Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down ...
I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business. I find the whole thing about people's lives... I can't understand it. I'm always astonished that people want to know anything about me.
Today, people idolize athletes and celebrities - and yes, highly successful and visionary business people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but not the innovators who perhaps have not seen such high-flying levels of success. Can anyone name the inventor...
There are certainly more people in the business world who would score high in the psychopathic dimension than in the general population. You'll find them in any organization where, by the nature of one's position, you have power and control over othe...
The surest way to return to the people's business is to listen to the people themselves: We need to drop this whole scheme of federally controlled health care, start over, and work together on real reforms at the state level that will contain costs a...
If you run a business, if you are responsible for a lot of people, you come to grips with the reality that you have to have discipline. You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the employees. So, therefore, you can't be wasteful. Y...
As I got older, I had a bunch of friends that were various teen stars. I've always known people in the spotlight and people who just grew up in L.A. and had nothing to do with the industry. It's not a glamorous thing to me. It's just a different type...
Sales success is not about convincing people to buy a product or service they don't want. It's about engaging with people who are interested and then helping them make the right decision. That's the key to repeat business and referrals.
A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business.
There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that.
My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.
Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.
The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
If people support independently owned small businesses in their community, they can make a difference.
A lot of people in the movie business don't have a point of reference for me; nobody really knows who I am.
About 10 million people start a business each year, and about one out of two will make it. The average entrepreneur is often on his or her third startup.
Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.
Since I know how crazy this business is, I do the opposite of what I see other people doing.
If you hang around long enough to show these people what you can do, you have a chance in this acting business.
What I love to do is take on business challenges in a way that really can have an impact on peoples' lives.
I think musicians and artists are the most philanthropic people I know. Their charity record of the music business would hold up to the work of anybody.
