Quotes About Industry

I was looking to be a part of commercial cinema and that was when I signed 'Jodi.'

Dudes like me, where I'm from with my sound, don't get signed! It ain't like labels in and out of Detroit and it's a guarantee and I got talent that everybody sees.

When people see that we're signed to Def Jam, the perception has changed.

I chose Interscope because I like the people there and the environment that was there. And the fact that not a lot of people get signed to Interscope.

I had the most incredible experience of my life being signed to Cash Money.

A lot of people get signed then don't really care what the people want anymore. They're just thinking 'How am I going to make that hit?'

If you notice, many star kids don't get signed after their first film flops.

All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers.

We have a long way to go in the world in all industries. If I'm in the situation where I have equal experience to the other actor and my role is just as significant, there is no reason why I should be paid less. It's not really part of my world anymore, because I just won't accept it.

Every major industry sector in the U.S. would be positively impacted by the USMCA, with blue-collar manufacturing jobs seeing the most significant gains.

When you are a pan-Indian actress, you are doing films in different languages and invariably, you end up not signing films in one language or the other for a brief period.

I would advise any new young band to get good, independent legal advice before signing anything.

We all know there are some major problems in the music industry. Every new act signs a bad deal.

Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood.

When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that finally we had made a movie that had made some money!

People ask me, 'Isn't it scary living on your own?' but in this industry, being at events, doing interviews, and doing promotion and constantly chatting about yourself, sometimes it's really nice to just sit in silence or take a day where you can sleep in until 3 P.M. and then stay up as late as you like.

Pittsburgh, for a while, became a production centre. There was one $400 million year. Hollywood was bringing productions in there. Films like 'The Silence of the Lambs' and 'Innocent Blood.' So my guys, the guys I worked with, were able to have careers and live at home. But then it dried up, and a lot of my friends left.

Even making clothes for Hollywood films, you do not get paid silly money. It is hard work and takes time.

Hollywood comedy has gotten really silly and absurd, and I like that.

You see I don't like to be really too commercial about things but in this business you've just got to be commercial otherwise the films don't make money and you don't make films and as a long as a commodity is selling it's silly to kill it dead.

Modelling is a silly, crazy business.

I've never been to Hollywood. I can count the number of times I've been to Los Angeles on my hands. I've never made a movie there and I've never been there for working reasons. The only reason to go there is for silly awards shows.

No one needs to treat you like a star kid in the industry, but you do get pointed at... people assume you get everything on a silver platter, but that's not true.

I think that the entertainment industry itself has a history of chasing success. Any time a hit product comes out, all the other companies start chasing after that success and trying to recreate it by putting out similar products.