I always thought Johnny Carson was just brilliant, and I used to watch him and all the comics that would be on the show every night – and I’d dream about it being me.
Steven WrightWhen Rumsfeld gets up on television and says we have definitive intelligence that al Qaeda is working with Iraq, how is an ordinary citizen supposed to react? They won’t tell you the evidence, and when anyone asks, they say, ‚Well, you know: It’s secret.‘
Noam ChomskyFor me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.
Kevin HartI hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren’t consumed by technology and television.
Jimmy BuffettOur most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don’t think the press has understood me.
Lyndon B. JohnsonI’d be so bored if I wasn’t going out there, knowing that I could still do it. So, I’m going to work hard to be ready to go, and I still plan on playing for a long time.
Tom BradyI love making people laugh. And I love laughing.
Kevin HartHuman beings need stories, and we’re looking for them in all kinds of places; whether it’s television, whether it’s comic books or movies, radio plays, whatever form, people are hungry for stories.
Paul AusterOn a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage… You start to think that you’re Tom Jones.
Keanu ReevesSometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren’t. I don’t know if its the way you say it, or how you look.
Dan QuayleI used to rush home to see ‚Match Of The Day.‘ Whatever I was doing, I wouldn’t miss it.
George BestIf it’s all instruction, you get annoyed with it and bored, and you stop reading. If it’s all entertainment, you read it quite quickly, your heart going pitty-pat, pitty-pat. But when you finish, that’s it. You’re not going to think about it much afterward, apart from the odd nightmare. You’re not going to read that book again.
Margaret AtwoodDisneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role.
Walt DisneyBoredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.
Virginia WoolfI work hard for the audience. It’s entertainment. I don’t need validation.
Denzel WashingtonI do all my own stunts. I’m kidding.
Dwayne JohnsonI never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring.
Vivienne WestwoodHundreds of people who’ve never written before send in ‚Dr. Who‘ scripts. They may have good ideas, but what they fail to realise is that writing for TV is incredibly complicated. They have no idea how difficult it is and what the financial commitment is.
Douglas AdamsMoney and investing can be complex, confusing, and often boring subjects.
Robert KiyosakiMy mother is from another time – the funniest person to her is Lucille Ball; that’s what she loves. A lot of times she tells me she doesn’t know what I’m talking about. I know if I wasn’t her son and she was flipping through the TV and saw me, she would just keep going.
Steven WrightI’d love to go into WWE and have a real knock and see what’s what.
Conor McGregorI want to play a fireman and a spy. I want to learn special effects.
Jackie ChanThere is something curiously boring about somebody else’s happiness.
Aldous HuxleyI really like children to watch my movies.
Jackie ChanIf we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.
Franklin D. RooseveltWhen it comes down to it, glam rock was all very amusing. At the time, it was funny, then a few years later it became sort of serious-looking and a bit foreboding.
David BowieHonestly, I’ve been thinking lately about how boring I am. When I do get time to myself, I watch TV.
Rihanna‚The Simpsons‘ appearances were great fun. But I don’t take them too seriously. I think ‚The Simpsons‘ have treated my disability responsibly.
Stephen HawkingMy music is a luxury.
Lana Del ReyI don’t want people at my shows to come out and say, ‚I just saw a cool show.‘ I want them to say, ‚I had fun at the show.‘ I want it to be a collaborative thing and be part of the audience and have them be part of me. I try to interact with everyone there and have them be equal to me because they are.
Billie EilishI don’t think comedy will ever die.
Kevin HartAs we all know, sequels can be tricky.
Dwayne JohnsonI like to do things quickly because I’m easily bored.
Karl LagerfeldIf my films make one more person miserable, I’ll feel I have done my job.
Woody AllenThe greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.
Jerry SeinfeldMaybe I’ll give Broadway a try. But you know what would be great? Hosting the Oscars. I promise you, that would be a show no one forgot.
Dwayne JohnsonThere’s something about being in front of a live audience that’s fun. It’s a really interesting, very electric, very alive, and intense experience, and you can’t get it anywhere else. And I’ve been doing it since I was 23, so it’s part of my being – it’s part of my fabric as a person.
Steven WrightWWE is a space where I thrived, and I loved, and I still do. I love connecting with an audience; that is the greatest thing about going back to WWE.
Dwayne JohnsonI learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.
Elvis PresleyI’ve got nothing to say most of the time.
David ByrneThe presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.
Richard M. NixonGee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
Babe RuthThose movies sure got me into a rut.
Elvis PresleyI don’t know how the rap game is, because I’m a fan of reality, and the rap game’s entertainment.
Kevin GatesI could have spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on flowers. I could have focused on decor. I could have focused on entertainment. Because any First Lady, rightfully, gets to define her role. There’s no legislative authority; you’re not elected. And that’s a wonderful gift of freedom.
Michelle ObamaThe average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don’t have the time to have a balanced, integrated life.
Stephen CoveyI like a drama.
Clint EastwoodMusic is part of the life of fashion, too.
Karl LagerfeldLots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war – for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I’d say we deserve ours more.
John LennonThe celebrity-chef thing, even at its worst, its most annoying, its silliest, its goofiest, its most egregious and cynical, has been a good thing.
Anthony BourdainAnybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.
EminemIn ‚Changeling,‘ I tried to show something you’d never see nowadays – a kid sitting and looking at the radio. Just sitting in front of the radio and listening. Your mind does the rest.
Clint EastwoodI saw ‚Magic Mike,‘ and I thought it was great.
Abby Lee MillerI must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.
Groucho MarxThere should be a point to movies. Sure, you’re giving people a diversion from the cold world for a bit, but at the same time, you pass on some facts and rules and maybe a little bit of wisdom.
George LucasI’m well past the age where I’m acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You’re not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines, you’re not going to get played on radio and you’re not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth.
David BowieWhen you’re in comedy, people always come up and say, ‚Oh, it must be so hard.‘ It really isn’t hard unless you’re not good at it. If you can do it, its really kind of fun and easy.
Jerry SeinfeldI used to say to my late wife, ‚I have great faith in the American people.‘
Joe BidenOne of the powerful temptations is that of the cinema palace. The cinema has undoubtedly an enormous attraction for boys, and people are constantly cudgelling their brains how to stop it. But it is one of those things which would be very difficult to stop even if it were altogether desirable.
Robert Baden-PowellFootball games are on TV, and it doesn’t affect stadium attendance at all. It’s the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater.
George Lucas