I grew up in a small town where I went to the movies a lot and fell in love with all these people. I also fell in love with the movie business. So all I saw were actors on the screen so I thought, well, that's what I have to be if I want to be a part...
I'd get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. It's a humbling business to be in. But I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I cut the feet out of those pantyhose and I...
I don't know where people got the idea that characters in books are supposed to be likable. Books are not in the business of creating merely likeable characters with whom you can have some simple identification with. Books are in the business of crea...
The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
This business is all about being seen, and the more people see you the better.
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.
Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.
The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost.
I want people to discover my movies, and however they choose to receive it is their business.
I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune of the people.
You'll go out of business if you think people are stupid.
To me it's incontrovertible that investment in people, investment in business, creates jobs; they don't destroy jobs.
Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.
Our relationships with people are formed by small moments - and relationships are crucial in business.
Today I have 35 people who work in the club and associated businesses.
To be a great business person, you must be a great observer.
In a family business, you grow up with close contact to the business, whatever it is, and the beer business is certainly a very social type of business.
When I got a networking event, I don’t see a crowd of strangers—I see an admiring audience waiting for me to perform so they can applaud me and throw me flowers and business. I always cry as I’m being escorted out, because people today just don...
There's no business like show business.
To me, the poor are like Bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed of the tallest tree in a six-inch deep flower pot, you get a perfect replica of the tallest tree, but it is only inches tall. There is nothing wrong with the seed you planted; only t...
Remember to delight yourself first, then others can be truly delighted." This was my mantra when I published my first book in 1990, and still holds true. When we focus on the song of our soul and heart, then others will be touched similarly. Sometime...
