Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great.

Quote by Fred Allen

Topics: Competition Quotes

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you...

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you...

A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can...

A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can...

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy...

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy...

I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.

I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.

The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.

The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.

Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.

Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a...

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a...

It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually...

It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually...

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known,...

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known,...

Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just...

Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just...

A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.

A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?

Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people...

Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people...

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a...

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a...

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.

Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.

Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.

When I started Victoria Principal Products, there were 22 full-time employees - they were all...

When I started Victoria Principal Products, there were 22 full-time employees - they were all...

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies...

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies...