of cursing on records and so…

— Rudy Ray Moore

Making a success in show business is like getting a big promotion on a job. You get more prestige, more authority, more…

— Jim Nabors

I never thought much about success early on. I only thought about being a comedian - or just being in show business,…

— Steve Martin

It was very important to me that I be my own person. That's why I chose show business.

— Ksenia Sobchak

I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.

— Brent Spiner

There was always music in our house and my mother was a Cotton Club dancer for a short time. But they never…

— Leslie Uggams

I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.

— Lance Burton

There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.

— Billie Holiday

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

— Alden Ehrenreich

You still have that competitive thing where you want to try to make hits. That won't go away, unless the mayor of…

— Will Ferrell

I feel I need to have people outside of show business who keep me grounded and define who I am.

— Debra Stephenson

The nature of show business is people within the business feel that if someone else fails, they move up a notch.

— Tom Arnold

The Beatles looked like they were in show business, and that was the important thing. And the important thing for the Rolling…

— Andrew Loog Oldham

It's true that in show business, a lot of times a producer will just not ever be there, not even be aware…

— Pete Holmes

I guess I've never really been aggressive, although almost everybody else in show business fights and gouges and knees to get where…

— Andy Williams

That's pretty much why I went into show business because I wanted to have a guitar and sing unaccompanied, that was like…

— Victoria Jackson

In show business the saying seems too often true: it isn't enough to succeed; someone else must fail.

— Gene Tierney

It's too much show business and too much prompting, too much artificiality, and not really debates. They're rehearsed appearances.

— George H. W. Bush

I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.

— Carroll O'Connor

I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show business. I didn't move in show business…

— Dick Van Dyke

I have had my different husbands, my families. I am fond of them all and I visit them all. But deep inside…

— Ingrid Bergman

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

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

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

— Henry Mancini

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

— Tracy Morgan

I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love…

— Gene Wilder