My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you know, singing folk music and then, later, singing songs that I started to write myself, I felt more than an affi...
Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable to plan in a safe and secure environment, always looking over your shoulder, knowing that some day somebody's going to knock on your door and it's going to be your last.
And it's very hard to do this stuff too because there are so many effects movies being done, so many companies busy doing this work and the public just wants to see it. Good work is being done all over the world.
What is hell to a writer? Hell is being too busy to find the time to write or being unable to find the inspiration. Hell is suddenly finding the words but being away from your notebook or typewriter. Hell is when the verses slip away through your fin...
The typical American citizen is the business man. The typical business man is a bad citizen; he is busy. If he is a 'big business man' and very busy, he does not neglect; he is busy with politics, oh, very busy and very businesslike.
It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.
If we are paying attention to our lives, we'll recognise those defining moments. The challenge for so many of us is that we are so deep into daily distractions and 'being busy, busy' that we miss out on those moments and opportunities that - if jumpe...
We're a very active family, and I like everything in its place. I'm all about designing every little space. It will help me in the business of being a mom. Every single day is so crazy with my work that I just need to be able to come home and do that...
I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it bec...
There were a lot of signs being thrown at me, a lot of angels I was meeting, inspiring me to get back into show business.
While strides are being made in the social-media space, the newspaper and news business should continue to embrace social media.
I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and records and being in the studio.
That's what's so wonderful about being in this business because you're constantly surprised. You have to be up for anything.
I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.
Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box.
Business in Russia was not being done like in the West, with contracts. In Russia, hundreds of millions of dollars were going forward and backward by word of mouth.
Being tiny has been difficult for me in a business that regarded physicality as the most important part of your life.
Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air to breathe.
No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.
Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative.
