#show business

I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe. ↗

— Ed Helms

#being #business #center #city #dealing

In 40-odd years in show business, some years I could do no wrong, and some years I could do nothing right. Show business. I owe it everything - it owes me nothing. ↗

— Patsy Kelly

#could #everything #i #me #nothing

My name was originally John Collins, but I just didn't think it had the flair I needed. I found out the poet laureate of Poland was named Krasinski and so it seemed like a shoe-in for show business. ↗

— John Krasinski

#collins #flair #found #had #i

I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality to the point that I'm a little different. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#business #city #different #fact #i

I've made movies that I thought were good. I've made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good. And sometimes you're in a movie and you think, I wish more people saw that - because you're good. And it just works out that the movie gets lost. But that's show business. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#business #gets #good #i #i wish

I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love - I love acting in films. I love it. ↗

— Gene Wilder

#business #come #films #funny #i

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

— Ethel Merman

#living #make #mom #point #point of view

I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#business #characterized #childlike #flight #harsh

Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#affairs #business #daily #obscene #papers

Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed. ↗

— Don Rickles

#i #insurance #kid #laughed #life