I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.
Just because you're working does not mean you're making money. That's two very different things in show business.
I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.
Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.
I consider myself to be more real-sized than most of the actresses in California and in show business. They're very small. They're like miniature people.
I'll never forget that show season. It was completely mad. I was staying between Christy and Naomi's rooms and it was all limos and the Ritz Hotel and all that kind of business.
I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.
Many have been with the show for years, and they have sources in the business, so we do know things, but until it is verified, we don't run with the story.
If you are a musician and you don't show any interest on the business level then you are actually vulnerable and people will rip you off. They will sweet talk you into anything.
Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly.
One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exists.
There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
That's pretty much why I went into show business because I wanted to have a guitar and sing unaccompanied, that was like my fantasy of the perfect life.
I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible.
There has to be a measure of faith. That's what this business is all about: trusting in something that may never show up, that you have no concrete proof of.
You and I and everybody in show business and the entertainment industry fly by the seat of our pants. We don't know quite what is going to happen.
It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don't have that chance to show it.
Monday Night Football. That was everything to me because you get a chance to show everybody what you're capable of. It's only two teams on that Monday night.
I've always found that once you're in the door of a place and you have the chance to show how you operate and how talented you are, then anything can happen.
