Quotes About Engagement

Emotions come and go quickly in sports, so we need to give fans what they want.

One thing a comedian does, when you step on the stage, you're selling yourself, and certainly I don't think the whole world can love you. But if you can get the majority on your side, you're really in business.

I'm not very big on politics. I'm a comedian and not that smart. I don't have the mind capacity for it.

As a comedian, you can't tell people that they're wrong or that they're stupid.

It doesn't matter if I'm playing a lead role or that of a comedian; I want my audience to have entertainment worth their money.

I'm not the sort of comedian who wants to make audiences think about politics. I'm not clever in that way.

I love pure joke-tellers, but if I go to see a comedian for a full show, I want to feel I know them more than when I came through the door.

If in the first 30 seconds, a comedian cannot bring a smile to your face, he is not an entertainer.

For a comedian, talking to people is the best education.

I can't learn lines comfortably unless I have it done out loud with someone else.

When you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening.

I love to say that what's great about 'Legion' is that if you haven't read a comic book and you haven't seen an 'X-Men' movie, you can come in and understand it - and this can be your comic.

I could go through a lot of my old emails from when I first started doing comics. Back then the lowest age of fans was like 15 or 16 up to people in their 20's and 30's.

I read the comics long before I was ever involved with the films.

Because I was in the business of translating the 'X-Men' from the very successful comics, and taking the most popular book of the 20th century in 'The Lord of the Rings,' and making it into three movies, I hope people realize I wouldn't get involved in anything I didn't think was really going to be worth their while.

A comment is no longer a comment. You have to be really careful about what you say and the questions you ask.

I read every single comment that comes in.

I've never made a comment on a message board in my life.

When I first made some comment when we launched that part of our purpose was to do stuff that has social ripples, lots of people said it was such a glib thing to say. I actually believe that.

I want to be a part of films that have some kind of social comment and that will help people evolve.

I wouldn't want to be the guy who went out and won a championship in a horrible year but never made a comment on the issues that we are dealing with in our society.

You know, I don't think I've ever listened to someone's commentary. Ever.

I'm interested in social commentary.

Boxing's in my blood, so I'll always stay involved in that, and I'll probably do a bit of TV work as well, commentary and that.