Industry Priorities Quotes

It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to talk about music, it's all marketing, and that's part of a record, you gotta get it out there, people have gotta hear it, but you could do it in a way that's not repulsive.

What counts in Hollywood is box office. It doesn't really matter what people think of you as an actor because, as long as you have been in a movie that has made money, you will always get another job.

I could give a flying crap about the political process. We're an entertainment company.

We're in the business of making films, not striking or anything else.

In general, the apparel industry isn't about continual process improvement or making the perfect piece of denim; it's about chasing trends.

I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality.

I think it's always hard to find great roles, no matter what age you are. So I always say to people, 'You have to remember that Hollywood is in the business of making movies that they can sell tickets to; they're not in the business of finding great roles for actors.'

I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.

I would love the record industry to be more receptive to my music but all they are interested in is style over content.

In Bollywood even a dog at times is more popular than us. The bottomline is money and if a dog is making the moolah for the producer/director who cares whether you are an Asrani or someone else.

This industry is 90 percent business, 10 percent talent.

I met a lot of label people at the start of doing this music thing, and I just realised soon that it wasn't much about music but more so about their paycheck at the end of the day.

People just want the hottest records. It's not really about all the names attached to the project. It's about the work.