Quotes About Entertainment

You can't get down and dirty at the opera.

It is different in Russia. Here there is a television channel devoted to opera and dance.

I grew up on the side of the stage. I never had a fear of an audience. I never felt like they were separated from us. We were all in the living room, and it happens to be a big living room. I continue to operate on that assumption.

Humor is a huge part of the way I operate; if people can't understand a joke then they should not follow me.

Arranging an official dinner in an embassy is a little like writing a script for a play. The prolog is the guest list, often the most difficult part of the whole creative operation.

The best part about being in the 'showbiz' industry is that you can voice your opinion.

My duty to myself is to amuse myself terrifically.

I adore simple pleasures," said Lord Henry. "They are the last refuge of the complex. But I don't like scenes, except on the stage.

past. But women never know when the curtain has fallen. They always want a sixth act, and as soon as the interest of the play is entirely over, they propose to continue it.

To get into the best society, nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people-that is all.

If you're going to tell people the truth, make them laugh.

Musical comedy is the Irish stew of drama. Anything may be put into it, with the certainty that it will improve the general effect.

Lord Emsworth belonged to the people-like-to-be-left-alone-to-amuse-themselves-when-they-come-to-a-place school of hosts

Something must be wrong with me to stop a good girl-on-girl fight

As a dancer, I out-Fred the nimblest Astaire.

Birds, except when broiled and in the society of a cold bottle, bored him stiff.

I'm much too much the popular pet ever since I sang 'Every Nice Girl Loves A Sailor' at the village concert last year. I had them rolling in the aisles. Three encores, and so many bows that I got a crick in the back. Spare me the tale of your excesses, I said distantly. I wore a sailor suit. Please, I said, revolted.

Come on, he said. Bring the poker. I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it.

Much has been written on the subject of bed-books. The general consensus of opinion is that a gentle, slow-moving story makes the best opiate

But those who read thrillers are an impatient race. They chafe at scenic rhapsodies and want to get on to the rough stuff.

Lord Emsworth belonged to the people-who-like-to-be-left-alone- to-amuse-themselves-when-they-come-to-a-place school of hosts.

Gussie opened his vaudeville career

What are you giving us? Cold consomme, a cutlet, and a savoury, sir. With lemon-squash, iced. Well, I don't see how that can hurt him. Don't go getting carried away by the excitement of the thing and start bringing in coffee.

His was a simple mind, able to amuse itself with simple things.