Quotes About Entertainment

When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didnt have time to think.

All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is the echo of forgotten laughter.

I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore!

It's hard to know at any stage whether a show is going to work or not. Every few years, a different trend comes along.

For many years Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.

The work I care about is terribly simple. I observe. I try to entertain. But above all I want my pictures to be emotional. Little else interests me in photography.

I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it.

I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting.

It's always been great to be onstage. It's really effortless up there. It's not a lot of work.

I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.

Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.

If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.

I love Nic Cage. He was so much fun to work with.

There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.

Acting is glamour but writing is hard work, so I'm going to be an actress.

Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.

I'll probably stick to comedy for the time being. I mean, a great piece of work is a great piece of work, and I'm up for good work anytime. But I do love comedy!

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.

Whenever I do a comedy show I still just read poems, some of which are intentionally funny and some of which are just bizarre. The mix seems to work well.

That is one of the reasons one enjoys acting. Now and again, you get scenes where you work with somebody really good and you have a good time trying to make it really work and really work well.

I'd love to work with Joan Cusack again - I'm obsessed with Joan Cusack.

Doing Much Ado was such a special thing because I knew everybody involved. With people you hadn't worked with before, you would watch them on shows and want to work with them.

In storytelling, the audience actually wants to work for their meal, they just don't want to know that they're doing it.

I'm a comic, so I like to stay nocturnal. I work 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.