Show Business Quotes - Page 14

• 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.

  Geena Davis

  Mom, Dad, College

  "Twenty-Five Years After 'Thelma & Louise,' Geena Davis Says She Wanted Susan Sarandon's Role". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 17, 2016.

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• Most people who go into show business want to go into show business. I wanted to be Porky Pig. That was my goal in life when I was five, to which my mother said, you can't be Porky Pig. You're Jewish! I don't think she realized what I wanted to do with the pig...I didn't want to eat him, I wanted to voice him.

  Bob Bergen

  Mother, Thinking, Pigs

  Source: www.thestarscoop.com

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• There's a site on the internet that swears up and down that I'm worth $46 million and that I'm one of the most highly paid and richest guys in show business. I really wish it was true! Then there's those where it's like my mother was raped by a martian and that kind of thing. National Enquirer-type stuff. They just make it up.

  David Crosby

  Mother, Guy, Wish

  "David Crosby answers our 11 questions". Interview with Corbin Reif, music.avclub.com. March 18, 2016.

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• 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.

  Brian Henson

  Sight, Directors, Ends

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I was getting a lot of pressure from people in show business about my being overweight because of medication, I was on 200 mg of amitriptiline. When I said this to my doctor, for some reason she took me completely off medication and she didn't really supervise properly.

  Sinead O'Connor

  Doctors, People, Pressure

  Source: www.stateofmind.it

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• Every time I was with Sammy [Davis Jr.] it was like going to the show business museum because the stories were so extraordinary, and I didn't care if they were true or not after a while. ... I don't know if he really got high with Humphrey Bogart or not. It didn't matter because he was painting these fantastic pictures.

  Billy Crystal

  Museums, Stories, Care

  "Billy Crystal Finds Fun In Growing Old (But Still Can't Find His Keys)". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 29, 2013.

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• Imitation is the sincerest form of show business.

  Roseanne Barr

  Imitation, Form, Shows

  Roseanne Barr (2012). “Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

  Jeff Bridges

  Movie, People, Campaigns

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

  Adam Carolla

  Years, Age, Shows

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• I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.

  Nell Carter

  Teacher, Children, Kids

  "Actress-singer Nell Carter dies", www.cnn.com. January 23, 2003.

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• 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.

  Dave Chappelle

  Children, People, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Magic, Shows, Know How

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• I have shared my whole life. My private and my show business life. It helps me actually to feel my songs and to go on with my dreams.

  Celine Dion

  Dream, Song, Goes On

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• You still have that competitive thing where you want to try to make hits. That won't go away, unless the mayor of show business says my time's up.

  Will Ferrell

  Going Away, Trying, Want

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• I came from a real working-class show business family.

  Sally Field

  Real, Class, Shows

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• We need a president who realizes that there's no government business in show business.

  Penn Jillette

  Government, President, Needs

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

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• I think one of the things about Donald Trump that's interesting is he lives in a rarified atmosphere where it's possible that he doesn't get enough feedback, enough people rolling their eyes at him. It's a danger more in show business than it is with wealth.

  Penn Jillette

  Eye, Thinking, Interesting

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

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

  James Earl Jones

  Father, Real, Boxing

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• To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face.

  Liza Minnelli

  Mean, Reality, Dollars

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• I hate show business.

  Joni Mitchell

  Business, Hate, Shows

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• A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important thing that you can do. I mean, it comes to the Ten Commandments. They weren't ten suggestions. They were Ten Commandments.

  Donny Osmond

  Mean, Important, Deities

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• Los Angeles is such a town of show business, and I'm a terrible celebrity. I find it difficult - it's the beast that must be fed. There's this big wheel of pictures and articles that goes around, and you get pinned on it.

  Julia Roberts

  Towns, Wheels, Los Angeles

  "How Julia Roberts went from Pretty Woman to the world's most beautiful - a look back on her defining style moments" by Amber Graafland, www.mirror.co.uk. April 21, 2017.

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• I'm in show business... I want to hang out with Janet Jackson, not Jesse Jackson.

  Chris Rock

  Funny, Humor, Want

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• I have this mistress: show business.

  Ray Romano

  Mistress, Shows

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• I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the highlight of show business. I was born into a Christian home.

  Cat Stevens

  Christian, Home, Luxury

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