Subject: Entertainment (Page 22)

Enraged by Bristol Palin on ‘Dancing,’ Man Shoots TV, Prompts Standoff

I like my films to influence the audience; even if it means tripping their aged grandparents with a cane when they get home.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

These go to 11.

(1948 – ) English-American screenwriter, musician, director & actor

If Michaelangelo had been a heterosexual, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white and with a roller.

1944) is an American writer & screenwriter

Good producers are as rare as rocking horse doo-doo.

(1948 – ) English film director

It wasn't that no one asked me to the prom, it was that no one would tell me where it was.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

They don't make 'em too big for this business.

(1928 – ) American stripper, burlesque star & actress

Look, it’s my misery that I have to paint this kind of painting, it’s your misery that you have to love it, and the price of the misery is thirteen hundred and fifty dollars.

(1903 – 1970) Russian artist

Does it have a happy ending?

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Nine times out of ten in the arts, as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

Why should people go out and pay to see bad movies when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

English painter & sculptor Frederic Leighton to James McNeill Whistler: My dear Whistler, you leave your pictures in such a sketchy, unfinished state. Why don't you ever finish them?

Whistler’s reply: My dear Leighton, why do you ever begin yours?

(1834 – 1903) American-born, British-based artist

Can’t act… slightly bald… also dances.

Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together; the public doesn’t give a damn what goes on inbetween.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

I know two kinds of audiences only – one coughing, and one not coughing.

(1882 – 1951) Austrian composer & pianist

There's no business like show business… but there are several businesses like accounting.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

Press agent: How do I get our leading lady's name in your newspaper?
George S. Kaufman: Shoot her.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

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

English Channel: The BBC.

Violinist: A high-strung musician.