I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.

There’s no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television’s much better than movies.

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.

One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete.

I want to be an executive producer.

The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples‘ attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation.

I wanna thank MTV and the VMAs for choosing me to be a part of the show because, on this show, if you not an icon or upcomin‘ icon, you’re not on the show, you know?

If I want to be called ‚The Rock,‘ I’ll be called ‚The Rock.‘ If I want to go back to wrestling, I’ll go back to wrestling.

Film is a very tight little box. If you don’t fit in that box, you’re gone. Television, there’s more room to move around.

I stopped watching TV because of ‚The Wire.‘ Like, ‚The Wire‘ ruined everything for me because I don’t even want to watch anything else now.

I personally don’t like to go see romantic comedies. But people do want to see them, and they seem to want to see me in them.

Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone’s grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show.

If I’d married someone in show business, there’d be too much competition.

I’ve seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.

Hollywood is not suited for me, and I am not suited for it.

Actor’s life is very long.

In California, they don’t throw their garbage away – they make it into TV shows.

I’m proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer. Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.

Actors are one family over the entire world.

Streaming is a really big market for me. We’ve been doing great in the streaming market, so it’s not something I want to alienate at all. Streaming counts now. They’re treating artists the way we deserve to be treated.

How do people relate to movies now, when they’re on portable devices or streaming them? It’s not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed.

In Hollywood, a lot of times when something is in development, it just takes a lot of time.

I don’t think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that’s what counts.

The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason.

I’m just changing the game because I know what the fans want and the people want ‚cause I’m a fan of hip-hop.

At the major studios, you see people wanting to remake a TV series, wanting to make a sequel.

I want to try something different in Hollywood, to tell the audience I am not just an actor star – I am an actor, too.

You’ve gotta understand that with branding and the way things are promoted, in our day and age, your older movie stars are not reachable or accessible because they’re not a part of the whole social media world.

A lot of dumb pictures have made a lot of money, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to be anything cinema students will revel over in the future.

Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting.

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

It’s no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.

I never called my work an ‚art‘. It’s part of show business, the business of building entertainment.

In those days, the early 1980s, TV and film were interchangeable.

I’m always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.

Actors know what actors are insecure about – and they’re all insecure.

I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid’s a hard worker, he’s talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.

I’m not in the loop; I don’t know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.

There are no record companies in Waikiki.

Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.

I know I’m more on television, and I’m more recognisable than maybe even the players because they run and train, but I just stand there, and my face does all these funny things that everyone can see all the time.

In Hollywood a girl’s virtue is much less important than her hairdo.

You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it’s kind of a lifestyle and it’s easy to get caught up in it – you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone’s doing a certain thing… It’s tough.

It’s very intense to be in front of a live audience. It’s just an amazing experience. It’s dangerous. Everything out there is heightened. The bad stuff is extra-worse. The silences are extra-silent. The good stuff is amazing. It’s electric when you walk out there. For 90 minutes, you’re on this other planet.

I came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.

I laugh all the time – at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don’t laugh onstage because then it’s serious business.

She’s a total professional, a diva, a mega-star, not just in music but in the entertainment industry. You always learn from the greats, and J.Lo is one.

I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they’re actresses or singers or things like that.

What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience. Talk about awesome.

I love making movies, but there’s nothing like performing live.

At the end of the day, I want to be part of the same conversation as Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor.

I know that a large part of my fan base is gay. They’ve shown me love from the start. I mean in this industry, everyone from my glam people to my dancers are gay. You can’t be homophobic in this line of work – I’m a pop star!

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It’s really only to be heard when everyone’s out enjoying it.

I can’t stand to see myself on television.

Only the public can make a star. It’s the studios who try to make a system out of it.

The future of American film lies on television.

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense… I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.

What’s so beautiful about Miami is that we support each other. We’re just one big family, not just the entertainers, just everyone in general.

I’m not a chick-flick enthusiast.

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.