Subject: Entertainment (Page 2)

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

(1810 – 1849) Polish composer & virtuoso pianist

Elwood: Eh… what kind of music do you usually have here?

Claire: Oh, we got both kinds. We got country and western.

(1941 – ) American actress

Nowadays Mitchum doesn’t so much act as point his suit at people.

(1946 – ) British journalist & broadcaster

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

(1920 – 2001) Soviet-born violinist & conductor

Good art is in the wallet of the beholder.

(1958 – ) Australian author

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

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

I used to be a mime…. but now I can talk about it…

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

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

No… but I have trodden in some.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

Acting is all about big hair and funny props… all the great actors knew it.

(1944 – 2014) American actor, director & writer

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

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

Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

For God's sake, go and tell that young man to take that Rockingham tea service out of his tights.

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

It’s funny how psychos are always so much scarier when they’re pretty girls.

(1954 – ) British writer & critic

People like to hear me say 'shit' in my gorgeous voice.

(1904 – 2000) English actor, director & producer

The cable TV sex channels don't expand our horizons, don't make us better people and don't come in clearly enough.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

The people who gave us golf and called it a game are the same people who gave us bag pipes and called it music.

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

(1893 – 1980) American singer, pianist, comedian & actor

The real reason I decided on show business was to avoid a day job.

(1963 – ) American actor, comedian, screenwriter & director