Subject: Entertainment (Page 32)

When I die, there will be people who send flowers to Ethel Mertz.

(1902 – 1979) American actor

Dance like it hurts… love like you need money… work when people are watching.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

If it wasn't for white people, who would play lead guitar?

(1954 – ) American actress & comedian

Then we figured out we could just park them in front of the TV; that's how I was raised and I turned out TV.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

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

Stand-up is a lot like sex… there’s a lot of crying involved and I get paid to do it.

(1982 – ) American actress & comedian

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

Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large number of people from coughing.

(1902 – 1983) English actor

I can't get a relationship to last longer than it takes to make copies of their tapes.

stand-up comedian, actor, writer & producer

Accordion: An instrument whose music is long drawn out.

Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.

(1916 – 1994) American singer

Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands – and all you can do is scratch it.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

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

(1894 – 1964) American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright & novelist

I got wasted last night, and I hit an animal with my car… in the lobby of Caesar's Palace.

(1965 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor, director & author

I watch so much Netflix that, rather than suggesting more shows for me to watch, it’s started suggesting I go outside.

British stand-up comedian

Football isn’t a contact sport, it’s a collision sport; dancing is a contact sport.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach

I got kicked out of Riverdance for using my arms.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

If Botticelli were alive today, he’d be working for Vogue.

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author

Good art is in the wallet of the beholder.

(1958 – ) Australian author

If [an actor] says, 'But what's my motivation?… 'I say, 'Your salary.'

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer