Quotes About Entertainment

Jesters do often prove prophets.

Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad.

You need to be silly to be funny.

You and I and everybody in show business and the entertainment industry fly by the seat of our pants. We don't know quite what is going to happen.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

Alcohol served here: because no good story ever started with a salad!" The "alcohol" fueling today's market is QE. By

I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.

Over in Hollywood they almost made a great picture, but they caught it in time.

Movies are something people see all over the world because there is a certain need for it.

What's even worse than a flute? - Two flutes!

If you would dance, my pretty Count, I'll play the tune on my little guitar..

Und du hast keinen würdigen Empfang für uns vorbereitet, mit Musik, Wein und halbnackten Sklavinnen, die uns zu Diensten sind?« fragte Bjorn tadelnd.

Television in the '80s was very limited. There was no Food Network.

I've never felt Truth was Beauty. Never. I've always felt that people can't take too much reality. I like being in Ingmar Bergman's world. Or in Louis Armstrong's world. Or in the world of the New York Knicks. Because it's not this world. You spend your whole life searching for a way out. You just get an overdose of reality, you know, and it's a terrible thing. I'm always fighting against reality.

No, no, I'm a lowbrow. I read [Dostoevsky] more out of obligation than enjoyment. For enjoyment, for me, it's a beer and the football game.

That was the most fun I ever had without laughing.

Yes, but–as empty experiences go–it's one of the best!

What is so fascinating about sitting around watching a bunch of pituitary cases stuff a ball through a hoop?

In Beverly Hills, they don't throw their garbage away — they make it into television shows.

If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job.

Por qué la gente cree que llorando y quejándose de lo triste que es su vida va a merecerse cualquier cosa mejor? ¿Quién va a recompensarte por joderle el mood? ¿No sería más lógico que te pagaran por hacerlos reír?

I have found that lived out, the hardest place to be a Christian is to be in a nice prosperous country with a lot of entertainment options because there?s so many distractions.

Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.

Late on weekend nights, when Vince was at last free from athletics, he took Marie out to his favorite haunts with the Palaus and other friends. They often drove up Route 9W to Englewood Cliffs for a late meal at Leo's and then some band music at the Rustic Cabin, where they fell into the habit of buying a beer and steak sandwich for a performer who came over to their table to chat after his closing set, a skinny young Italian crooner from Hoboken named Frank Sinatra.