Quotes About Entertainment

Freddie Mercury and I both loved to have a laugh on tour. If there were shenanigans and good times, Fred and I would be there.

It wasn't until I saw 'Rocky' that I realized movies could affect people beyond mere entertainment.

It's true that films are made on mere calculations such as fight and item song. If the audience is lucky enough, there will be some story.

Gone are the days when the merit of a song was measured by the success of the movie.

Meryl's Donna embodied the spirit of ABBA and 'Mamma Mia!' in the first film.

Meryl Streep is awesome.

I love Madhuri Dixit, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo Di Caprio, and Sandra Bullock.

I'm interested in Jeff Bridges. I love that guy. And I did like Carey Mulligan in 'An Education.' And I love Meryl Streep, but if they could ban 'Julie & Julia,' I'd be in favor of that.

I never thought I would work with Meryl Streep. I also love Cate Blanchett.

I remember being mesmerized by 'Love in the Afternoon,' with Gary Cooper.

If I had a walk-up song in 2019, it would be 'Baby Shark.' It's haunting. It's mesmerizing. It's catchy.

I have not seen 'It' because I don't like horror movies. I don't mess with clowns or demons.

The best kind of television should mess with your head.

I remember Phillip Schofield saying to us, just before we started 'SMTV: Live'... 'It will be the best fun you will ever have on telly.'You know what the innocence and freedom we got on that show you don't get anywhere else. We could just mess about.

I would love to do a show at a Bon Jovi concert to get the people in that crowd. That's a good crowd to mess with.

I'm a funny guy. I want people to laugh. I laugh at myself, I make fun of myself. But at the end of the day everything that I say has a message in it.

I don't believe films should have a message, but 'Saleem' does.

We love making movies. We got into the business to make movies. At the end of the day, whether you're doing a low budget film or a big budget film, you want it to do well and you want people to see it. That's the whole point. You want to put some kind of message in it.

You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that.

Hollywood likes to put out their own message out a lot of times, and that message isn't the best one for everyone.

I usually go with roles that I find entertaining. But every once in a while, there comes along a film that has an important social message. As actors, we have a certain responsibility toward our audience.

There's always a message in my comedy.

I'm doin' something different. I mean, I talk a little bit about race and interracial dating, but it's not the heart of my act. I just try to do what I think is funny; there's no huge message or through line.

You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.