Quotes About Fame

There's a beauty of show business. It's the only business you can have a career in when you're dead.

That's what show business is, sincere insincerity.

Didn't want to be a star, wanted just to play guitar in this cockamamie business.

There are many vampires in the world today - you only have to think of the film business.

It's the most unglamourous glamour business in the world.

My theory has always been that everyone in show business is there because they were deprived of some attention as a child.

I am constantly asked why I never made other films after 'There's No Business Like Show Business,' the answer is I was never asked.

A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.

You know, there's a big lie in this business. The lie is that it's okay to go out in flames. But that doesn't do anybody much good. I may be wrong, but I think Hendrix was trying to come around.

I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.

A businessman who reads Business Week is lost to fame. One who reads Proust is marked for greatness.

The paparazzi have got worse for everyone over the years. It has just become such a big deal. No-one in this business really has much privacy.

As great as it is, 'Vogue' won't change a designer's business. But if an unknown brand is worn by a certain person in a tabloid, it will be the biggest designer within a week.

In this business, you're either Brad Pitt right away, or you're already going down the ladder.

I was the happiest and highest paid straight woman in the business.

Show business is and has always been a depraved carnival.

I have this mistress: show business.

I must be the only person of my age who doesn't have a bloody gong. They are so common in show business.

Show business is like Champagne. You'll appreciate it more if you don't drink it everyday

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.

You have to be a star to be in this business.

At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.

In show business, you can't make a living. You can only make a fortune, but you can't make a living.

Our friends have nothing to do with the business. Some of our closest friends in Florida are not stars.