Quotes About Entertainment

The Amazon lot are perfectly reasonable, level-headed people who just want to make TV programmes. I don't think they are the enemy of the BBC or the other way round. It's not a war; these things can coexist. We can have Amazon and Netflix and the BBC and BT Sport, and people can make choices. That's what modern life is all about.

I am reasonably nice-looking and have quite an expressive face, which is good for comedy.

One of the reasons I did this, because I wasn't really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can see it. She's 9 and it's really a good film for all ages.

My reasons for getting into the entertainment business weren't entirely selfless. Hollywood as an industry can at times be insular and doesn't understand the market very well. I saw an opportunity in that fact.

We knew that 'Naked Attraction' was going to be controversial but as long as youre being controversial for the right reasons, I have absolutely no problem with it.

I've always loved American stand-up. Richard Pryor is one of the main reasons I got into stand-up. After Pryor, I made my way through the other great American comics, then finally got into the British ones over here.

Quentin Tarantino and Sam Jackson are the reasons I'm an actor.

Bad guys are always fun. It's one of the reasons why I love McKay so much.

One of the reasons why 'Here's The Thing', Alec Baldwin's series of podcasts with 'artists, policymakers and performers', is so good is because he's a big name, so the guests have to deliver.

Now we're doing it for different reasons. We're doing it to bring back the families to the game, people who love the game, and make it an affordable night's entertainment.

It was really fun. It was fun for a lot of reasons. It was fun because nobody thought that we would be successful. It was on a network that wasn't even there at the time.

Crime dramas will never go away as long as people turn to television for, among other things, reassurance and comfort.

Rock and roll has become entertainment that just says what the consumer wants to hear. There's no more edge or rebellion that sets it apart from the norm.

Television is dead. And television will not be reborn. It will not come back.

From as long as, literally as far back as I can remember I've liked puns, word jokes, I can literally recall looking at a comic at the age of six or seven and I remember what I enjoyed and what it was precisely and how the joke worked.

People still recall my show 'Philips Top 10' with Pankaj Kapoor. Those characters were lovable.

What's better than being able to entertain people? When you receive love from the public, it doesn't matter what the film circuit or critics say.

As an actor, it is okay to fall and get up. Then you can give your best. Sometimes audiences don't receive it well, but you have to take it in the right sense. It is part and parcel of being in the industry.

If you're in Bollywood and working in any category, and you receive a Filmfare Award for it, it's a huge thing for any creative person.

Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.

Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad.

I do think that the days of gathering around a television set that functions merely as a television set, to receive a live broadcast of some networked programming, those days are probably numbered.

The comedian can put the punchline out there, but it's the audience that receives it - and has to get it.

Most writers of entertainment fiction tend to receive controversial reviews.