Quotes About Entertainment

I have to remind myself that I am a comic, I'm not a politician.

Politics remind me a lot of 'RuPaul's Drag Race.' It's real but it isn't.

Patrick Swayze reminded me a lot of Gene Kelly. Patrick had that Everyman quality. Gene made dancing sort of an accessible idea for the regular guy out there.

I liked 'Z Cars' - just hearing the music got me going! 'Coronation Street' was massive in our house. My mum used to say Ena Sharples reminded her of Gran, which she wouldn't have been happy to hear!

'Smallville' is like a Domino's pizza. While you're eating, you're thinking, 'This is good, and it reminds me of pizza, but there's not enough flavor in each bite.' That's the feeling you have the entire time with 'Smallville' - that it's just about to be good, but it never is.

Talking about the show reminds you of things that you went through. So it's fun. When the show was on, I couldn't have handled it. I didn't want that direct connection.

In general, when I watch cable news during the day, it's frustrating because it reminds me of a game show. If I want to watch 'The Price is Right,' I'll watch 'The Price is Right.'

I love big events. It reminds me of the old days, when I knew everyone on the fight card, and it wasn't just one fight.

Theatre reminds me of Bollywood.

If you'd like to watch less television, try putting the remote away in a very inconvenient place and making yourself put it away every time you use it. If it's a big pain to turn on the TV and to change channels, you might find yourself drifting to other activities that will be more satisfying in the long run.

I have five television sets. (I like to think of them as a set of five televisions.) I have two DVR boxes, three DVD players, two VHS machines and four stereos. I have nineteen remote controls, mostly in one drawer.

When most people come in from work, 95 percent of them reach for the remote control. Then they read before they go to sleep, to get off to sleep. They do that because reading feels like a duty, and TV feels like fun.

I believe that cinema died on the 31 September 1983 when the zapper, or the remote control, was introduced into the living rooms of the world.

There is a reason why, on a DS, you get that little click when you press a button. There is a reason that it was important to have a microphone in the Wii Remote.

The atmosphere in my house wasn't of the creative kind at all. No one in my family is remotely connected with films.

The biggest mistake you can make with a prank show is remove the 'real' element, which is the funniest thing.

It's a performer's worst nightmare: to hurt yourself on stage and not be able to remove yourself from the stage.

There is a renaissance of really great genre entertainment happening. But it's become incredibly audience-specific.

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.

The ladies remember me from 'Falcon Crest,' and the guys remember me from 'Renegade.'

If I see a great performance on television, onstage, in the movies, I go to work the next day with a renewed energy and less fear. These great artists take me out of my life and make me want to go there.

It's true that in show business, a lot of times a producer will just not ever be there, not even be aware that a show is renewed or canceled.

I don't think I ever wore pants on 'Reno 911!' and I was on it about five times.

We had a great run on 'Reno' - 87 episodes and a movie. Not too shabby.