I always wanted to be a zookeeper when I was growing up, and I've wound up a zookeeper! I've been working with the Los Angeles Zoo for 45 years! I'm the luckiest old broad on two feet because my life is divided absolutely in half - half animals and half show business. You can't ask for better than two things you love the most. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I am interested in a lot of things - not just show business and my passion for animals. I try to keep current in what's going on in the world. I do mental exercises. I don't have any trouble memorizing lines because of the crossword puzzles I do every day to keep my mind a little limber. I don't sit and vegetate. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I cannot stand the people who get wonderful starts in show business and who abuse it. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, for example, although there are plenty of others, too. They are the most blessed people in the world, and they don't appreciate it. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Even if the chef has a good business head, his focus should be behind kitchen doors. A business partner should take care of everything in front of the kitchen doors. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was based a lot on familiarity but it was also because I didn't have a lot of skills. There was nothing I wanted t be. I didn't want to be a doctor. I wanted to be in show business. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
You just can't get too focused on worrying about what's going to happen in the next quarter. You have to worry about where the business is headed long-term. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality to the point that I'm a little different. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>