Quotes About Entertainment

One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves.

I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.

People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.

Comedy can reach many more people than, say, a serious lecture on the topic. And comedy might just be the access point to reach people who want to be entertained and also learn something.

People want to be friends with someone who likes to have a good time.

I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it's so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.

You always have good shows and bad shows. People want a certain amount of each. It's just widening the market a little bit. The involvement of people at home is just broadening things.

I talk to grown-ups who are out to have a good time and they want to be spoken to in a different way. I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.

TV always wants more people to be watching.

Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV.

When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires.

I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me.

Playing in sold out arenas several nights a week is something I have never experience before. I want to experience that. I want to experience that in my first year and build on that.

I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!

Bad movies are when people go oh, I wasted $10 bucks and 2 hours and I don't even want to go back again.

When you're a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh.

Wherever we play golf, people come out here to get autographs. They obviously come out to watch us play and see us in action, but they also want to interact with us.

I know doing movies is where I need to be. That's where my audience wants to see me.

The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.

As I put out more music, I really want to get to the point where people feel like my show is a must-see.

If the audience knows you can be funny when you want to be, they will be willing to wait for that payoff.

Did you see Britney Spears at the Video Music Awards? I don't want to say that that performance was a disaster, but after the show, I saw Rudy Giuliani having his picture taken standing on her.

I'm just honest. They [asians] don't want to see black people generally in their movies.

The good movies that people want to keep are probably creating their value more than anything else.