Subject: Entertainment (Page 25)

You want to know how I think art should be taught to children? … Take them to a museum and say, “This is art, and you can’t do it.”

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

If you have watched a TV series only once, and you watch it again, it will be a rerun of the same episode.

In Russia we only had two TV channels: Channel One was propaganda, Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: “Turn back at once to Channel One.”

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian

Jack Benny would end his act by playing a tune on his violin, so naturally he got a big cheer when he finished.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

(1962 – ) American author & poet

Oh, there's so much nudity on TV, I just sit there shaking my fist.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

The trouble with this business is the dearth of bad pictures.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? 

(1881 – 1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker & stage designer

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

He makes you feel more danced against than with.


This business is dog eat dog and nobody is gonna eat me.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

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

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

It was so beautiful today that I only watched four hours of “Law & Order” in my apartment.

(1982 – ) American comedian, actor, writer & producer

Anonymous: Is Ringo the best drummer in the world?

Lennon: He’s not even the best drummer in the band.

(1940 – 1980) English rock musician, singer & songwriter

Playing Shakespeare is very tiring; you never get to sit down unless you're a king.

(1884 – 1957) American actress

I tell ya, comedy is in my blood; I wish it was in my act.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I used to work for a living, then I became an actor.

(1927 – ) English actor

Timing is not so much knowing when to speak, but when to pause.

(1894 – 1974) comedian, radio & television host

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don’t need.

(1840 – 1917) French sculptor

An artist cannot talk about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

(1889 – 1963) French poet, novelist, playwright, artist & filmmaker

I was doing some musical research, and I found out it was actually white people that came up with rap music… only, they call it square dancing.

(1951 – ) American comedian & writer