Quotes About Entertainment

Farce is a much-maligned form. It's easy to do badly, and therefore, audiences may have a negative feeling about it.

I love the comedy world and really grew up in green rooms, so I wanted to show the positives and negatives.

It was endlessly entertaining, watching people beat each other up. All the little kids in the neighborhood would come and watch... and then we'd beat them up as well.

I love kids. Every time I go around people neighborhood, they're like, 'Biz! Yo Gabba Gabba!' They want me to beatbox all the time for them.

Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you're an artist and you go to a karaoke bar and sing your own song. I like to get up there and sing stuff that I would never sing on stage anywhere else. Like Neil Diamond.

Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' just rocked my world in the late '80s and early '90s. I couldn't read them fast enough.

A friend of mine from college is married to Neil Levy, who started on 'Saturday Night Live' in the early days and is a really great guy and funny writer.

Neil and I have always been big fans of drag, emerging theater, and anything that is really 'out there' in terms of performance.

Walt Disney wasn't making films for kids. Neither were the Muppets. A lot of the great, really cool films, they weren't making them for kids.

For those who don't like Dave Letterman, there's Jay Leno; and for those who like neither, there's Craig Ferguson; and if you're still feeling undertained, there's George Lopez and Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel and - let's see, did we leave out a Jimmy?

Craig Nelson who is an actor and is in a show called Coach in the United States. We began to do some improvisational stuff and we used to get laughs and things.

Of course nepotism exists, but if star kids are not good at what they do, they won't last.

Acting is a fair business. If you are not going to bring in the audience, no nepotism will work.

I'm a film nerd.

I was never really a nerd. I'm not really into comic books or Dungeons and Dragons or any of that kind of stuff. I was in drama class, and I'm a big movie and music buff. And I'm into sports.

Oh, I am such a nerd when it comes to music - I only listen to Broadway!

I wasn't even a big comedy nerd. A lot of the comedians I know - a lot of my friends are comedians - they knew a lot about comedy growing up.

I'm a movie nerd, and when I'm really looking forward to something coming out, the less I know, the better.

I watch a lot of comedy; I'm a comedy nerd and have watched a lot of it over the years.

I think it goes without saying that a lot of big horror fans are just nerds and geeks.

I've played the Royal Albert Hall to 8,500 people, and there wasn't a nerve in my body.

The first laugh is always key. I've done some improv stuff. Once you get your first laugh, you're good. Up until that point, it's a little nerve-racking.

It takes a lot of nerves to be a sports entertainer and to be in front of those big crowds.

One of the things I love about 'Idol' besides the drama, the backstories, and the crazy arrangements on popular songs is the auditions, when everyone is full of hope and nerves.