Book Quote by Madeleine Madden

My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it…

— Hailee Steinfeld

I cranked out a book. I didn't expect it to do much, but it's sold 80,000 copies.

— Anh Do

I honestly thought I probably did sell 100 million books. That doesn't seem out of the ordinary to me.

— Clive Cussler

There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they…

— Moby

I've been on over 1000 auditions.

— Penn Badgley

“In 1994, the average person spent $79 on books as compared to $56 on recorded music.”

— Richard L. Brandt

For three years, between 16 and 19, I was the opening-act-for-the-opening-act-for-the-opening-act, you know? And then I was on tour with Ice-T, Stetsasonic, EPMD, Sir…

— Vanilla Ice

I used to audition like crazy - I would go on a hundred before I got anything. It took me a long time to…

— Missi Pyle

We sold over 80 million records throughout the world, and there are going to be people who want a new product, or a reissue.

— Richard Carpenter

What seems to sell books is good word-of-mouth, not promotion tours. I'm too old to believe that media promotion of a book really matters.…

— John Updike

No one sells records anymore. It's all about touring. It's all greatest hits records and box sets. And even those don't sell. People just…

— Frank Stallone

You go on a million auditions anyway as an actor, and one out of a hundred, you get. It's a hard life, but you…

— Morena Baccarin