People say child stars have a hard time ‘because of the entertainment business,’ but I think there’s a dysfunction before all that. I use the analogy, ‘If you’re a fool without money, you’ll be a fool with money.’
Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
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.
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.
People say a lot of things in the heat of the moment. But in the entertainment business, ya never say never.
Los Angeles is a one-horse town. It’s entirely driven by the entertainment business and that’s what it is.
Since I was 9 years old, I’ve been in the entertainment business, and everyone is always telling me what – and what not – to do… you just get a tough skin and have to not care about what people think, or you will not end up in a good place.
The entertainment business remains a business of blockbusters, and increasingly so.
Whether Amazon is good at making and sustaining an entertainment business remains to be seen. But they certainly are 100% focused every day on optimizing the consumer experience and reducing friction.
People say a lot of things in the heat of the moment. But in the entertainment business, ya never say never.
I’ve never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I’m a cooking teacher.
If I hadn’t gotten into the entertainment business, I would be probably making minimum wage still.
The entertainment business hasn’t had a new idea in years.
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.
In the entertainment business, the biggest gift you could ever get is not an Oscar, it’s not a Grammy, it’s longevity.
With any entertainment business, you sort of have to be OK with just going with it. I’ve learned very much to just go with the flow and see what happens with my life, and what happens happens.
The entertainment business is not the be-all and end-all for me.
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?’
I’m in the entertainment business, where you’re only as good as your last show.
The entertainment business remains a business of blockbusters, and increasingly so.
Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers.
I’ve never dreamt of being on TV; I had never tried to be in the entertainment business at all.
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.
But I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career. The closest I ever got to movies was going to watch them, and I thought that’s the way it would be, so I never considered working in this business.
Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers.
I’m all about risque – I love that stuff. I love to be creative – that’s what the entertainment business is about.
I love the entertainment business. I have a lot of friends in it, but it wasn’t my passion. The sports business is what I am passionate about. I also wanted to define myself through something that wasn’t linked to my grandfather.
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