Quotes About Entertainment

We want to see ourselves - but differently. We want to see these dream versions of ourselves. We want to be surprised; we want to be entertained. I think primarily, especially in this country, we ask that movies entertain us, which seems to be something they're less and less likely to do on a continual basis.

The early versions of 'Shell's Wonderful World of Golf' were great. It's sort of interesting: as it progressed, it became worse and worse, but the early versions were really fantastic with Jimmy Demaret and Gene Sarazen. They were classics.

I don't know what it is about 'Godzilla,' but as far as I'm concerned, the more versions of it, the better.

I go online, and I love watching heavy metal bands and guitar players play heavy metal versions of the 'Zelda' theme, and people do all the 'Zelda' music, which is one of my favorite soundtracks.

I have seen both versions of 'The Italian Job' and loved both of them.

Dubbing has become big now with dubbed versions of 'Baahubali' doing so well.

Brazil versus Argentina is always a great game, with great football and scoring chances.

That would be a dream match for me to see Finn Balor versus The Undertaker.

A song versus an album is not like a scene versus a play.

I think what HQ Trivia's done is taken the old-school idea of a trivia show - a quiz show - which has been around since the dawn of television, even radio, and made it a participatory event versus a spectator sport.

What I love about comedy is that it's unquestionably working. There are varying degrees of that, where there's something that makes you smile and is funny versus something that makes you hysterically laugh.

That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If a drummer's playing a drum beat, and a singer starts singing, what do you think the audience is going to do?

I don't hold any candle for drama versus comedy.

The ratings board is completely different when it comes to film versus the television arena.

A lot of times, I think that what I do for a living has no integrity. 'Once Upon A Time' has changed that to a certain extent because the reaction we get from children out in the world is so fulfilling, I cannot even articulate it. There's nothing like being greeted as Snow White by a hyperventilating child versus Ginnifer Goodwin.

I used to like to see The Millionaires versus The Hulkamaniacs. That team versus team atmosphere where you have 10 guys or 8 guys, and it comes down to 3-on-1 - that got exciting for me.

The thrill of doing television versus features is, in television, you get to focus more on the characters.

When you see Bret Hart versus Steve Austin, it just seemed so much more real than Hulk Hogan versus Sgt. Slaughter.

I don't remember a Rob Van Dam versus Mick Foley hardcore match. There should have been one.

The Hart Foundation versus The Brain Busters, if you can find that match, it is fantastic.

I made a series for ITV, just after I retired from Tests in 2009, called 'Flintoff Versus the World.' The idea was that I would attempt a series of extreme sports - rodeo riding, jumping out of aeroplanes, paragliding, cliff diving. I thought, 'Yeah, it looks fun. It's six weeks having a laugh.'

I'm a hundred percent looking forward to Brie Bella versus Stephanie McMahon.

I think audiences are really savvy and know when we're doing stuff to just shock them versus do stuff that really drives the story.

Who would have thought that Shane McMahon would have any kind of a chance versus Undertaker?