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I've been in show business for 50, no, 60 years. I was approached in school to join a variety act.

Corporate stand-up allowed me to make my own schedule and make money as if I was in show business.

There's nobody in show business that I dislike so I wouldn't want to get in there to hurt anybody.

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.

Show business is made up of disappointments, and it's through life's disappointments that you grow.

In show business, generally you don't retire. If you love it, that is, you're in it forever anyway.

In show business, you can't make a living. You can only make a fortune, but you can't make a living.

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

There's a beauty of show business. It's the only business you can have a career in when you're dead.

When I graduated from college I thought I was over with show business and was pursuing other things.

I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

It's called show business for a reason. The theater owners want to make money, and understandably so.

I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.

True friendships don't fade in Hollywood, as so many myths about show business would have you insist.

I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business, you need to have a certain internal stability.

I'm the smallest man in show business, and I've got the smallest bird in Britain nesting in my garden.

I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.

Am I a homophobe? Look, I work in show business. I am awash in gay people, as colleagues and as friends.

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business. He loved it so much.

I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.

A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.

Anything can change in show business, you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other.

Anything can change in show business; you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other.

If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.

I'm the fourth generation to be in show business. It's pretty neat; it's nice to have that family history.

I don't mind having a one-hit wonder as long as I have a career in show business, which has been fabulous.

Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.

My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.

I feel incredibly fortunate I walked away, took care of other business, and then came back to show business.

I love every aspect of show business and that includes both the show part of it and the business part of it.

When I was very young I knew that I wanted to be in show business. I knew that I wanted to be an entertainer.

One of the reasons I like to teach is that I like to pass things on. That's an unspoken law of show business.

If you grow up in show business, you look beyond the looking glass. So, all of the surface facades get broken.

I don't read about myself, and I don't read any magazine that has anything to do with movies or show business.

When I came back into show business in '88 after spending 20-odd years in the civil service, it wasn't planned.

In show business, there's a lot of time when you're under contract, and you're not allowed to talk about things.

The nature of show business is people within the business feel that if someone else fails, they move up a notch.

I have received more fulfillment and adulation than I would ever know what to do with in terms of show business.

I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents.

Most of the people I know in show business don't need anybody pushing them at all. They're extremely aggressive.

All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life.

The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.

Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?

It never made sense to me that someone would achieve any kind of success in show business, only to become a jerk.

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.

I'm an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I've loved it so much - has always been hard for me.

I'm in show business, and I'm an entertainer, but I also see myself as an artist doing social and spiritual work.

Just because you're working does not mean you're making money. That's two very different things in show business.

I was a musician for years before I started doing this stuff. Show business was the only thing I ever considered.

I've been famous for years through my entertainment programs, through my show business activities and my business.

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