Industry Struggles Quotes

After struggling for so long in the industry and writing so many failed songs and hearing 'no' for so long - I'm so grateful every time I hear a song that I was a part of on the radio.

I think everyone has different challenges as a young actress in Hollywood.

It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break in.

This is a movement to say we're more than just our dresses. ... It's hard being a woman in Hollywood or any industry.

When I first started my graphic design career, and 'Beach Culture' magazine, I pretty much ran from the surfer label. It was hard to get people to take you seriously.

It's a fine line between commenting on social events and exploiting them in a commercial endeavor. This is the tension with which the fashion industry struggles - unfairly.

The film industry is actually a tough place to survive.

I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material.

This whole show business industry is awkward; I just met you and I'm telling you personal things about my life. But that's my life: "Hey, how you doing?" There are not a lot of people that you can relate some of these things to, so it's nice when you meet someone who is going through similar stuff - not "going through," but that "gets" stuff like that.

The comic book world is a tough business.

Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.

The hardest thing about this industry is not working.

The truth is, the game industry is a really incredibly difficult place for women to work.

How come my friends in the S&L industry tell me things are so dire?

It's really hard work being a model.

I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.

I find aspects of the industry tedious and hard to manage.

When you lack a certain vitality in the film business, there's no hiding it. It's like you've had your limb chopped off. How do you hide the fact that you're missing an arm?

This is an industry that doesn't have the common cold... It has cholera.

This is the hardest thing I've ever done, being in fashion business, because that's what it is at the end of the day, a business, and you have to make sure it works.

I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping, 'cause my dad sang: I saw him deal with the ills of the music industry, just on the outside looking in.

Having done both commercial and hard-hitting cinema, I can say none of them are easy.

I had doors slammed in my face; I had a lot of news directors who wouldn't give me the time of day. Some told me I wouldn't have a future in the business.

It's difficult to be a mother and maintain a career as a performer - but then it's difficult in any industry.

I want to show people what it's really like to be in this industry. Because they only really see one side - the glamorous side - but there's so much more to it.