Subject: Entertainment (Page 27)

An actor enters through a door, you've got nothing; but if he enters through a window, you've got a situation.

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

She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.

(1945 – ) singer, actress & comedian
Entertainment Insults

Xylophone: Small toy musical instrument often given as gifts to children who show their appreciation by playing the stupid thing constantly, over and over, all day long; see also "drums."

Definitions Entertainment Music

Berlioz composes by splashing his pen over the manuscript and leaving the issue to chance.

(1810 – 1849) Polish composer & virtuoso pianist
Entertainment Insults Music

Accordion: An instrument whose music is long drawn out.

Definitions Entertainment Music Things

This is the method taught in the Elizabeth Hurley school of acting: If you happen to be a vapid idiot, always play one in the movies and audiences will love you for your self-mocking sense of fun.

American film critic
Acting Reviews/Criticism

Entertainment is a thing of the past, today we’ve got television.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Entertainment Television

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

(1882 – 1958) drama critic, editor
Emotions Entertainment Laughter

If I like it, I say it's mine; if don’t I say it's a fake.

(1881 – 1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker & stage designer
Art Entertainment People Self

The only part I believed was at the end of the movie when she wouldn't move her ass over and let him on the raft with her.

(1960 – ) American stand-up comedian & writer
Entertainment Film

I used to be a narrator for bad mimes.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Characteristics Entertainment

The scene is dull; tell him to put more life into his dying.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Acting Entertainment Misspokements

The trouble with this business is that the stars keep ninety per cent of my money.

(1906 – 1998) Russian-born English film producer & media mogul
Entertainment Film

I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host
Dance Entertainment

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

(1856 – 1925) American artist & portrait painter
Art Entertainment Friends People

Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician
Emotions Entertainment Laughter People

Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles.

(1852 – 1933) author, educator & clergyman
Music Reviews/Criticism

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
Entertainment

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

(1980 – ) American singer
Music Success

Color television! Bah, I won’t believe it until I see it in black and white.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Entertainment Television

I’m disappointed with every movie about sharks that closes with “The End” instead of “Fin.”

Animals Entertainment Film