Quotes & Jokes about Business / page 6
I’ve made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I’ve mostly been successful.
"This is no way to run a business," I told Dim Sum, and then looked at Tons of Fun. "And you might want to lay off the carbs, you fucking wildebeest."
You hear entertainers all the time, saying, 'If I couldn't get paid for this, I'd do it for free.' When's the last time you ever heard a business person say, 'If I couldn't get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I'd do it for free'?
Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.
The best thing I ever heard about doing comedy is that it’s the "business of rejection".
I want to tell my jokes. I want to have time with my children. I want to entertain people. And at one point, I'll walk away from show business. But I don't want to walk away empty-handed.
No, even when you're making fun of people in this business, they want to take credit for it. That's how big the egos are.
If you have an entry-level position at a fertilizer company, you are literally in the asshole of the shit business.
Some are from the world of the arts, some from the fields of business, architecture, wine-making and education. What they have in common is that they are all known nationally - and many internationally - for their wide-ranging achievements.
You know, I've always wanted to be a young Charles Kuralt. I started in this business with just a Winnebago and a dream.
I'm so secretive that when someone asks me, "Hey, can you keep a secret?" I say "That's none of your business."
I heard a quote once in a documentary about a band that said you're better off owning everything 100 percent and selling 20,000 copies of an album than signing with a record company and selling a million copies. There has never been a truer statement about show business than that.