Quotes About Entertainment

I like really stupid comedies.

It's not stupid TV, it's not a reality program. It actually is complex. There's many layers to 'Heroes.'

If a comic laughs at their own jokes, I don't like it. They shouldn't find it funny; they should seriously believe in this stupid thing they're saying.

Any reality-TV show on MTV is gonna be fake and stupid.

I think it would be stupid for us to try and tell people who are dancing in a discotheque about the problems of the world. That is the very thing they have come away to avoid.

Funnily enough, 'Shooting Stars,' that stupid little panel show, is the most influential thing we've done.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

I started working at Hanna-Barbera in '92 on 2 Stupid Dogs.

First, there was 2 Stupid Dogs. Then, Dexter's Laboratory. And now, Powerpuff Girls. There were a lot of little things in between, but those were the main ones.

I would let my kids watch this stuff way before I'd let them watch something like 'Full House' that I think would make them stupid.

If you're doing a family movie, you don't want it to be stupid. Farting chihuahuas is not my idea of entertainment for kids or adults. So you try to make a movie that adults can see on one level, and kids can see on another.

I think that a big part of comedy is being made fun of, and it is looking silly or looking stupid.

I would love to do a really stupid character on 'The Office'. I'm so an 'Office' fan.

The basic function of a comic is stand-up because it's so straightforward and simple. If the audience don't laugh, you didn't do your job. I've had some audiences where I didn't care if they laughed or not because they were either too drunk or stupid.

Actors who say they don't watch TV are stupid. I was raised by TV! And it's how I research for auditions.

You know, so many people say TV makes you stupid. But it had the complete opposite effect on me. It kept me from having a really bad Southern accent.

I'm one of those people who can watch a stupid movie and end up crying.

People get a kick out of my stupidity.

My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.

I'm afraid that eating in restaurants reflects one's experiences with movies, art galleries, novels, music - that is, characterized by mild amusement but with an overall feeling of stupidity and shame. Better to cook for yourself.

In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and the stupidity of American cinema.

A large part of me becoming a performer was a make-or-break way of getting over that stutter. I sometimes wonder if, subliminally, that was part of the reason I got into the business, and the more I became a performer and grew in confidence, the less pronounced the stutter became.

I get involved in the political, but I don't bring it to the stage because that's not my style.

I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.