Show business is a struggle. I certainly wish that I had just blasted on the scene and not had quite such a hard time. But there's a great sense of the relief in that you don't have to prove yourself anymore.
If you're being attacked by something on the outside, which I feel a lot being in show business, you just have to dial it back and breathe and know that you are protected.
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.
Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.
Continuity is a wonderful thing, and it is a very rare thing in show business.
I knew what show business was, which was why I didn't want in on that action. I saw what happens! You get it, and then you lose it.
My mother did play classical piano, not that well. And actually, my father sang with the big bands - he sang with Bob Crosby's band - but he had to give up show business when his father died. He had to come back to Montgomery and take over the furniture store.
I secretly nurtured the idea of being in show business but was always terrified of it. I had every fear you could possibly imagine associated with performing.
I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business, you need to have a certain internal stability.
I hope, what I hope the most is to be more successful as a mother than in show business, because to be a mother is the most difficult I will ever have to do.
Now, there is no business like show business, and there is no publicity like word of mouth. What is word of mouth, you may ask? Well, word of mouth is gold to Hollywood bigwigs, and it equates to box office bonanzas and hit TV shows.
Nobody in show business can possibly get away with making fun of their boss.
I was brought up to do my duty. Not to be vain, not to shout from the rooftops about my virtues - to be modest and well-behaved. I'm totally wrong for show business.
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. It's 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.
I wanted to be in show business, and I was funny.
Is it hard to make a living in show business? Yeah.
Politics is show business for ugly people.
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.
I'm not all that enthralled by show business, and I'm not that much of a highbrow.
Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
Even though I was in close proximity to everything, it never really dawned on me to pursue a career in show business.
I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.
I was excited to hear others talking of God. Most people in show business have some strong spirituality but don't talk about it openly.
Early on, I joined that large group of show business cadets who were 'multi-hyphenates,' 'independents,' 'self produced' or 'alternately financed.' Sometimes, most times, I've had to do it all: raise the money, write the script, produce, direct and act in the film.
I'm the fourth generation to be in show business. It's pretty neat; it's nice to have that family history.
I didn't have any success in show business until I was 30 to 31 years of age.
Show business is not conducive to mental stability. It's a constant rollercoaster of adrenaline spikes and devastating let-downs. There's something about seeing a face from the telly in real life that makes people deranged.
In show business, generally you don't retire. If you love it, that is, you're in it forever anyway.
There is more to life than show business.
I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.
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.'
My father had a hotel, and people in show business used to stay there. He loved peformers and entertainment, and I grew up knowing that.
In my opinion, life is more important than show business.
Listen, even if you go wild, I like class. Everybody in show business never should forget that there is a line, and that you should have class.
I think maybe one reason why ventriloquists are looked down on is because it's very difficult to be funny. I think what happens is that people get a dummy, they learn the technique of ventriloquism, they memorize the script, they think they're in show business.
My love life has never been of interest to people. Of course I have a love life; I have a real life outside of show business.
