Show business Quotes · Page 14

I have a bad gambling problem. You're not in show business for 12 years and dress like this without a bad gambling problem.

— Artie Lange

True friendships don't fade in Hollywood, as so many myths about show business would have you insist.

— Kent McCord

My brother is what got me into the show business. So it's a really great relationship we have. Our whole family is…

— Chloe Grace Moretz

I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me.

— Richie Havens

“Do you know the one about how politics is show business for the ugly? State politics is show business for ugly people…

— James Browning

I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business history.

— Jack Wild

Stand-up comedy is like the lowest medium in all of show business in levels of respect.

— Chris Rock

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.

— James Earl Jones

Never mind the transience of show business and popularity. When we hear Ray Charles, we go, 'That's a great singer.' You don't…

— Art Garfunkel

My family was amazing; they exposed me to the world of show business, and, boy, it was the '70s and I got…

— Christian Slater

Just like every kid who comes into show business on some level, I used to put shows on in my basement. I…

— Don Scardino

I fell in love with Bruce Lee after I watched his movies, and I wanted to become a kung-fu practicer, and I…

— Stephen Chow

“It was humanity's ability to heal so quickly, by means of babies, which encouraged so many people to think of explosions as…

— Kurt Vonnegut

When you grow up in Chicago, your whole family is counting on you to go to college and do something distinguished. The…

— Harold Ramis

I always like to tell people who are interested in the business, and the acquired wisdom I give my children, is to…

— Jay Cassidy

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

I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a…

— Stephanie Zimbalist

There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you…

— Martha Reeves

The thing about people from Chicago and the Northwest suburbs is that they're very cocky. I think that serves us well in…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

Every once in awhile, the world will push up an Elvis Presley or a Beatles. But that's really outside the realm of…

— Roy Orbison

There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they…

— Brent Spiner

I have not survived 50 years in showbusiness by being Mr. Nice. If you are weak, this business eats you up.

— Ronnie Corbett

I'm not even worried about settling down. I think it's way too early. I'm 25 and I'm in show business. I mean,…

— Arj Barker

“[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

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

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

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

— Donald Trump

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

— Robert Goulet

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

It's one of the old show business axioms. No matter how successful you've been, there's always a younger and sexier seal coming…

— George Burns

I've been in show business for 50, no, 60 years. I was approached in school to join a variety act.

— Kenny Baker

We're against hypocrisy, lies, bigotry, show business, insincerity, phonies, and fakers.

— Ian Brown

I would have never seen any thing outside of Norwood, Ohio, if it hadn't been for show business.

— Vera-Ellen

When I do something, I do it all the way. I've been in show business so many years. I've achieved a lot…

— Celine Dion

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

— John Boorman

The first time that I ever tried standup, which is how I found a way into show business, I did what I…

— Julio Torres

Show business comes with wonderfully long vacations, like the life of a college professor.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

At home, we don't listen to our music-we listen to other people's music. It keeps you attached to the show business world.

— Celine Dion