Show Business Quotes

My good friend Paul Shaffer and I are going to continue in show business. Next month Paul and I will debut our new act at Caesar's Palace with our white tigers.

I did win [on a contest]. And that started me on a new path, and into show business.

No one could ever argue with me about people in show business being kind of nice.

I'm not all that enthralled by show business, and I'm not that much of a highbrow.

My wife, as proud as she was of me, hated show business for good reasons. There was something about the spouse always being pushed out of the way, shoved aside. She wanted to get away from it.

I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.

In show business, never underestimate the power of saying "no".

Just like every kid who comes into show business on some level, I used to put shows on in my basement. I even started with doing tricks and having a ventriloquist dummy.

Never really intended to be a comedian, just sort of fell into that, but always wanted to be in show business, or something to do with making comedy.

I grew up in San Diego, so it wasn't hard to move to L.A. to get into show business, but I did the standard thing of just moving without much money and just seeing if I could make it work.

The Deer Hunter is securely on my list of American movie events, by which I mean those films that aspired to the whole equation, to be show business and art at the same time.

I was so happy I didn't have to work that night. That was the truth, because show business is about the hardest profession in the world.

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

When it came time for college, I told my parents I was going to major in acting. And they were so removed from anything to do with show business - my dad built our house and my mom grew our food.

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

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 along.

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

None of my family had anything to do with show business, my life was totally foreign to them.

I'm very leery of show business, having been in Los Angeles for the last 10 years. Buzz is a dangerous thing that I've heard applied to a lot of people that I've since not heard of again.

My husband, children, and my family are my biggest supporters. I just pray to God to keep my family and I aligned at all times, and I just remember where it all got started before show business.

I love the challenge of show business. It keeps me on my toes.

I knew early in life that I wanted a show business career.

I must be the only person of my age who doesn't have a bloody gong. They are so common in show business.

I don't know if the idea of a career in show business or in the arts in general was looked down upon as much as by baby boomers as it was by their parents.

Show business pays you a lot of money, because eventually you’re gonna get screwed.

Show business is like Champagne. You'll appreciate it more if you don't drink it everyday

I'm oddly not competitive. What I love about show business is there is a home for everyone.

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

No one would have picked me out in high school and said, 'This guy is going to be in show business.' I don't have any of the talents you would normally associate with show business.

Show business can be an addiction. ... An audience would laugh at me one night, and I would chase that high for another three months.

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

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.

It's important in show business to have friends who understand the cut and thrust of everyday working life and the constant rejection.

People who like to fume about the manner in which Disney changed beloved classics are often ignorant of history, not to mention the realities of show business.

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

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

Show business is a great place to fail upward... and I guess that's what I've done.

I guess show business is a lot like baseball: "Wait until next year!" You just never know. Some of the shittiest shows I've ever seen run forever, and some of the best things never get a chance.

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

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

The biggest mistake I ever made was snorting cocaine. The second biggest mistake was I didn't realize that show business was two words.

It's also show business. It's not "show fun friends".

A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.

I've always got the road. Stand-up makes you so autonomous and self-sufficient that it really helps with that part of show business.

Growing up in Mississippi, I was such a farmer, and it's not desirable to bring attention to yourself. That's my nature, and all of a sudden, I'm in show business.

There's no one I trust in show business more than Sabrina Wind. She's my eyes and ears when I can't be there. She weighs in on everything, from scripts to sets to advertising.

Is it hard to make a living in show business? Yeah.

In show business, it takes 10 years to create an overnight success. You've heard that, right? But what you don't hear is that that's the exact same amount of time it takes to create a bitter failure.

I just wanted to be a good comic and had no sense of show business, but at some point you want the opportunity to write a show about your life.

My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle with coming out, only to find much more success after they finally did.