Quotes About Entertainment

Since the late 1980s and early 1990s hits, she and Harry had stumbled with unmemorable shows such as Women of the House and Hearts Afire.

My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.'

Where's the fun in that?

America's biggest export is media and I think that's a positive thing.

I think a lot of food shows, especially when we started 'Good Eats' back in the late '90s, they were still really about food. 'Good Eats' isn't about food, it's about entertainment. If, however, we can virally infect you with knowledge or interest, then all the better.

I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and entertaining at the same time... a show that got down to the 'why things happen.' Plus, I hated my job - I didn't think it was very worthwhile.

Telling scary stories is something people have done for thousands of years, for most of us like being scared in that way. Since there isn't any danger, we think it is fun.

Llego el momento en que el sufrimiento de los demás ya no les bastó: tuvieron que convertirlo en espectáculo.

La lectura no es un placer sustitutivo.

C'est extraordinaire: vous avez donc passé vingt quatre ans à manger et à regarder la télévision? - Non, j'ai aussi dormi et fumé. Et un peu lu.

I always loved 'The Weakest Link' and how brutal Anne Robinson was on it.

Good movies are my weakness. I have seen several international movies ranging from English to Spanish, German, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese.

One of my main weaknesses is a good movie. I'll just bawl my eyes out.

Curb Your Enthusiasm, is not so much about Hollywood. It's more about Larry's weaknesses.

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert.

The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk after dinner.

I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.

But the worst feeling as a crowd work practitioner is that not only is crowd work, for me, the most fun thing to do on stage - I always say the less written jokes I tell in a set the more fun I was having--but it's also a secret weapon.

I love the 'Lethal Weapon' movies.

I started dealing with weapons on the first show I ever did, 'The Inside,' but I didn't really do any physical stuff until 'Alias.'

Magicians from the nineteenth century threw cards distances, but I think I'm the first one who made a thing about using them as weapons.

You look at the violence that is there in entertainment, in video games, and don't just go say, 'We're going to do an assault weapons ban, and that's going to solve the problem,' because it is not going to get to the root of the problem.

Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.

I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile, and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.