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

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, "I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked."

I would love it if every talk show let me say whatever I pleased.

They baffle me where they go with the storylines... we used to be a Golden Globe winning show.

It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.

Well, I don't ever get excited. I haven't been excited since I got a Chopper bicycle when I was about 12. Once you get older you realise there's always a catch to everything. So when I get, say, a commission to make a TV show, the catch is that you have to deliver something and then the sense of responsibility overwhelms the joy of the occasion.

Estimates show that small businesses contribute 60-80 percent of the net new jobs annually.

I've always seen myself as one of those 'show people.' My earliest memories are wanting and needing to entertain people, like a gypsy traveler who goes from place to place, city to city, performing for audiences and reaching people.

Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences.

I've never done an action show, really. On 'Jericho,' other people got to ride horses and shoot guns, but I never did.

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.

That was the biggest thrill, going over to these guy's houses and having them want me to practice with them and they would show me a lot of stuff, which was really advanced stuff to me at my age.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

I've done the gay, over-the-top guy. I want to jump into another show where I wear pants for the majority of the time.

I'd like to think my performance is today. I never try to - it's so, as you know, watching me, I have a beginning, middle and ending. But every night the show changes and I relate to an audience and I relate to the young people.

The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it'll fit in another show.

I'm at a little loss in terms of my Leave It To Beaver expertise, since I never watched an episode of the show - so the cast in the pilot could have been Martians or they could have been the regular cast for all I know.

The costume that I wear on the show is a little snug and doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. I don't have a problem with it because of the way this character's been written.

I guess I've never really been aggressive, although almost everybody else in show business fights and gouges and knees to get where they want to be.

In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant. One motto on the show is, 'Keep your facts, I'm going with the truth.'

Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.

Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.

I usually hang around the room listening to a bit of last night's show. If there's one available, I go to the steam room every day for my voice. I spend half an hour there and then I eat, because I can't eat later than four o'clock. Then I go for a soundcheck. That's my day.

It's not a very secure industry. I've spoken to a couple of people recently who had a successful TV show and then found themselves absolutely skint and struggling to find a job.

While at college, I did my first lead on a network TV show, Medic.

The last show we played, I was straight as a die. It did feel weird not to be hiding behind alcohol or dope, but being focused was... good.

In show business, if you make a mistake, you can do it over again.

I'm currently doing Undeclared an American TV show set in a college. It just got aired and got massive ratings so hopefully that'll screen in the UK soon.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.