Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change.
Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.
The global triumph of American technology has been predicated on the implicit separation between the business interests of Silicon Valley and the political interests of Washington.
I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs.
After three major movies, I was like, 'Oh, I guess you're supposed to get a publicist?' Girls that are in the business now that are successful are more savvy.
I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.
It's the No.1 issue with people I talk to, whether Republican, Democrat or independent. They want to see the way business is done in Washington change.
Like you, I'm fed up with business as usual in Washington. Send me to Congress, and I won't tweak our broken system. I'll shut it down.
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
I'm not the hands-on guy. I like writing the check, and I turn it over to the guys that make it happen, much like the way I ran my business.
As you grow up and get educated in the business, you go from, 'I want to do movies' to 'I want to work. In whatever.'
There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed.
In the 1970s, Japan moved into the U.S. turf with its televisions, cars, chips, and steel. But if you think about it, the only business Japan destroyed was the U.S. television industry.
A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.
I'd like to see myself married with a child and hopefully still involved in the entertainment business as an actor who is also able to write a bit and direct some projects.
If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.
However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that escape we had to make some even tougher decisions.
In my line of business, there's no better feeling than having a real nice work that you're really satisfied with.
I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.
I'm very driven, and I always have been. So I'd like to release a successful album, continue in musical theatre, and be more involved in business.
The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit.
