“There is no business like show business, Irving Berlin once proclaimed, and thirty years ago he may have been right, but not anymore. Nowadays almost every business is like show business, including politics, which has become more like show business than show business is.”
"The Face Game" (p.215)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
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“Politics is just show business for ugly people.”
Source: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

“That's what show business is--sincere insincerity.”
Quoted in The Observer (12 June 1977)

“We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks — that's show business.”
As quoted by Bill Moyers CBS TV (10 September 1986)
“Everybody seemed to be in show business; what the hell had happened to the audience?”
Source: The Probability Pad (1970), Chapter 3 (p. 27)

Preface
Unsinkable : A Memoir (2013)
Context: I was a simple kid who was thrown into the wonderful world of show business. I've loved every moment.
These are my recollections. If you remember things differently, send me your version — but only if it’s funnier.
“Science wasn’t a show-business talent, conducted in large halls and decided by audience applause.”
Source: The Heritage Universe, Convergence (1997), Chapter 6 (p. 321)