Quotes About Industry

You have to be really strong in the music industry, and I'm naturally very timid. That was really hard for me. You have to be tough. You have to make decisions and be a businesswoman.

You know, it's so tough not to be bit by the acting bug being in this film family.

Politics is terrifying, very masculine, and not particularly encouraging to young blonde women - as a career, that is - and it was only when I was working in parliament that I thought to myself, 'Well, this is a tough industry; can an acting career be any more intimidating?' and I applied to drama school.

Downloading a song for free is the easiest way to get all kinds of music. Everything else is tough and I am sure, even if people wanted to buy music, they won't be able to because they will not understand the way to buy music online. It is a very complicated process.

Bollywood is a tough place to be in and survival isn't easy.

The phone space is tough because it is consolidated.

The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television.

Perth is not industry-heavy, so just figuring out how to get into the industry was tough. Eventually, I found out what a U.S. agent was, and so I got a U.S. agent.

Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.

Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tough life out there.

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

Working as a showrunner has made it tougher to watch other shows and movies.

For someone who doesn't have a family associated with the industry, they obviously find it tougher to get cast in a film, simply because opportunities are taken up by people who are given preference.

Everything is tough when you're just starting out in this industry, because there's a lot of shady people out there. So finding the right people is the toughest thing.

Film is the toughest one for me, as there are many fingers in the pot, so it can be disappointing. However, to have your work seen on such a large scale, that's a very exciting prospect.

As an actor, the toughest thing is being subject to circumstance. Meaning: What scripts are out there that are available?

I've built a career in one of the toughest, most ruthless industries in the world. You can't do that unless you're completely with it.

Promotions are insane! It's the toughest part about making a movie, for us actors at least.

Most films don't have a budget for a background score, but it is the toughest job to do. We work like donkeys. And usually we get only around a month to do a score.

The biggest cost of my business is competition - promoters bidding against each other to get a tour.

In rock n' roll, we don't sell records at all like we used to. Yet the artist still has to pay to make records. So you've just got to get out on tour and be smarter about your merchandising.

It's just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means 'for now.'

Traditionally the show must go on which is a stupid thing to say, but that in a nutshell is what's going on. We have a new record out; if we won't tour, the new record dies. It's reality - it's what business is nowadays. You just need to tour to sell your albums.

Being my own boss and working inside an industry that's not really an industry, I need to keep busy and keep working. The only way to make money in music - unless you're managing someone - is to tour, and even that depends on where you are at.