Terrence J Quotes

I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.

I was going to move to New York after college and had no interest in pilot season. I'd seen what happened on TV shows because of my dad, and I didn't want to open myself up to that. But 'Pretty Little Liars' had a very early audition, and my agents encouraged me to go even though I didn't think it would be my thing.

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.

I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds, was a movie star. Her best-known role was in 'Singin' In The Rain.'

I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star.

In my career, I have played a gangster, an ex cop, a journalist and a film director. Yet, the label of a serial kisser refuses to leave me.

I'm just a guy who happens to work in public from time to time. I've built a reputation as an established comic, not as a celebrity - a celebrity is someone who is famous but doesn't do anything.

My aim was never to be an American star; otherwise, I would have moved to Los Angeles.

Show business got really tainted for me.

I just stepped off the show biz bus and changed gears.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

I didn't plan on going into show business. Show business picked me. And it's been fun. One of the best things about being in show business is people think they know me, and they feel like they grew up with me.

This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.

My favorite question is 'What do you do?' I'm like, 'I'm a walking cliche: I'm a model and an actress.'

I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!

A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know.

I would say it wasn't until my fourth season on 'SNL' where people or my agent was saying, 'You're an actor.' I never thought of it that way.

Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star.

Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.

I'm an actress, and that's why I'm still here. Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding themselves.

Acting is the most wildly overpaid position imaginable.

The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.

My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.