Show Business Quotes - Page 12

• I have a suspicion that the definition of "crazy" in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to f*** [sleep with her] anymore.

  Tina Fey

  Crazy, Sleep, Talking

  Tina Fey (2011). “Bossypants”, p.165, Hachette UK

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

  Gene Tierney

  Succeed, Failing, Enough

  Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden

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• 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.

  Marc Maron

  Writing, Opportunity, Want

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny pretty things. I stay in the moment, because when you do that the hype goes away.

  Zoe Kravitz

  Hype, Parent, Stuff

  "Interview: Zoe Kravitz – ‘Yelling To The Sky’ (Opens In NYC Tomorrow, 12/14)". Interview with Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. December 13, 2012.

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• One of the things I always believed in was my dad came to America and he was a very talented musician, but he couldn't make a living that way so he had to support his family as an auto mechanic which he also loved doing. He was also such a great dad because when I first told him I thought I wanted to go into show business, his response was okay, that's interesting.

  Denis Leary

  Dad, America, Interesting

  "Denis Leary Wants David Bowie & Steven Tyler In ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ Season 2 – Comic Con". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. July 12, 2015.

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• There's nothing that I love to do more than act and I feel really lucky to be in the position that I'm in, being able to do it as my job! If I ever do anything other than act, it will be in show business.

  Sophia Bush

  Jobs, Lucky, Able

  Saturday Night Magazine Interview, z15.invisionfree.com. 2004.

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• I thought success in show business was everything. It isn't. I don't know what is.

  Martha Raye

  Success, Shows, Knows

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• Where I came from, the idea of going into show business was just ridiculous; in fact I didn't tell anybody because I knew people would laugh at me. So I sort of snuck around and got some pictures and got a resume together and, of course, lied and said I did all kinds of things I didn't do.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Ideas, Laughing, People

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• Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.

  Steve Martin

  Teaching, Form, Shows

  "Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life". Book by Steve Martin, November 20, 2007.

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

  Tracy Morgan

  Night, Saturday, Shows

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• One thing I can take credit for, along with the rest of show business, is when the red ribbons were out, we cured AIDS. Any advancements that came towards fighting AIDS were not done by scientists or doctors - it was people with little ribbons on their lapels.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Fighting, Doctors, People

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• When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe. And I think that's a really dangerous, limiting mindset.

  Ed Helms

  New York, Thinking, Cities

  Interview with Keith Phipps, film.avclub.com. June 3, 2009.

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• 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.

  Craig Kilborn

  People, Shows, Screwed Up

  "What ever happened to Craig Kilborn?". Interview with Clark Collis, ew.com. June 25, 2010.

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• I want to see the numbers that prove that show-business marriages are any less successful than other marriages. It's just very public when they fail.

  Kevin Bacon

  Successful, Numbers, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'd love to do situation comedy - it's the best job in show business.

  Patti LuPone

  Jobs, Best Job, Comedy

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• I had been asking the universe and God to send me a way for me to help me. Show business has been so wonderful to me, and it came in the form of that. Its just so funny how things come into your life, and if you take a chance on them, it might give you a brand new life.

  Louie Anderson

  Giving, Asking, Might

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• Magic is the oldest part of the show business profession. It can now be used as a forward-thinking tool to build a child's confidence. It has been an amazing part in many entertainers' lives, including Steve Martin and the late Johnny Carson.

  Criss Angel

  Children, Thinking, Magic

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• In my heart and soul, I always knew that I wanted to be in show business.

  Portia Doubleday

  Heart, Soul, Shows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• To the truly driven (which one has to be to survive in the high stakes, competitive world of show business), lack of opportunity means nothing. The TDs always think numbers are for everyone else and don't involve them.

  K Callan

  Ambition, Mean, Opportunity

  K. Callan (2000). “Directing Your Directing Career”

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• In my opinion, life is more important than show business.

  Penny Marshall

  Important, Opinion, Life Is

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I had loved magic tricks from the time I was six or seven. I bought books on magic. I did magic acts for my parents and their friends. I was aiming for show business from early days, and magic was the poor man's way of getting in: you buy a trick for $2, and you've got an act.

  Steve Martin

  Book, Men, Parent

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• I felt that I didn't want to be in show business anymore. I felt that I wanted to be a farmer. I was milking cows and shoveling terrible stuff and working all day. By the end of the day, all I wanted was my tap shoes - I thought, 'What am I doing? I better get back where I belong on the stage where we work at night and can sleep late!

  Gregory Hines

  Motivational, Dance, Sleep

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• I have no ego. There is no way you can have a big ego and survive in this [show]business. You can't learn if you think no one else has anything to say that's of value.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Thinking, Ego, Way

  "Jennifer Gets It Right". Interview with Lesley Goober, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 26, 2005.

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• The vagaries of the industry and show business itself would not lead one to conclude a lengthy career - because things change. Popularities come and go. The tragedy of it is that somebody like Robin Williams should suffer from that, and be driven to commit suicide. If ever there was an untimely, unfair death, it was him.

  Chris Stein

  Suicide, Careers, Suffering

  Source: time.com

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

  Julian Ovenden

  Cutting, Rejection, Everyday

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