Quotes About Entertainment

I was allowed to have an imagination rather than a need to be entertained all the time by television or computers or anything like that. So, I think it's helpful to try and give your kids.

I wouldn't want you to see me all the time on the screen, because I get bored of it myself!

I myself grew up when radio was very important. I'd come home from school and turn on the radio. There were funny comedians and wonderful music, and there were plays. I used to pass time with radio.

I'm a single girl. I like to have a good time. I just sleep with the guys in the band all the time because it's easier.

Five years on TV is a really, really long time.

My kids can't watch ('Howard the Duck'). By the time I get in bed with the duck, they are, like, 'Turn it off, mom. You in bed with a duck is just pretty much a deal breaker.'

Growing up in Hollywood, like I did, I have a passion and a love for the movies, so I go to the cinema all the time.

Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with.

My touring has never stopped; from the time I started doing stand-up, I've been on the road.

That didn't really matter, how you judge how successful you are is basically when you turn up to do a gig and people come and have a good time.

For a long time, I worked in film and theater, but reading started when I was much younger. I was always a reader.

I think that's part of the fun of being an actor - you get to not be normal all of the time.

I want people to have a good time. Its boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts.

I'm not against people just being funny or telling stories. I don't need to delve into the soft, dark core all the time. If it happens, it happens.

It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it has been in a long time.

Most of the comics that I talk to I've never talked to for more than ten minutes ever. So 95 percent of the time you're really hearing the first conversation between me and that guy on the podcast.

And much as I enjoy writing and creating stuff, I don't enjoy it so much that I am willing to give up any time that could otherwise be spent performing.

I was always trying to do different things to entertain people. And at the same time, I think, I was, whether subconsciously or not, trying to get kicked out of school because I hated it so much.

Hollywood is a place of great irony at all times.

I read books when I have time. I probably spend a third of the time watching TV, and the rest of it is reading, but I read.

I watch 'Jeopardy!' every night and 'Wheel of Fortune' follows. And every time I'm like, 'Whoa, it's still on! This is still happening!'

[Formula One] is entertainment and it competes with other entertainments - and not with other racing formats. It competes with people's time on a weekend. So you have to deliver.

The really great thing about having two TV shows going on at the same time is that I can go to one and say that I have to go and visit the other and then I can just go home and they don't know.

I hardly ever go to showbiz parties, it's not my style. That doesn't mean to say I don't have a good time. I love hanging out with mates.