Subject: Entertainment (Page 27)

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

(1812 – 1870) English novelist
Art Entertainment

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Beliefs Music People

No… but I have trodden in some.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor
Insults Music

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer
Art Communication Entertainment

I would imagine if you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
Entertainment Intelligence

The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
Entertainment Government Situations

If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Emotions Entertainment Film People Work

Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?

(1881 – 1958) American studio executive (Warner Brothers)
Acting Entertainment Film

Last night I did a benefit for the survivors of a benefit I had done the week before. – doing benefits

(1946 – ) American comedian, actor & voice actor
Entertainment

Acting is all about honesty and if you can fake that, you've got it made.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer
Acting Characteristics Entertainment Honesty

A movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it.

(1894 – 1964) American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright & novelist
Entertainment Film Intelligence Stupidity

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author
Emotions Entertainment

I always said that I'd like Barrymore's acting till the cows came home. Well, ladies and gentleman, last night the cows came home.

(1882 – 1958) drama critic, editor
Acting Reviews/Criticism

Bizet was a very young man when he composed this symphony, so play it softly.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist
Entertainment Misspokements Music

Even Bach comes down to the basic suck, blow, suck, suck, blow.

(1914 – 2001) musician, harmonica player
Entertainment Music

My friend George is a radio announcer and when he walks under a bridge you can’t hear him talk.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Entertainment

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth; have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?

(1929 – 2012) American radio & television personality
Entertainment

Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist
Acting Entertainment

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer
Entertainment Film Food/Drink Life

Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist
Entertainment Misspokements Music

I Could Never Have Sex With Any Man Who Has So Little Regard For My Husband

(1936 – ) American author, screenwriter, journalist & playwright
Entertainment Film