Show Business Quotes

I think that if I had grown up and had been in show business and the movies twenty five, thirty years earlier, I think I would have made a lot more musical movies.

When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.

In what other business can a guy my age drink martinis, smoke cigars and sing? I think all people who retire ought to go into show business. I've been retired all my life.

Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.

I don't like show business. I don't like the business. I love acting. I love this. I love talking to people.

I hate show business.

When you're in show business no matter what you're doing it's an insecure business.

We have boys now, and men, in the rock and roll business and all the show business, who have this reaction on women. They scream. They yell. They do all sorts of wild things.

You've got to know business before you go to show business.

in show business there's not much point in asking yourself if someone really likes you or if he just thinks you can be useful to him, because there's no difference.

If you are going to survive in business, show business or any business, then you have to be bold.

If your in business your in show business. The moment you get to work your on stage. Give your performance of your life.

I grew up in a show-business family, but we were working-class show business. There was nothing glamorous about it. You had great things one day and the next day, nothing.

If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like.

I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.

Every actor wants to direct and produce, but I made a conscious decision when I was in college to understand the 'business' of 'show business.'

I didn't have any success in show business until I was 30 to 31 years of age.

But this is called show business, not show family.

I was never one to seek out the spotlight. I am kind of a private person, so I don't miss that part of show business at all.

Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids, as they try to discover who they are.

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

There were a lot of signs being thrown at me. A lot of angels I was meeting, inspiring me to get back into show business.

Show business got really tainted for me.

I'm happy that I was able to experience a normal life besides show business, because it gives you something to draw from.

Totie Fields is one of my benchmarks for a lot of things. There was a standard of show business.

I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.

I love any scene where there's a physical confrontation. It reminds me that I'm in show business and I play pretend for a living.

Think well of yourself and others will too. Unless those others are in government, banking, or show business.

As far as show business, it's the gratification of doing something that pleases the fans.

In show business, if you make a mistake, you can do it over again.

I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.

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

And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly.

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

I was 17, certainly by the time I was 19, I knew that show business was where I was going to end up, and I had my sights on being a director.

All kids love to get dirty, but if I wandered into the garage, my father would say: 'Son, you're not going to have filthy hands like mine. You're going into show business.'

I think that you have to prepare yourself mentally for show business, because it is such a tough world. You don't realize how hard it is until you're actually in it and you're actually on the show.

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

TV shows and stuff give people in the show business very bad names. I'm not going to name any shows, but a lot of shows.

It's easier to get on show business, the hard part is to maintain. Nobody stays famous forever.

My dad worked every day. I didn't get into show business to work every day. So the fact that most days I get to like, spend really good time with my kids - that's what success is to me.

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

I think the fact that I grew up in show business had a real effect on my personality. If you were born in New York during the golden age of television, and you grew up on Broadway, that marks you.

Well, I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer and then I got a job as an actor.

I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality to the point that I'm a little different.

I pride myself on being down-to-earth. I’m from the Midwest. People who go into show business are screwed up. I romanticized about having a serene life.

I want to tell my jokes. I want to have time with my children. I want to entertain people. And at one point, I'll walk away from show business. But I don't want to walk away empty-handed.

I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theater, I didn't even know there was a show business.

Don't worry about me. I plan to continue to be in show business. I have already been booked to be in a production of 'The Sunshine Boys' with Jay Leno.