TV’s a big deal in prison. A big deal. People watch it nonstop.
Abby Lee MillerI did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.
Bob UeckerMovies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
Walt DisneyThe art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.
Benjamin FranklinI think the family movie is very important to everybody right now.
Jackie ChanIn music the passions enjoy themselves.
Friedrich NietzscheI have never cared especially for outdoor sports and have no desire to excel at tennis, swimming, or golf. I’ll leave those things to the men.
Marilyn MonroeWriters are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.
John SteinbeckI don’t think comedy will ever die.
Kevin HartAnd I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more than anything else.
Jimmy BuffettI make pop culture.
Frank OceanIt just seems there’s better things to do in your life than be on television if it’s not interesting, if it’s not challenging, if it’s not fun. You know? When it stops being those things for me, I’ll stop making television.
Anthony BourdainWhat with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes – ah, they have all the necessary leisure.
Aldous HuxleyGame’s always been open arms with me.
Nipsey HussleAccording to Lifetime, I don’t know anything about TV.
Abby Lee MillerI work hard for the audience. It’s entertainment. I don’t need validation.
Denzel WashingtonI love performing, you know, because, like I say, I’m a ham for this stuff.
Mr. TI really like children to watch my movies.
Jackie ChanI don’t feel that I’m explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I’m not trying to be a mirror, showing them what’s really going on the world. All I’m trying to do is think of stuff that’s funny, just like when I’m kidding around with my friends.
Steven WrightDisneyland is a show.
Walt DisneyMusic was an experience, intimately married to your life. You could pay to hear music, but after you did, it was over, gone – a memory.
David ByrneThere’s only one thing that can kill the movies, and that’s education.
Will RogersI’m a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys – movie-star guys, where they could help me through it.
LeBron JamesI 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 EilishThere’s a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven’t. You just do the best you can.
Clint EastwoodI don’t spend too much time on my phone, laptop or television. However, I do occasionally watch documentaries and shows on streaming platforms.
Sunil ChhetriI think television has had a vast, unbelievable impact on us.
Billy GrahamYou think I’m going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way.
Lady GagaMovies are fun, but they are no cure for cancer.
Clint EastwoodI got my buzz from playing.
George BestI know some of the best Dolly Parton jokes. I made ‚em up myself.
Dolly PartonGreat American sport. Horseshoes is a very great game. I love it.
Dan QuayleTo the audience, it’s like I’m changing the subject every five seconds, but to me, my show’s almost like a 90-minute song that I know exactly. I wrote every note, and I know exactly where everything is.
Steven WrightOn vacations: We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings.
Erma BombeckEverything I learned I learned from the movies.
Audrey HepburnLots 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 LennonWWE 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 don’t know how the rap game is, because I’m a fan of reality, and the rap game’s entertainment.
Kevin GatesComedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue.
Woody AllenA lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I’m joking and when I’m serious.
EminemSNL is a home. You’ve got all of your brothers and sisters there, and it’s a great time.
Adam SandlerWhen I do stand-up shows at colleges, girls will talk to me after the show, and that always feels good. I like talking to them.
Adam SandlerPeople are using Windows PCs more than they watch TV now.
Bill GatesPop music will never be low brow.
Lady Gaga‚Best Man Holiday‘ was a very successful film.
Kevin HartIn my day, there were no vet video games.
Karl LagerfeldWill the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry.
John LennonI love Steve Carell.
Dwayne JohnsonI was arrested for lip-syncing karaoke.
Steven WrightOn a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage… You start to think that you’re Tom Jones.
Keanu ReevesAll cultures have these feelings about non-functional areas of activity. And the more time people have on their hands, the more they commit it to those areas.
Brian EnoThere 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 think that people are interested seeing me on the screen.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerI don’t race cars.
Dwayne JohnsonStand-up is hard.
Jerry SeinfeldI had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it – and I may come back.
Muhammad AliThere is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
Samuel JohnsonIn Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
Will RogersWrestling was like stand-up comedy for me. Every night I had a live audience of 25,000 people to win over. My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.
Dwayne JohnsonWell, everyone likes movies when they’re a little kid.
Anthony Hopkins