Subject: Entertainment

Abstract Art: The proof that things are not as bad as they are painted to be.

Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

The intensity of movie publicity is in inverse ratio to the quality of the movie.

Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless.

(1921 – 2000) comedian, television host, musician, actor & writer

It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art; now we have something to look down on.

(1906 – 2002) Austrian journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter & producer

One time I went to a drive-in in a taxi cab… the movie cost me $95.00.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

A body at rest tends to watch television.

All through the five acts of that Shakespearean tragedy he played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the Ace.

(1850 – 1895) American writer

Bo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn't remember the lines.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

I used to be a narrator for bad mimes.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Football isn’t a contact sport, it’s a collision sport; dancing is a contact sport.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach

Watching Tallulah Bankhead on the stage is like watching somebody skating on thin ice – everyone wants to be there when it breaks.

(1865-1940) English actress

Director: The one who always faces the music.

Art is long and life is short; here is evidently the explanation of a Brahms symphony.

You might be a redneck if… you bought a VCR so you could tape wrestling while you are at work.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

It makes me look as if I were straining a stool.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

I know this music from memory, not from the music.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

What makes him think a middle-aged actor, who’s played with a chimp, could have a future in politics?

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor

Sarah Brightman couldn't act scared on the New York subway at four o'clock in the morning.

(1943 – 2007) American film critic

I enjoy using the comedy technique of self-deprecation – but I’m not very good at it.

Scottish comedian