Business Quotes
“When you're young, you look at television and think, there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want.”
“You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.”
-- Alan Alda
“Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having said that, me and Tim don't really talk that much about work. He comes into my bit of the house every so often to vent but we don't really have very high, cultured conversations.”
-- Helena Bonham Carter
“Anybody who really knows about the TV business knows that it would be impossible to just march in one day and say to your colleagues and bosses, 'Oh yes, I'm hosting my own show.'”
-- Andy Cohen
“I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold.”
-- Calvin Klein
“Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.”
-- Ted Turner
“There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles.”
-- Maureen O'Hara