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Quotes About Entertainment

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.
~ Norman Lear
I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.
~ Steven Wright
I have this mistress: show business.
~ Ray Romano
I'm a big believer that media is an impulse business.
~ Jason Kilar
It's almost a standard tactic, really, to try to minimize any effort that people in the entertainment business or in any public occupation make to express themselves.
~ Viggo Mortensen
Show business is like Champagne. You'll appreciate it more if you don't drink it everyday
~ Jay Leno
The enigma of cinema is gone because of the focus on business. As soon as you attach numbers to a film, you limit it. Films are meant to be an escape from reality.
~ Shahrukh Khan
We are in the transport business. We transport audiences from one place to another.
~ Jerry Bruckheimer
It's a real roller-coaster ride if you're lucky to have longevity in this business - you have to be able to ride those waves.
~ Jennifer Lopez
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
You have to be a star to be in this business.
~ Jenifer Lewis
If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned.
~ Tracy Morgan
Casinos don't bring business except for the gambling boys
~ John Warren Kindt
The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.
~ Johnny Weissmuller
I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career.
~ Joseph Kosinski
Movie studios aren't making too many dramas anymore; they're in the superhero business. Material for television is much, much stronger for actors now.
~ Julianne Moore
We are able to help animals all around the world as a result of the media and entertainment business, which is able to spread compassion and change at rapid speed.
~ Katie Cleary
The pressures having grown up in this business can be really rough. And it is a testament to you that you have remained focused and NOT lost your mind.
~ Keenen Ivory Wayans
I would rather die than have my fans see me without a pair of heels on. And that's show business.
~ Lady Gaga
Show business is a great place to fail upward... and I guess that's what I've done.
~ Kurt Fuller
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.
~ Kurt Fuller
The biggest mistake I ever made was snorting cocaine. The second biggest mistake was I didn't realize that show business was two words.
~ Larry Gatlin
It's also show business. It's not "show fun friends".
~ Lauren Graham
Will Ferrell is a dangerous man. If he thinks you're in his way in show business, he will crack your head open. He's the Jeff Gillooly of comedy.
~ Tina Fey