“Show business is my life. When I was a child I sold more Girl Scout cookies than any other member of my troop.”— Barbara Eden
“It's a business you go into because you're an egomaniac. It's a very embarrassing profession.”— Ed McMahon
“I was a show-business kid. I was in plays. I was in pageants. I was in rodeos. When I was 13, I got a contract with a major record company.”— Bernadette Peters
“The two most important things in show business are sincerity and being able to fake it.”— Merv Griffin
“Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the company!”— Irene Dunne