The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.

电影业是荒谬的。星星不会持续很长时间。做一个合格的演员要有趣得多。

The fingers have got pretty close to the thumb.

手指离大拇指很近。

The first thing the secretary types is the boss.

秘书首先要找的是老板。

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

一个好的领导者的天才之处在于，他留下了一个没有天才风度的常识可以成功处理的局面。

The goat does not get fat just by whispering.

山羊不会因为低声细语而发胖。

The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age.

演艺圈最大的好处是没有强制退休年龄。

The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do.

商业的伟大之处在于它是达尔文式的。我们要么游泳，要么死亡——如果你在一段时间内被发现缺乏，你要么改变你正在做的事情，要么找别的事情做。

The infomercial business has been good to me.

电视购物对我很有好处。

The loftiest towers rise from the ground.

最高的塔从地上拔地而起。

The man who minds his own business generally has a good one.

管好自己的事的人通常都有一个好老板。

The mind is just another muscle.

头脑只是另一块肌肉。

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.

从你试图和他谈生意的那一刻起，他就采取了绅士和学者的态度，从你试图接近他的道德操守的那一刻起，他就开始谈生意了。

The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.

生意做得越多，你就能做得越多，因为你学会了节约时间。

The most important decision I've made in business? The choices of people I have around me. When I first started I brought everybody with me, my homies from the neighborhood, criminals. I just said, 'Come on everybody, we made it.' Then I had to realize we didn't make it. I made it.

我在商界做过的最重要的决定是什么?我身边人的选择。刚开始的时候，我把所有人都带来了，我的邻居，罪犯。我只是说，‘大家加油，我们做到了。然后我意识到我们没能成功。我做了它。

The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.

我在这个行业学到的最重要的一课就是如何说“不”。我拒绝了很多诱惑，我很高兴我做到了。