Quotes About Showbiz

Jim Reston: Walking through the crowds of air-kissing politicians, actors and high fliers, it was tough to tell where the politics stopped and the showbiz started. Maybe, in the end, there is no difference.

I believe now the industry has seen a different side of me. They have seen me in advertisements, they have seen me act, and now they have seen me as an all-rounder, complete with my dancing ability.

When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me.

Everybody thinks it's going to be so glamorous, so cool, you're on 'Glee ' you know, a hit show or whatever.

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.

The big thing I learned from Chris Rock was not to be a victim of show business. Don't let show business push you around.

Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.

My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do.

It's fantastic to be associated with television.

In L.A., you constantly go on auditions, and you're usually not what they're looking for - you get used to going back and back to the same show, and nothing happens.

I'm in the acting business. That's the ego business.

Acting is acting at the end of the day. How does it matter if it is in films or on TV?

Every movie I've been in has ended up on television.

I'm in showbusiness. I'm an entertainer.

I'm an entertainer, and I'm paid as an entertainer.

Entertainment is such a non-reality.

It is very important to look good in the entertainment industry.

I'm part of the entertainment industry.

TV gives people a chance to establish as an actor.

So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I feel like the people that put on the Dupont show, like maybe my artistic effort is going to be a little different.

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.

Every night, half an hour before curtain up, the bells of St. Malachy's, the Actors' Chapel on New York's 49th Street, peal the tune of 'There's No Business Like Show Business.' If you walk the streets of the theatre district before a show and see the vast, enthusiastic lines it sounds like a calling: there is certainly no place like Broadway.

Vince Vaughn is a genuine person, awesome guy. He'll come to a lot of my shows. It's not that often that you can meet someone as cool as Vince.

The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.