Subject: Entertainment (Page 5)

I like Wagner's music better than any other music; it is so loud that one can talk the whole time without people hearing what one says.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

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

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

Many years ago I remember a famous actress explaining to me with perfect seriousness that before making an entrance she always stood aside to allow God to go on first; I can also remember that on that particular occasion He gave a singularly uninspired performance.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

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

I wanted to make it really special on Valentine's Day, so I tied my boyfriend up… and for three solid hours I watched whatever I wanted on TV.

American comedian

The last time I acted my name was so low on the program that I was getting orders for the printing.

(1926 – 2012) Irish comedian & actor

Opera has made me consider suicide.

(1939 – American actor, comedian & writer

These go to 11.

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

I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.

(1922 – 1969) American singer & actor

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

(1945 – ) singer, actress & comedian

One time, my own father caught me watching a porno movie… the one thing you don’t want to hear in that situation is, ‘Son, move over.’

(1965 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

All music is folk music; I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song.

(1901 – 1971) American jazz trumpeter and singer

Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

MTV is to music as KFC is to chicken.

(1948 – ) stand-up comedian, actor, author & playwright

Paranoia is a bad personality trait for a comedian; what are you laughing at?

(1974 – ) Scottish comedian

You know, the only difference between me and a surgeon or a pediatrician is that when I approach a couple with a child and say, ‘I’d like to keep him for a few days and do some bloodwork,’ it’s considered inappropriate.

(1969 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

Stand-Up [comedy] is a lot like sex; there's a lot of crying involved and I get paid to do it.

(1982 – ) American actress & comedian