Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business.
I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.
I'm the fourth generation to be in show business. It's pretty neat; it's nice to have that family history.
I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.
The state of the economy is not the issue when it comes to growing a business. The relevant questions are always: 'What business are you in? Furthermore, is it adapting to the times?'
I want to experience Dallas. It's a new city where I see new business opportunities.
From the time I was a kid, I was always interested in any and all kinds of new business ideas.
I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.
I come from a family of professional dog-showers, one step above carnies, but I didn't want to join the family business.
I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap.
I'm very expressive, but I'm also a very private person. It is so hard to be private in the entertainment business.
The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.
And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.
For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.
Ludacris is a very smart individual. He's about his business. Everything is business with him. So I learned a lot about making deals from him.
When the music business failed to embrace the Internet, I thought it was game, set and match for the industry, and I quit.
Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.
My original business model - I actually wrote this down - was 'interesting work for interesting people.'
One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses.
I'm not only my films, but I'm pretty much my films.
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
