“If we based everything in Hollywood on who was a nice guy, holy moly, we would have no movies. No actors would work. This is not an industry that is ruled by kindness and generosity.” IfsGuyActorsKindnessNiceIndustryHolyHollywoodGenerosityNice Guy Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“Because of the audience I get and the fact that these people aren't traditional comics buyers I don't think the comic industry looks at that and thinks that is a very respectable thing. I'm very used to it. I'm not the guy who wins awards and gets mentioned in magazines.” PeopleThinkingLooksFactsUsedGuyWinningAudienceIndustryTraditionalMagazinesComicAwardsRespectableBuyers Author:Jhonen Vasquez
“The art world is now a fashion industry, led by its Whitney Biennial 'nose for the new look.' But nobody, it seems, has the guts or the brains to blow the necessary whistle and holler, 'Hold on guys! What the hell is this ugly bit of business?” WorldLooksArtSeemsGuyBitsBrainHellFashionIndustryBlowUglyNosesGutsArt WorldFashion IndustryWhitneyNew Look Author:Abe Ajay
“I am aware that most people only see me as Shaq... the guy on the court. But there is another side to who I am, Shaquille O'Neal. And Shaquille O'Neal wants to explore every part of life. He wants the opportunity to pursue all of his desires. That includes being a part of the music industry as an MC. Music is and will always be a part of who I am.” PeopleWantDesireGuyOpportunitySidesIndustryBasketballMusic IsCourtWho I AmPursueMusic IndustryParts Of LifeShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Were the only major company in the U.S. that is solely in the professional beauty industry. We promised hairdressers when we started that we would stay with them. If I went retail tomorrow then we would be four times our size overnight, but Im going to be the one guy who kept his word.” IfsWould BeGuyCompanyFourIndustryTomorrowMajorsSizeRetailHairdresserBeauty Industry Author:John Paul DeJoria
“So the fact that the first movie about Steve Jobs was made by a guy who was completely entrepreneurial and outside the film industry, I think is very appropriate.” ThinkingFirstsMadeFactsJobsFilmGuyIndustryAppropriateEntrepreneurialFilm Industry Author:Joshua Michael Stern
“Some guys that know me from when I was a kid say "My son, oh he's just like your father." It's just a natural part of our lives. But, within the music industry and within the industry of the critiques of music, where it becomes "Ziggy's music is not as good as Bob's music," I don't understand. But I don't really pay much attention to that because I'm just expressing myself.” KnowsKidsGuyFatherNaturalPayAttentionOur LivesSonLike YouIndustryMusic IsMy SonBobKnow MeCritiqueMusic Industry Author:Ziggy Marley
“There are a lot of producers and people in the music industry who take credit for the work of others when it's not actually their work. Especially big producers - they have a song that's written by one guy with a produced mix by someone else and then it's sung by someone else.” PeopleBigsGuySongWrittenIndustryCreditProducersMusic Industry Author:Howard Lawrence
“When you win an award from the Grammys, it means a lot 'cause it's voted on by 100% by the people. It's not like some old guy sitting at a desk picking. It's doesn't work like that. It's voted on by your peers in the music industry.” PeopleMeanGuyWinningCausesIndustrySittingAwardsDesksPeersMusic IndustryOld Guys Author:Paul Wall
“To people in my industry I'm usually a guy that tries to generate his own projects and I remain very elusive when people try and attach me to big projects.” PeopleTryingBigsGuyIndustryProjectsElusive Author:Peter Jackson
“Everybody wants me to be the (guy) who's (sleeping with) every celebrity woman in the industry. Everybody wants me to be this (guy) in the club, popping 17 bottles just because. Everybody wants me to be Diddy, and that's not me.” WantGuySleepIndustryClubsBottlesWant MeThis GuyPopping Author:Ne-Yo
“One of my jobs was at a start-up ad agency. They were trying to do things differently, work with socially conscious clients, and to really be a more creative take on advertising than the industry itself. But I noticed that what the guys at the office were circulating for inspiration still came from within the ad industry. I thought that was really counterintuitive - to only borrow inspiration from within your own industry.” TryingStillsInspirationJobsGuyCreativeIndustryOfficeConsciousAdvertisingAgencyAdsClients Author:Maria Popova
“A lot of guys try to mingle with me because of who I am. If I encounter a guy with a clean heart, I will go by my instincts. I guess my man won't be from the film industry.” IfsMenTryingHeartFilmGuyIndustryCleanInstinctWho I AmEncountersFilm IndustryClean Heart Author:Kareena Kapoor
“Things have changed so much now. Everything is downloaded onto computers. I'm not a computer-savvy guy, but with downloading the movie industry has changed.” GuyChangedIndustryComputerSavvyThings Have ChangedMovie Industry Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I don't know if there was really ever a golden age of the music business. Most of what was released has always been garbage and some has been able to get through and last. I don't know that it was much better thirty years ago. The music industry just wasn't as efficient. The music industry was more oddball guys who did it for fun and now they are huge corporations that have become more structured.” IfsKnowsYearsHas BeensAgeAbleLastsGuyFunHugeIndustryYears AgoGoldenCorporationsThirtyEfficientGarbageMusic BusinessThirty YearsMusic IndustryGolden AgeOddballs Author:Adam Schlesinger
“Particularly for women, I think more of us in the industry need to just do it. I think guys are more willing to put themselves out, that way, at least with the girls that I know. We say we want to direct, but then we don't actually do it.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantNeedsGuyGirlWillingIndustryDirectJust Do It Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“You're not insulting my character. Being a woman, especially in this business, it's so thrilling to get to do that. It's so rare, especially right now the way the film industry is. If you're a girl, the part you get to play these days...because there's so many less movies made...in a good movie, if there's a girl in it, there might be a handful of scenes, and your job is to be supportive to the guy who's messed up. Be the loving rock at home, or be the good mom, or be the attractive person.” IfsWayPersonsMadePlayCharacterHomeMightJobsFilmGuyGirlRocksMomIndustryRight NowSceneThese DaysAttractiveSupportiveThrillingHandfulInsultingBeing A WomanGood MovieFilm IndustryMessed UpGood Mom Author:Keri Russell
“I guess at that moment in time I had a certain... presence? A certain level of presence in the industry. But that was at Madonna's request. There was a concept for the video ["Material Girl"], and the idea was that it was kind of a Howard Hughes and Marilyn Monroe sort of idea, that there was this guy behind the scenes making it all happen. And she saw me as that guy, so she asked for me.” KindIdeasMomentsHappensGuyCertainGirlLevelsBehindsSawsMaterialsIndustrySceneConceptsVideoThat MomentThis GuyRequestThat GuyMoments In TimeBehind The ScenesMaterial Girl Author:Keith Carradine
“You do a movie [where] you like the script [and] it has something to say that you care about. And there are certain people in this industry that you kind of stick with. Guys like [“The Congressman” producer] Fred Roos. They call you, and if you’re not working, that’s what you do.” PeopleIfsKindCareGuyCertainIndustrySticksScriptsProducersCongressman Author:George Hamilton
“I couldn't trash [Adolf] Hitler enough. Poor bastards, they make all these contributions to the automotive industry, aeronautics, space - but you pick one wrong guy and it's all out the window. They're never gonna live that one down.” EnoughGuySpacePoorIndustryPicksWindowContributionTrashWrong Guy Author:Bill Burr
“The fact remains, in the wrestling industry there is a very high occurrence of untimely deaths for a lot of different reasons. I feel it's the industry's fault. I don't think these guys and women, but mostly guys are the ones dying inordinately young, I don't think that they are told all the risks of what they're getting into.” ThinkingFeelsDifferentReasonFactsYoungGuyRiskDyingIndustryRemainsFaultsWrestlingUntimely Death Author:Nancy Grace
“Well, the sugar guys have been dealing with NAFTA ever since it passed. Now we've got Mexico dumping sugar that's subsidized by the Mexican government into our market in violation of the World Trade Organization, because NAFTA gave them open access to our sugar market. They claim they're not subsidized, but the government owns half the industry in Mexico.” WorldWellsHas BeensGovernmentGuyHalfIndustryOrganizationClaimsTradeAccessSugarMexicoMexicanViolationWorld TradeNaftaWorld Trade Organization Author:Collin Peterson
“Speaking for me, I think the odds of bankrupting Exxon are pretty small, but I think the odds of politically bankrupting them are higher. I think if we can use this as a vehicle to get out the analysis that these guys have 3-5 times as much carbon in the ground as the most conservative government thinks would be safe to burn, then that politically stigmatises them, makes them into the rogue industry that they are.” IfsThinkingUseGovernmentWould BeGuyIndustryHigherSafeConservativeAnalysisVehicleOddsCarbonRogues Author:Bill McKibben
“In fact, someone was telling me that Gladiator was the one film where Ridley Scott didn't take a producer's credit. And it won. But this guy changed the industry twice; with Aliens which was a whole new way of looking at things and Blade Runner that was also a whole new way of looking at things.” WayWholeFactsFilmGuyChangedIndustryCreditProducersAliensNew WaysRunnersThis GuyBladesBlade Runner Author:Denzel Washington