363 Quotes by Simon Cowell

It’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.

You don’t go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn’t make it.

I think America is a hard nut to crack. But once you get a toehold, it’s a great place for an entrepreneur because people are so enthusiastic, and you have the most enthusiastic audiences in world.

Britain’s got talent, enormous talent; that’s very obvious.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don’t think we should be looking for perfect people.

If I tape an 11-hour day, guess which parts end up on air. Not the bits when I’m pleasant, but the parts when I’m obnoxious.

I was slightly cynical of the American mentality before I came over here, but now I preach it. Here, no one’s going to tear you down if you buy yourself a $300,000 car. They’re likely to say: “Well, you probably worked hard for it. Good luck to you.”

I don’t mind being cast as some kind of a pantomime baddie, but I am very fair in business. I always have been. I pride myself on being fair.

Every show I’ve ever, you know, produced, essentially it’s the show I want to watch myself.