“I believe most people don't go into show business unless they've been ...” — Ryan Murphy Quote

I believe most people don't go into show business unless they've been majorly unloved as a child.

Larry Kramer wisely realized so early on that to change the world, people have to know you. If they know you and see that we are all the same - that we all have normal hearts - that's the first step. I'm both amazed at the progress and amazed at how far we have to go.

I started off in this business in 1998, and I didn't fit in. There was no place for me, and I always felt like an oddball. Nobody really understood my work or what I wanted to do in my references.

As a showrunner, you can never be a 'maybe.' When I do movies, there is a lot of, 'Maybe' and, 'Let's investigate that.' But for TV, it has to be yes or no.

Ever since I was a child, I was fascinated by show business, the theater.

You can laugh at me, but I understand show business.

On the whole, show business is a hard business in which to be married.

I'm in love with everything about show business. The only thing that ever came easy to me in life has been acting.

I want to do things I enjoy, and show business comes fifth or sixth down the line.