I knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it.
Dwayne JohnsonPeople don’t realize that we, we meaning people in show business, have the same problems as everyone else. Money doesn’t change that. Fame doesn’t change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it’s just a different kind of problems.
Dolly PartonTV’s a big deal in prison. A big deal. People watch it nonstop.
Abby Lee MillerAccording to Lifetime, I don’t know anything about TV.
Abby Lee MillerI was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That’s still what I am doing. The end.
Steven WrightI do probably 60 concerts a year in the States. And I go out to clubs in the week. I’m doing new stuff all the time.
Jerry SeinfeldIf I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.
Anne FrankTo be honest with you, when I got into this I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.
Adam SandlerI don’t know how the rap game is, because I’m a fan of reality, and the rap game’s entertainment.
Kevin GatesThere’s only one thing that can kill the movies, and that’s education.
Will RogersThere is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
Erma BombeckThere’s something about being in front of a live audience that’s fun. It’s a really interesting, very electric, very alive, and intense experience, and you can’t get it anywhere else. And I’ve been doing it since I was 23, so it’s part of my being – it’s part of my fabric as a person.
Steven WrightI can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London, train on the Friday and play on Saturday. That lasted until my friends at the Inland Revenue decided to take two-thirds. That wasn’t very entertaining for me.
George BestI make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it’s never at the expense of the other guy.
Bob UeckerIn the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.
Paulo CoelhoBrad will tell you. He puts a movie on, I’m asleep in 10 minutes. I have no patience. But the kids love action movies with comedy, Jackie Chan and all that.
Angelina JolieSome people are very good at being ‚stars‘ and it suits them. I’m grudging about it and I find it annoying.
Brian EnoWhen you come to my show, I want it to feel like opera, like a theatre.
The WeekndI’m a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys – movie-star guys, where they could help me through it.
LeBron JamesI have no interest in gender or race or anything like that. But everyone else is kind of, with their calculating – is this the exact right mix? I think that’s – to me it’s anti-comedy. It’s more about PC-nonsense.
Jerry SeinfeldMan, I really like Vegas.
Elvis PresleyThe one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience.
Kevin HartIf you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?
Steven WrightI use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.
Mr. TMusic is part of the life of fashion, too.
Karl LagerfeldStand-up is hard. Or to keep it at a certain level is hard: I have no writers but me.
Jerry SeinfeldFor me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.
Kevin HartYou are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know.
Clint EastwoodFor some of us, watching a miniseries that lasts longer than most marriages is not easy.
Erma BombeckMadonna, I think, is the greatest visual musical artist that we’ve ever had. If you look at her photo log, the photographers that she was able to work with throughout her career framed her in the proper way. It was the proper context. It was that visual that made sure that everything was gonna cut through in a certain way.
Kanye West‚Kitchen Confidential‘ wasn’t a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and restaurant lifers, basically; I had no expectation that it would move as far west as Philadelphia.
Anthony BourdainBesides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.
Jackie ChanIt’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
Marilyn MonroeBecause you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
BonoBecoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There’s a lot of things that come with fame – it’s what people in the limelight have to do.
Bruno MarsCelebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
Emily DickinsonIt’s really fun to be on stage in front of people.
Billie EilishThose movies sure got me into a rut.
Elvis PresleyWhen Jerry Springer thinks you’ve gone too far, my friends, you have gone too far.
Colin PowellMusic was an experience, intimately married to your life. You could pay to hear music, but after you did, it was over, gone – a memory.
David ByrneMost of the stuff I do on the show comes out of me just trying to make my friends laugh.
Adam SandlerThat is what fame is, isn’t it? To get the world to fall in love with you.
Lady GagaAt the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat and drink whatever I want. As long as I just babble at the camera, other people will pay for it. It’s a gift.
Anthony BourdainI find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Groucho MarxThe best book, like the best speech, will do it all – make us laugh, think, cry and cheer – preferably in that order.
Madeleine AlbrightI think being funny is not anyone’s first choice.
Woody AllenI don’t get bored.
Haruki MurakamiHuman beings need stories, and we’re looking for them in all kinds of places; whether it’s television, whether it’s comic books or movies, radio plays, whatever form, people are hungry for stories.
Paul AusterOne of the things you’re doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right.
Brian EnoMovies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
Walt DisneyWhen I’m surfing, I’m sure not thinking about the paparazzi. I guess if they start getting on floaties and coming out there in the water, then I might be a little upset.
Matthew McConaugheyI know that if I had a television in my flat I would convince myself that everything on it was really interesting. I would say, ‚I’m a Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here!‘ is so sociologically fascinating that I think I’d better watch.
Brian EnoA lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I’m joking and when I’m serious.
EminemPop music will never be low brow.
Lady GagaI get that racism exists, but it’s not a catalyst for my content. I don’t need to talk about race to have material. My style of comedy is more self-deprecating. I think that makes me more relatable. When you deal with ‚topics‘ – race, white versus black – you’re not separating from the pack. You’re doing what everybody else is doing.
Kevin HartOf course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I’m invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who’ll play the piano after dinner, and I know you’re not really invited for yourself. You’re just an ornament.
Marilyn MonroeI love music, and after my first experience with movies, I can’t wait to do more.
RihannaI have kind of a funny relationship with movies. I don’t have to see the whole movie to get an impression of it or to let it have an influence on me.
Lana Del ReyI wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I’m in public, at Dollywood. People say, ‚How many wigs do you have?‘ And I say, ‚Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.‘
Dolly PartonThere used to be an old bad joke. I hope it’s not so much a good joke anymore. ‚Everybody’s from Scranton; no one’s in Scranton.‘
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