Subject: Entertainment (Page 14)

I want to be a diva… like people-totally-respect-my-music diva, not diva like carry-my-Diet-Coke-around.

(1980 – ) American singer

I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way any more… they leave it on the dresser.

(1934 – ) American actress, dancer, activist & author

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer’s heart.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there's a gas bill tied to it.

(1955 – ) English actor

Gone With the Wind is going to be the biggest flop in Hollywood history; I'm just glad it’ll be Clark Gable who's falling flat on his face and not Gary Cooper.

(1901 – 1961) film actor

Art is anything you can get away with.

(1928 – 1987) painter, printmaker & filmmaker

I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more, but how much more can they get out of you on an elevator?

(1909 – 2000) Danish-born comedian & pianist

My husband, who hardly ever listens to the radio anymore, has this one on all the time.

A musical is the same as a burlap sack, I would not want to be in either.

(1973 – ) American comedian

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

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

You might be a redneck if… your your idea of high-quality entertainment is a six-pack and a bug-zapper.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist

In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

This is good because up until now, the only channel to find 24-hour coverage of the NFL players was Court TV.

(1963 – ) television host & comedian

Acting is all about honesty and if you can fake that, you've got it made.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Acting: Farting about in disguise.

(1932 – 2013) Irish stage & film actor

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

I always thought I'd go to the Oscars, but only as a stalker.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

I was happy when I fist heard Ronald Reagan was running for the presidency; I’ve always thought, once you’re in show business you should stay in it.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor