Jerry Springer Quotes

The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest art in music or the drama which secures for the gifted artists a world-wide fame princes well might envy.

When I was younger, I always wanted to be someone in the entertainment industry.

I was raised in Hollywood and knew, from as early as grammar school, classmates who were in the business.

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.

I believe I made it in show business.

There's no business like show business.

When I was very young I knew that I wanted to be in show business. I knew that I wanted to be an entertainer.

I came from a real working-class show business family.

The theatre show-biz types don't change much, no matter what era we're in. The question of how you balance being in show business with your personal life isn't very different.

I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.

Well, there's different shades of Hollywood, sure. I mean, I'm working in this business but I'm not Hollywood.

There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.

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

I hate show business.

I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore!

There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.

If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned.

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.

My home has always been show business.

You have to be a little unreal to be in this business.

It's the most unglamourous glamour business in the world.

I didn't really start performing until high school. My whole family is actually in the business, and started in the business in Chicago, so I was going to shows when I was a teeny-tiny kid, but I didn't really start performing until high school.

People who go into show business are screwed up.

You have to be a star to be in this business.

In my heart and soul, I always knew that I wanted to be in show business.