Quotes about Entertainment Business

Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland. Votes: 4

I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher. Votes: 4

Los Angeles is a one-horse town. It's entirely driven by the entertainment business and that's what it is. Votes: 4

The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious. Votes: 4

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business. Votes: 4

I realize that the majority of people in the entertainment business happen to be Democrats. I have no problem with that. And they should have no problem with the fact that I'm a Republican. Votes: 4

People are always saying that Hollywood messes up kids. I'm like, 'No, families mess up kids!' I grew up in Hollywood, and I'm perfectly fine. If my children want to go into the entertainment business, I won't stop them, as long as they're passionate about it. Votes: 4

We are in the entertainment business and we all know if you are top of the tree you get the big money. Those of us who have been in it are the fortunate ones but we understand that we probably don't deserve it as much as the nurses or teachers. Votes: 4

It's tough because a lot of my friends in normal life, a lot of my friends in the entertainment business, and a lot of my friends in the wrestling business are gay. Just to say something spiteful and hurtful, I don't get it... if it was true and I was gay, I'd embrace it, and I'd tell you guys about it and I'd celebrate it. Votes: 4

The entertainment business is not the be-all and end-all for me. Votes: 2

The entertainment business remains a business of blockbusters, and increasingly so. Votes: 2

We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want. Votes: 2

I started The McCoys in 1962, so I'm approaching my 40th year in the entertainment business. Votes: 2

Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers. Votes: 2

Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record. Votes: 2

In the entertainment business, the biggest gift you could ever get is not an Oscar, it's not a Grammy, it's longevity. Votes: 2

I've always believed my success in the entertainment business is an inevitability. You have to believe that; you have to be an optimist. Votes: 2

Everyone in the entertainment business gets crappy contracts when we start out, and into the middle of our careers. It's the nature of the business. Votes: 2

I learned a long time ago: You're in the entertainment business. You're not in the reality business. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other. Votes: 2

Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October. Votes: 2

Walter turned on the radio: electric violins wailing, twisted romance, the four-square beat of heartbreak. Trite suffering, but suffering nonetheless. The entertainment business. What voyeurs we have all become. Votes: 2

I have been very fortunate in [the entertainment] business, and I am very grateful for that. I wish the same for everyone out there, especially everyone who dares to dream. Votes: 2

The highest levels of fame in the entertainment business are geared toward keeping the artist disconnected, disinterested and continuing to make product and not developing any sort of 'normal life.' Votes: 2

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 Votes: 2

For the past 32 years, I've done nothing outside the entertainment business. I've had some real highs and some real lows, but I love the work so much that I never once thought of quitting. Votes: 2

I can't work all day and then go home and hang out with the same people. I don't want everything to revolve around the entertainment business. Yes, that's my career, but it's not my life. Votes: 2

My mother has always been my role model, and I believe my survival in the entertainment business is in large part due to my desire to be a strong woman like my mother. She is my hero. Votes: 2

I don't blame the people for the fact that so many movies are bad. I think there's a corrupt, perverted, lazy and sloppy attitude that's pervasive in the movie business. The whole entertainment business is kind of crumbling around us. Votes: 2

Other than my sexuality, I am vulnerable regarding my physical appearance, as I am not what people considered ideal by most standards. For the entertainment business, I am not the body type of what is typically cast for television or movies. Votes: 2

Exactly when people are in turmoil is the time that the entertainment business has always been at its best. Because people don't want to be reminded every day that they are under siege, or that they're not having a great time of life. Votes: 2

The entertainment business is and always has been about money, and it's about, 'Does that person merit that salary?' The fact is that that the business, in my view, has been somewhat bankrupt for years - only the new media made it viable. Votes: 2

Since I'm in the entertainment business, I think I have to hold a mirror up to myself and say, 'Am I complicit in miseducating and misinforming our youth by participating in this business, or can I use this business to re-educate and uplift?' Votes: 2

I don't know if I have good habits, but I'm very devoted to writing. I'm very compulsive about having a project, at least one, and trying to follow the business as much as I can. I keep on top of all the entertainment business news. Votes: 2

At a young age I always had an entrepreneurial spirit. So I'm trying to develop things on my own, too, and there are a couple things that have absolutely nothing to do with the entertainment business that I'm trying to tackle. We'll just sort of see. Votes: 2

Out of the 72 kids that I went to high school with, I still talk to 25 of them on a fairly regular basis. Seven of my classmates live in L.A., and five of them are in the entertainment business, and we constantly talk and play fantasy football together. Votes: 2

Day baseball is now dead for all practical purposes. Sooner or later, the game will be played in its entirety at night, and as I've said before, then baseball will be squarely in the amusement, the entertainment business along with wrestling, midget auto racing and the trotting tracks. Votes: 2

My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.' Votes: 2

When I first started out in the entertainment business, I made a list of people I thought it would be good to meet. Not people who could give me a job or a deal, but people who could shake me up, teach me something, challenge my ideas about myself and the world. Votes: 2

My #1 job as a thriller author is to give readers the best white-knuckle thrill ride I am capable of. I am first and foremost in the entertainment business. If that suspenseful ride is also terrifying because it hits really close to home, then I am once again doing what I am supposed to do as a thriller author. Votes: 2

As a producer, as a CEO of Hartbeat Productions, I am making deals to put my company in place to win, to put my staff to work so that while all this stuff is going on, they're in the kitchen cooking. So it's understanding the longevity of the entertainment business; you get out of it what you put into it. Votes: 2

I'd like to see animals removed from the entertainment business. Chimpanzees and apes won't perform unless you beat them. Circuses keep elephants in chains 90 percent of the time. Elephants need freedom of movement. In circuses, they live in cramped quarters, which is not the life intended for them by nature. Some are beaten daily, forced to do ridiculous tricks and robbed of every shred of dignity. Votes: 2

Journalism is the entertainment business. Votes: 0

There are no rules in the entertainment business. Votes: 0

It's a "keep your fingers crossed" business, the entertainment business. Votes: 0

The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years. Votes: 0

Using animals for entertainment is big business, plain and simple. Votes: 0

Professional football is a job and it's in the entertainment business. Votes: 0

The entertainment business is to business what plastic flowers are to flowers. Votes: 0

I want to be an entertainment lawyer so I'll be in the business still. Votes: 0

I'm in the entertainment business, where you're only as good as your last show. Votes: 0

The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience. Votes: 0

You can never really justify wages in the entertainment business, but it is what it is. Votes: 0

Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business. Votes: 0

I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment. Votes: 0

This is what made the difference, they used social networking for entertainment and I used it for business. Votes: 0

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. Votes: 0

I cannot imagine my life without horses. They have been my teachers, my friends, my business partners and my entertainment. Votes: 0

I enjoy being part of the entertainment industry, although I'm the laziest person that I've met yet in this business. Votes: 0

Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment. Votes: 0

A lot of people find themselves in the entertainment business - or perhaps society steers them toward it - because they're beautiful. Votes: 0

I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career. Votes: 0

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business. Votes: 0

I am not in the entertainment business. I don't give a damn if it was spectacular or not. I want cause and effect. Votes: 0

Bob Hope was an entertainment colossus, shrewd and influential well beyond show business. Richard Zoglin's biography captures it all--the public and private Hope. Votes: 0

The fans of our industry are extremely savvy. At the end of the day, they understand the business is a work. It's entertainment, nothing more. Votes: 0

I don't care about awards and public image. We know the business of entertainment. We worship our work, we worship our clients and we worship profitability. Votes: 0

People can get information - on entertainment, politics, finance - much easier than before. That will change the way people do business, the way people live. Votes: 0

Fiction is just that-fiction. Yes, it is serious business, but it should also be taken for face value. It's entertainment. It's escapism. It's 365 pages of relaxation. Votes: 0

It's almost a standard tactic, really, to try to minimize any effort that people in the entertainment business or in any public occupation make to express themselves. Votes: 0

Business is difficult. But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you're doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music. Votes: 0

I've been in entertainment, politics, business, business coaching, public affairs, documentaries, programming, news, theater. So, there aren't many things I see that I haven't seen something like that before. Votes: 0

We are able to help animals all around the world as a result of the media and entertainment business, which is able to spread compassion and change at rapid speed. Votes: 0

For me to be in the entertainment business for as long as I have, for 15 years and been relevant, been successful, continue to do shows, sell out shows, traveling and everything... Votes: 0

Anything in the entertainment business, there's sharks coming around. It's about staying true to yourself and making sure that, when you look in the mirror, you're happy with what you see. Votes: 0

I like the fact that now my understanding for entertainment and the entertainment business is completely different from what it was when I first came in. I get the business side of it. Votes: 0