It's a Business

I've never been known as one of those stupid clucks, Elaine. Bambi! Who pisses away a lot of her hard earned bucks, Elaine. Bambi! But facing the fact you're coloratura sucks! Bambi! Though it breaks your mothers heart, forget about the part. It's time for you to know why I really backed this show! (Music) You asked me for my motives, well, you needn't be so smart. It's a business. It isn't making history, it isn't making art. It's a business. Shaw and Ibson, take 'em away. And don't bother me with Moliere. Those Russians never pay! (Music) So go on criticize me, please, proceed with your attack. It's a business. I put one million in and I expect two million back. It's a business. So what crime have I committed if I'm putting up a fight? It's a business! And I want those paying suckers out there giving me the business every night! Am I getting through to you Elaine? I'm sorry, mother, but to me, the theater is a temple. What, so it should only be filled on the Sabbath? Give me a hand fella's. Very funny. You know what I mean! Back me up! The non for profit theaters don't need to turn a buck. That's not business. So give them Lysistrata and I wish 'em lots of luck. I do business. Gorky Shmorky, money misspent. You won't survive Yom Kippur, you'll never get through Lent. I once knew a producer whose pretentions knew no bounds. In the business. He mountede Samuel Beckett, I don't mean it like it sounds. It was business. So now he's down the crapper while I'm working in my prime. It's a business. And the shows I do do business 'Cause I really know my business And I'm giving them the business, honey, all the time. But what about the great poets of the stage? Honey, I put on the Ice Man Cometh, and nobody cameth! To stage hands, to the dressers, to musicians in the pit It's a business. The owner of these premises cleans up if we're a hit. He does business. Union members don't work for free. Hey Harry on the spotlight! Blink twice if you agree! See? I'm not devoid of culture but my feet are on the floor. It's a business. I'd do the kamasutra with a Richard Rodgers score. That's good business. Yes, green's my favorite color, and I don't mean on the grass. It's a business. And the shows I do do business Yes, I'm good at doing business And if you don't like my business, sweetie, Blow it out your... Business. It's a business!