Quotes About Entertainment

I'd rather do movies 'cause I am better at movies, but I do shows 'cause the opportunities have come forward.

The Internet serves as a channel of endless information through which individuals now access the news, employment opportunities, education, entertainment, etc.

I used to go to auditions, mainly for talent competitions like 'Opportunity Knocks.'

I'm not opposed to putting myself in danger for meaningless comedy.

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.

I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.

Acting in TV as opposed to films is really difficult. What a film gets two months to do, we get eight days to do.

People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me.

Television has been really good to me in terms of the roles I've been able to get on TV as opposed to the roles I've gotten in film and in theater.

I'm not opposed to talking about airline food.

I always wanted to make a show that had everything I wanted to watch, as opposed to just one or two things.

Comedy has allowed me to be my 100-percent-true self, as opposed to other places, where I feel like that's been a hindrance. Whether it's music or poetry or hosting, people want you to be something else: they want you to be packaged in a certain way.

'Pleasure' is a word I think about a lot, as opposed to 'entertainment.' They are very, very different.

I challenge the idea that films about rich people are escapism and films about working class people are dour and sad. I find the opposite's the case.

I think people who make movies and have invested a lot of money in them get frightened that if they challenge an audience they are going to repel them. And I think the opposite; it's really true.

I go to see films at the multiplex because they are not good films, and so I don't have to think about things like death, social oppression, or yes, my fertility, while I watch them.

People have often asked me, do I want to be the next Oprah - there is no such thing. Oprah is Oprah, and she's still being Oprah if anybody hasn't noticed... what I bring to TV is myself... I really think there's space in daytime TV for a whole bunch of fun, some amazing music, and some heart.

As a little kid, I would watch Oprah almost every day.

I want to be the Mexican-American Oprah Winfrey. That's a small goal, isn't it? That's something that I want. And of course not just to host, I want to OWN it! So, that's in my future.

I got to perform at the Grand Ole Opry, which is just so amazing. That stage is iconic; it was awesome being on it.

Being a member of the Grand Ole Opry and headlining a tour would be our two things that we'd love to accomplish at some point.

I've played the Opry before.

Growing up, the Opry was my Hollywood.

What I loved about country music when I was a kid was the Grand Ole Opry, was 'Hee Haw,' was 360 degrees of entertainment.