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Being Busy Quotes (page 20)

If you create something that is asking for people to respond as they're going to respond, you have to allow them to respond as they're going to respond. Some of the people are going to be uninterested and some people are going to be mad for some reason, which is their business. That's just the way the world is. Charlie Kaufman
I couldn't be an ingenue today, because the business has changed. I remember when you could dress for a premiere just by putting on a cute top. Now you have to be perfect and fabulous in every way, or you're ridiculed. Julia Roberts
Jeremy Renner quote: "I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to..."
I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead. Jeremy Renner
I love making people laugh and feel good, and that's awesome and special for me to be able to do that, but there really is nothing like kicking ass whether it's on a major scale, or whether it's in more of a dramatic fashion. Being physical and taking care of business the old-fashioned way is something that I love doing. Dwayne Johnson
Sumner Redstone quote: "The newspaper is dying. I'm not sure there will be newspapers..."
The newspaper is dying. I'm not sure there will be newspapers and its one business I'd never be in. Sumner Redstone
I can be very reserved about things. My business side isn't shy. I can be like a general. But I've got a shy side. I'm also a lot deeper than people think, and a lot more sensitive. But I don't let people in too much.' Michael Bay
Kim Basinger quote: "You have to be a little unreal to be in this business."
You have to be a little unreal to be in this business. Kim Basinger
Count Basie quote: "All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to..."
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. Count Basie
I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin. John Irving
It's still a bottom-line business. You can be out of control, and if they want you, they'll pick you. And you can be a mensch, and if you're not the product they want, you won't get it. Judd Nelson
I'd go for parts that didn't pay a dime, and there would be 300 to 400 actors there. It could be very discouraging. To make it in this business, you have to have a kind of dumb sense that you're really good. You have to believe that someone is going to recognize that. Michael Imperioli
I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that. Billy Eckstine
Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business. Roone Arledge
There will be certain points of time when everything collides together and reaches critical mass around a new concept or a new thing that ends up being hugely relevant to a high percentage of people or businesses. But it's really really hard to predict those. I don't believe anyone can. Marc Andreessen
I've always defined myself not as a cartoonist , but as an entrepreneur. That was true before I tried cartooning. I always imagined cartooning would be how I got my seed capital. I always thought my other businesses would be the less dominant part of my life. Scott Adams

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