A LIST OF SHOW BUSINESS ADAGES AND TRUISM'S AND OTHER GREAT LINES

BY PETE HOLLY

1."HOLLYWOOD IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE THEY
WILL PAY YOU $500.00 DOLLARS TO TAKE YOUR PICTURE BUT
ONLY PAY 5 CENTS FOR YOUR SOUL"
-MARILYN MONROE

2."I'M NOT LOOKING TO BE IN ANY ONE PLACE FOR A LONG TIME"

"MUSICIANS HAVE NOTORIOUSLY SHORT CAREERS"
-TODD RUNDGREN

3."WE NEED MONEY FIRST"-JOHN LENNON TO THE PRESS WHEN
THEY ASKED HIM TO SING.

4."THERE'S A MILLION STORIES IN THIS TOWN AND I'VE HEARD THEM
ALL-MY NAMES FRIDAY-I CARRY A BADGE"-INTRO TO "DRAGNET"
TV SHOW

5."IT'S LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THERE-BUT YOU CAN NEVER
FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS"-JACK NICHOLSON AS PRIVATE
DETECTIVE JAKE GIDDE'S DESCRIBING TO FAYE DUNAWAY PLAYING
MRS. MULRAY-WHAT HIS DAY'S WERE LIKE WHEN HE WORKED THE
CHINATOWN BEAT FOR THE L. A. POLICE DEPARTMENT.

6."FASTIN' YOUR SEATBELTS-IT'S GOING TO BE A BUMPY NIGHT"
-BETTE DAVIS IN "ALL ABOUT EVE"

7."THE ONLY PEOPLE I KNEW IN L.A. WERE BAD PEOPLE"-DAVID BOWIE

8."THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS"-ETHEL MERMAN

9."JUST PUT SOME BLEACHERS OUT IN THE SUN AND HAVE IT ALL OUT
ON HIGHWAY 61"-BOB DYLAN

10."YOU'LL FIND OUT WHEN YOU REACH THE TOP-YOU'RE ON THE BOTTOM"
-BOB DYLAN

11."L.A. WOMAN-YOU'RE MY WOMAN"-JIM MORRISON

12. Q.-"WHY DID SHE PUT THE GLOVES IN THE FIREPLACE AND THEN TAKE
THEM OUT?"-ROBERT DE NIRO
2ND ACTOR-"I DON'T KNOW-WHY DID SHE?"
DE NIRO-"I DON'T KNOW EITHER,I WAS JUST MAKING PICTURES"
ROBERT DE NIRO PLAYING "THE LAST TYCOON" ONE OF THE LAST OF THE
GREAT MOVIE MOGULS OF EARLY HOLLYWOOD-THE STORY WAS BASED ON
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDS UNFINISHED NOVEL-HE DIED AT AGE 40-"THE LOVE'S
OF THE LAST TYCOON.

13."WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE"-AXL ROSE

14.AND OF COARSE-LAST BUT NOT LEAST-THE MOST SUCCESSFUL-THE MOST
FAMOUS-AND THE MOST TALENTED MAN TO EVER SUCEED IN SHOW BUSINESS-
-JOHN LENNON-
"I JUST HAD TO LET IT GO"